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Yankees
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 12, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, played on April 12, 1987 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 12, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 12, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Niekro |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Charlie Leibrandt |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 28,154 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: John Shulock 2B: Tim McClelland 3B: Jim McKean |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Center Fielder |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Don Mattingly | First Baseman |
| Gary Ward | Left Fielder |
| Dave Winfield | Right Fielder |
| Ron Kittle | DH |
| Mike Pagliarulo | Third Baseman |
| Joel Skinner | Catcher |
| Wayne Tolleson | Shortstop |
| Lou Piniella | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Kevin Seitzer | First Baseman |
| Danny Tartabull | Right Fielder |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Juan Beniquez | Third Baseman |
| Bo Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Steve Balboni | DH |
| Jamie Quirk | Catcher |
| Angel Salazar | Shortstop |
| Billy Gardner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 12, 1987
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Leibrandt
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Leibrandt
Randolph hits a popup, foul, towards first. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattingly vs. Leibrandt
Mattingly hits a line drive towards first. Seitzer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Niekro
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Niekro
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Niekro
Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Leibrandt
Ward hits a line drive towards short. Salazar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Leibrandt
Winfield strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kittle vs. Leibrandt
Kittle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Niekro
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Niekro
Beniquez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Niekro
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Balboni vs. Niekro
Balboni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Quirk vs. Niekro
Quirk hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Leibrandt
Pagliarulo strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Leibrandt
Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Leibrandt
Tolleson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Niekro
Salazar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Niekro
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Salazar moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seitzer vs. Niekro
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Seitzer vs. Niekro
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tartabull vs. Niekro
Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Salazar scores. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Niekro
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. Niekro
Beniquez hits a popup for an out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Leibrandt
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Leibrandt
Randolph hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mattingly vs. Leibrandt
Mattingly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Leibrandt
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Winfield vs. Leibrandt
Winfield hits a popup, foul, towards short. Salazar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kittle vs. Leibrandt
Kittle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph scores. Mattingly moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pagliarulo vs. Leibrandt
Pagliarulo hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Niekro
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Balboni vs. Niekro
Balboni hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Niekro
Quirk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pagliarulo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Leibrandt
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Leibrandt
Tolleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jackson. Tolleson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Leibrandt
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Beniquez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Leibrandt
Randolph takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mattingly vs. Leibrandt
Mattingly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Niekro
Salazar hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Niekro
Wilson is hit by the pitch. Salazar moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seitzer vs. Niekro
Seitzer bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Salazar moves to third. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tartabull vs. Niekro
Tartabull hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Salazar scores. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Niekro
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagliarulo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pagliarulo. Tartabull moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Beniquez vs. Niekro
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Tartabull scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Guante
Cecilio Guante now pitching.
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores. Beniquez moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Balboni vs. Guante
Balboni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Quirk vs. Guante
Quirk hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Salazar vs. Guante
Salazar hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Balboni moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Guante
Wilson hits a line drive towards first. Mattingly reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Leibrandt
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Leibrandt
Winfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kittle vs. Leibrandt
Kittle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Seitzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagliarulo vs. Leibrandt
Pagliarulo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Winfield moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skinner vs. Leibrandt
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Guante
Seitzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tartabull vs. Guante
Tartabull is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Guante
White hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Seitzer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Beniquez vs. Guante
Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Seitzer scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Guante
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Balboni vs. Guante
There's a wild pitch. Beniquez moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Balboni vs. Guante
Balboni takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Quirk vs. Guante
Quirk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Leibrandt
Tolleson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leibrandt
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salazar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Leibrandt
Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mattingly vs. Leibrandt
Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Seitzer scoops it up and throws to first, with Leibrandt covering, for the out. Henderson moves to third. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ward vs. Leibrandt
Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salazar vs. Shirley
Bob Shirley now pitching.
Salazar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Shirley
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seitzer vs. Shirley
Seitzer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shirley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry now pitching.
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Beniquez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pasqua vs. Quisenberry
Dan Pasqua pinch hits for Ron Kittle.
Pasqua hits a ball on the ground towards first. Seitzer fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Quisenberry covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagliarulo vs. Quisenberry
Pagliarulo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Quisenberry
Claudell Washington pinch hits for Joel Skinner.
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tartabull vs. Shirley
Rick Cerone now catching.
Tartabull hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Shirley
White hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Shirley
Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Shirley
Jackson takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Balboni vs. Shirley
Balboni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tolleson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolleson vs. Quisenberry
Tolleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Quisenberry
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Quisenberry
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quisenberry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mattingly vs. Quisenberry
Mattingly hits a popup towards short. Salazar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/12/1987 -- New York at Kansas City (D)
New York AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Henderson R, cf 5 1 2 0 Wilson W, cf 4 1 1 0
Randolph W, 2b 4 1 2 0 Seitzer K, 1b 2 1 0 0
Mattingly D, 1b 5 0 1 1 Tartabull D, rf 5 1 1 1
Ward G, lf 4 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 1 2 0
Winfield D, rf 4 0 2 0 Beniquez J, 3b 5 1 2 3
Kittle R, dh 3 0 1 1 Jackson B, lf 4 1 2 1
Pasqua D, ph 1 0 0 0 Balboni S, dh 4 0 2 0
Pagliarulo M, 3b 3 0 1 0 Quirk J, c 3 0 0 1
Skinner J, c 3 0 0 0 Salazar A, ss 4 2 3 1
Washington C, ph 1 0 0 0
Cerone R, c 0 0 0 0
Tolleson W, ss 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 2 10 2 35 8 13 7
New York 000 200 000 -- 2
Kansas City 001 061 00x -- 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro J (L) 4.1 7 6 5 2 2
Guante C 1.2 5 2 2 2 1
Shirley B 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt C (W) 7.0 8 2 2 2 4
Quisenberry D 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
E -- Pagliarulo M
DP -- New York 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- New York 10, Kansas City 11
2B -- Tolleson W
SB -- Wilson W, Salazar A
SH -- Seitzer K
SF -- Quirk J
HBP -- by Niekro J (Wilson W)
WP -- Guante C
T -- 2:56
A -- 28154
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