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Retrosheet Boxscore: Kansas City Royals 7, New York Yankees 5

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Kansas City Royals 7, New York Yankees 5

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Game Played on Friday, May 9, 1997 (N) at Yankee Stadium I

KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   7  9  1
NY  A    1  0  1    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 12  2
BATTING
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Offerman 2b                   5   1   0   0       1   0       5   3
Bell ss                       5   1   1   0       1   0       1   7
King 1b                       6   2   2   4       0   2      15   1
Davis dh                      5   0   1   2       1   3       0   0
Vitiello rf                   3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Damon lf,rf,lf              3   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Dye lf,rf,lf,rf               5   0   1   0       0   3       3   0
Paquette 3b                   3   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Cooper ph,3b                2   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
Sweeney c                     3   0   1   0       0   1       4   1
  Roberts ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Spehr c                     0   1   0   0       1   0       5   0
Goodwin cf                    4   2   1   0       0   0       1   0
  Howard cf                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Rusch p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Walker p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
  Montgomery p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Pichardo p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Veres p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       45   7   9   6       4  11      36  18
FIELDING - 
E: King (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Dye (3,off Rogers); Goodwin (3,off Rogers); King (8,off Boehringer).
HR: King (5,8th inning off Nelson 1 on 2 out).
SH: Howard (2,off Boehringer).
IBB: Davis (1,by Boehringer).
Team LOB: 7.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Raines lf                     6   3   3   0       0   0       2   0
Jeter ss                      6   1   2   2       0   2       0   3
Williams cf                   5   0   1   1       1   0       0   0
Martinez 1b                   4   0   2   1       2   0      14   1
Fielder dh                    4   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
  Kelly pr,dh                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  O'Neill ph,dh               2   0   1   0       0   1       0   0
Whiten rf                     4   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
Hayes 3b,2b                   4   1   1   0       2   0       2   2
Duncan 2b                     3   0   1   1       0   0       1   3
  Sojo 2b                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Boggs ph,3b                 2   0   0   0       0   1       1   1
Girardi c                     6   0   1   0       0   2      13   0
Rogers p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       1   3
  Nelson p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Boehringer p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Stanton p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       47   5  12   5       6   9      36  13
FIELDING - 
E: Jeter (4), Hayes (4).
BATTING - 
2B: Raines (6,off Rusch); Williams (14,off Rusch); Duncan (5,off Rusch).
3B: Martinez (1,off Rusch).
HR: Jeter (4,7th inning off Rusch 1 on 2 out).
SH: Whiten (1,off Pichardo).
IBB: Hayes 2 (2,by Walker,by Pichardo); Martinez (5,by Veres).
Team LOB: 13.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Hayes (1,2nd base off Rusch/Sweeney); Williams (4,2nd base off Veres/Spehr).
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Rusch                         6.2   8   5   5   1   4   1  29
Walker                        1.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   7
Montgomery                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Pichardo                      1     2   0   0   1   2   0   6
Veres W(2-0)                  2     1   0   0   2   2   0   9
Totals                       12    12   5   5   6   9   1  54
Walker faced 1 batter in the 9th inning
IBB: Walker (2,Hayes); Pichardo (3,Hayes); Veres (1,Martinez).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Montgomery 1-0.
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New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Rogers                        7.1   4   4   3   2   6   0  28
Nelson                        1.2   2   1   1   0   2   1   7
Boehringer L(1-2)             2.2   3   2   0   2   3   0  14
Stanton                       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Totals                       12     9   7   4   4  11   1  50
IBB: Boehringer (2,Davis).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Nelson 1-1; Stanton 2-0.
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Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Larry Young, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Dale Ford
Ejections: NY  Coach Don Zimmer by Mike Reilly [Balk non-call]
Time of Game: 4:33   Attendance: 20098
Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City Royals            New York Yankees         
1. Offerman            2b        Raines              lf
2. Bell                ss        Jeter               ss
3. King                1b        Williams            cf
4. Davis               dh        Martinez            1b
5. Vitiello            rf        Fielder             dh
6. Dye                 lf        Whiten              rf
7. Paquette            3b        Hayes               3b
8. Sweeney             c         Duncan              2b
9. Goodwin             cf        Girardi             c
   Rusch               p         Rogers              p

ROYALS 1ST: Offerman grounded out (second to first); Bell flied
to left; King flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Raines singled to left; Jeter grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Raines to second]; Williams grounded out (second to
first) [Raines to third]; Martinez tripled to right [Raines
scored]; Fielder struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Davis struck out; Vitiello struck out; Dye flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Whiten struck out; Hayes flied to right; Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Paquette struck out; Sweeney struck out; Goodwin
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Girardi grounded out (shortstop to first); Raines
doubled to left; Jeter was called out on strikes; Williams
doubled to left [Raines scored]; Martinez grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Offerman grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); King was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Fielder was called out on strikes; Whiten walked;
Hayes forced Whiten (second unassisted); Hayes stole second;
Duncan doubled to right [Hayes scored]; Girardi grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Davis grounded out (first to second to pitcher);
Vitiello grounded out (second to first); Dye doubled; Paquette
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Raines grounded out (first unassisted); Jeter
singled to left; Williams reached on a fielder's choice [Jeter
out at second (shortstop to second)]; Martinez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Sweeney singled to left; Goodwin forced Sweeney
(third to second); Offerman walked [Goodwin to second]; Bell
walked [Goodwin to third, Offerman to second]; King forced
Offerman (third unassisted) [Goodwin scored, Bell to third, King
to second (error by Hayes)]; 3B umpire Dale Ford called Jay
Bell out for passing Jose Offerman; however, Offerman had been
forced out already; the umpires put Bell back on 3B; Yankees
manager Joe Torre protested the game; Torre talked to the
umpires the next night at the pregame meeting and told them this
was one of the worst umpiring performances he had ever seen;
Davis singled to second [Bell scored, King scored (unearned)];
Vitiello grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: DAMON REPLACED VITIELLO (PLAYING LF); DYE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Fielder flied to right; Whiten flied to
right; Hayes flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Yankees 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Dye struck out; Paquette grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sweeney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Duncan lined to right; On a bunt Girardi grounded
out (catcher to first); Raines singled to left; Jeter homered to
right [Raines scored]; WALKER REPLACED RUSCH (PITCHING);
Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 8TH: SOJO REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); Goodwin doubled;
Offerman grounded out (third to first); NELSON REPLACED ROGERS
(PITCHING); Bell popped to first; King homered to left [Goodwin
scored]; Davis was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Martinez walked; Fielder forced Martinez (pitcher
to second); KELLY RAN FOR FIELDER; Whiten grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Kelly to second]; Hayes was walked intentionally;
Sojo forced Hayes (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 9TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Damon flied to
left; Dye struck out; COOPER BATTED FOR PAQUETTE; Cooper singled
to left; ROBERTS BATTED FOR SWEENEY; Roberts popped to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SPEHR REPLACED
ROBERTS (PLAYING C ); Girardi singled to center; MONTGOMERY
REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Raines grounded out (first
unassisted) [Girardi to second]; Jeter was called out on
strikes; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 10TH: BOEHRINGER REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); On a bunt
Goodwin made an out to catcher; Offerman popped to third; Bell
singled to center; King struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 10TH: PICHARDO REPLACED MONTGOMERY (PITCHING); Martinez
singled to center; O'NEILL BATTED FOR KELLY; O'Neill singled to
left [Martinez to second]; Whiten out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Martinez to third, O'Neill to second];
Hayes was walked intentionally; the Yankees argued that
Hipolito Pichardo had balked, which would have scored the
game-ending run; Yankees coach Don Zimmer ejected by HP umpire
Mike Reilly; HOWARD REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING CF); DAMON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); DYE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); BOGGS BATTED FOR SOJO; Boggs struck out; DAMON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DYE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Girardi struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 11TH: O'NEILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HAYES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BOGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Davis
struck out; Damon singled to right; Dye struck out; Cooper
popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 11TH: VERES REPLACED PICHARDO (PITCHING); Raines flied
to center; Jeter grounded out (third to first); Williams walked;
Williams stole second; Martinez was walked intentionally;
O'Neill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 12TH: Spehr walked; Howard out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Spehr to second]; Offerman reached on an error by
Jeter [Spehr scored (unearned), Offerman to second]; Bell popped
to catcher; King doubled to left [Offerman scored (unearned)];
Davis was walked intentionally; STANTON REPLACED BOEHRINGER
(PITCHING); Damon grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 12TH: Whiten grounded out (shortstop to first); Hayes
singled to third; Boggs forced Hayes (first to shortstop);
Girardi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Yankees 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Royals           7   9   1    7
 Yankees          5  12   2   13
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