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Royals 7 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 9, 1997

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 9, 1997 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 9, 1997 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 7 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherRandy Veres  
Losing PitcherBrian Boehringer  
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Game Info

DateMay 9, 1997 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherGlendon Rusch  
Home Starting PitcherKenny Rogers  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance20,098 
Time of Game4 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Mike Reilly
1B: Larry Young
2B: Rich Garcia
3B: Dale Ford

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Jay Bell  Shortstop 
Jeff King  First Baseman 
Chili Davis  DH 
Joe Vitiello  Right Fielder 
Jermaine Dye  Left Fielder 
Craig Paquette  Third Baseman 
Mike Sweeney  Catcher 
Tom Goodwin  Center Fielder 
Bob Boone  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tim Raines  Left Fielder 
Derek Jeter  Shortstop 
Bernie Williams  Center Fielder 
Tino Martinez  First Baseman 
Cecil Fielder  DH 
Mark Whiten  Right Fielder 
Charlie Hayes  Third Baseman 
Mariano Duncan  Second Baseman 
Joe Girardi  Catcher 
Joe Torre  Manager 

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Royals 7 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 9, 1997

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         Game of 5/9/1997 -- Kansas City at New York (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Offerman J, 2b        5  1  0  0   Raines T, lf          6  3  3  0   
Bell J, ss            5  1  1  0   Jeter D, ss           6  1  2  2   
King J, 1b            6  2  2  4   Williams B, cf        5  0  1  1   
Davis C, dh           5  0  1  2   Martinez T, 1b        4  0  2  1   
Vitiello J, rf        3  0  0  0   Fielder C, dh         4  0  0  0   
Damon J, lf-rf-lf     3  0  1  0   Kelly P, pr           0  0  0  0   
Dye J, lf,...         5  0  1  0   O'Neill P, ph         2  0  1  0   
Paquette C, 3b        3  0  0  0   Whiten M, rf          4  0  0  0   
Cooper S, ph-3b       2  0  1  0   Hayes C, 3b-2b        4  1  1  0   
Sweeney M, c          3  0  1  0   Duncan M, 2b          3  0  1  1   
Roberts B, ph         1  0  0  0   Sojo L, 2b            1  0  0  0   
Spehr T, c            0  1  0  0   Boggs W, ph-3b        2  0  0  0   
Goodwin T, cf         4  2  1  0   Girardi J, c          6  0  1  0   
Howard D, cf          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  7  9  6                        47  5 12  5

Kansas City      000 003 020 002 --  7
New York         101 100 200 000 --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rusch G               6.2  8  5  5  1  4
Walker J*             1.1  1  0  0  2  0
Montgomery J          1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Pichardo H            1.0  2  0  0  1  2
Veres R (W)           2.0  1  0  0  2  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rogers K              7.1  4  4  3  2  6
Nelson J              1.2  2  1  1  0  2
Boehringer B (L)      2.2  3  2  0  2  3
Stanton M             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- King J, Hayes C, Jeter D
LOB -- Kansas City 7, New York 13
2B -- Raines T, Williams B, Duncan M, Dye J, Goodwin T, King J
3B -- Martinez T
HR -- Jeter D, King J
SB -- Hayes C, Williams B
SH -- Whiten M, Howard D
T -- 4:33
A -- 20098

    

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