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Yankees
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 2, 1996
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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 August 2, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dwight Gooden |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Appier |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 28,618 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ted Hendry 1B: John Hirschbeck 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Jim Joyce |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wade Boggs | Third Baseman |
| Bernie Williams | Center Fielder |
| Paul O'Neill | Right Fielder |
| Cecil Fielder | DH |
| Tino Martinez | First Baseman |
| Darryl Strawberry | Left Fielder |
| Joe Girardi | Catcher |
| Derek Jeter | Shortstop |
| Andy Fox | Second Baseman |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Offerman | First Baseman |
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Keith Lockhart | Third Baseman |
| Bip Roberts | Second Baseman |
| Michael Tucker | Left Fielder |
| Bob Hamelin | DH |
| Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
| Mike Macfarlane | Catcher |
| David Howard | Shortstop |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 2, 1996
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Appier
Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Appier
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Appier
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Gooden
Offerman hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Goodwin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Lockhart vs. Gooden
Lockhart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roberts vs. Gooden
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Appier
Fielder strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Appier
Martinez hits a popup towards short. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Appier
Strawberry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Gooden
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tucker for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Gooden
Hamelin hits a line drive towards first. Martinez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Gooden
Damon hits a fly ball into center field. Williams 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: 0-1, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Appier
Girardi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Appier
Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Appier
Fox strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Gooden
Macfarlane hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Gooden
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Gooden
Offerman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Appier
Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Appier
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Appier
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman juggles the ball. That's an error on Offerman. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Fielder vs. Appier
Fielder hits a line drive towards short. Howard reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Gooden
Lockhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Gooden
Gooden fires to first and picks off Lockhart. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Gooden
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Gooden
Tucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Gooden
Hamelin strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Appier
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Appier
Strawberry hits a popup towards short. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Appier
Girardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Appier
Jeter hits a line drive into left field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Gooden
Damon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Macfarlane vs. Gooden
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Gooden
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Appier
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Appier
Boggs hits a line drive towards first. Offerman catches it and steps on first to double up Fox. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Appier
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neill vs. Appier
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Neill for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Gooden
Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Gooden
Lockhart hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Appier
Fielder strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Appier
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Appier
Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first, with Appier covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Gooden
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Gooden
Tucker strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Gooden
Hamelin hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Appier
Girardi strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Appier
Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Appier
Fox hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boggs vs. Appier
There goes Fox. The throw from Macfarlane and he is out, Roberts applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Gooden
Damon hits a line drive towards the mound. Gooden reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Macfarlane vs. Gooden
Macfarlane hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Gooden
Howard is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Gooden
Offerman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Goodwin vs. Gooden
Goodwin hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Appier
Boggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Appier
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Boggs for the double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Appier
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Neill for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lockhart vs. Gooden
Lockhart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Gooden
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Gooden
Tucker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Yankees, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Montgomery
Jeff Montgomery now pitching.
Fielder hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Montgomery
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first, with Montgomery covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Montgomery
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Montgomery
Girardi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Montgomery
There goes Girardi. The throw from Macfarlane and he is safe. Girardi steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Jeter vs. Montgomery
Jeter hits a fly ballJeter hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Goodwin is chasing the ball. Jeter rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Montgomery
Craig Paquette now playing left field. Michael Tucker now playing right field. Johnny Damon now playing center field.
Fox hits a popup towards third. Lockhart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Yankees, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Rivera
Gerald Williams now playing left field. Mariano Rivera now pitching.
Hamelin hits a popup beyond short. Jeter can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Rivera
Kevin Young pinch runs for Bob Hamelin.
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Macfarlane vs. Rivera
Macfarlane takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Rivera
Mike Sweeney pinch hits for David Howard. Les Norman pinch runs for Mike Macfarlane.
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Young scores. Norman moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Offerman vs. Rivera
Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Norman scores. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Rivera
Paquette strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lockhart vs. Rivera
Lockhart hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Lockhart reaches second base with a double. Sweeney scores. Offerman goes all the way around to score. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1996 -- New York at Kansas City (N)
New York AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Boggs W, 3b 4 0 1 0 Offerman J, 1b 4 1 2 1
Williams B, cf 4 0 1 0 Goodwin T, cf 4 0 1 0
O'Neill P, rf 4 0 0 0 Paquette C, lf 1 0 0 0
Fielder C, dh 4 1 1 1 Lockhart K, 3b 5 0 2 2
Martinez T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Roberts B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry D, lf 4 0 0 0 Tucker M, lf-rf 4 0 1 0
Williams G, lf 0 0 0 0 Hamelin B, dh 4 0 1 0
Girardi J, c 4 1 2 0 Young K, pr 0 1 0 0
Jeter D, ss 4 1 1 2 Damon J, rf-cf 3 0 0 0
Fox A, 2b 4 0 2 0 Macfarlane M, c 3 0 0 0
Norman L, pr 0 1 0 0
Howard D, ss 2 0 0 0
Sweeney M, ph 1 1 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 8 3 35 4 8 4
New York 000 000 000 3 -- 3
Kansas City 000 000 000 4 -- 4
2 outs when winning run was scored.
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden D 9.0 4 0 0 2 3
Rivera M (L) 0.2 4 4 4 1 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Appier K 9.0 5 0 0 0 9
Montgomery J (W) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
E -- Offerman J
DP -- New York 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- New York 3, Kansas City 6
2B -- Goodwin T, Lockhart K
HR -- Fielder C, Jeter D
SB -- Girardi J
CS -- Fox A
HBP -- by Gooden D (Howard D)
T -- 2:57
A -- 28618
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