Kansas City Royals (8) New York Yankees (3)

| 1979

Date of Game: Thursday, August 30, 1979
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Kansas City Royals (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 71-62	Record: 71-59
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Attendance: 30,717 Time of Game: 2:27

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Darrell Porter HR in 1st inning (24.41)

Frank White 1B in 3rd inning (5.67)

Frank White 1B in 2nd inning (5.60999)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	14	1
New York Yankees	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	7	1

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Wilson	lf	24.052	5	0	1	0	0	0	.309	125	277	5	42	64
Hal McRae	dh	34.051	4	1	2	0	1	0	.281	75	1168	8	52	4
Amos Otis	cf	32.126	5	1	1	0	0	1	.295	127	1504	17	82	28
George Brett	3b	26.107	5	1	1	0	0	0	.334	130	861	17	87	13
Darrell Porter	c	27.226	4	2	2	3	1	1	.298	129	945	16	93	3
Al Cowens	rf	27.310	3	1	1	1	0	1	.300	112	788	7	62	8
Pete LaCock	1b	27.226	2	2	2	1	0	0	.279	110	579	1	49	1
John Wathan	ph-1b	29.330	2	0	1	1	0	0	.224	72	220	1	22	2
Frank White	2b	28.360	4	0	3	2	0	0	.248	99	807	9	41	20
U.L. Washington	ss	25.307	3	0	0	0	0	0	.253	72	151	0	13	6
Totals:			37	8	14	8	2	3	.378	1051	7300

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Randolph	2b	25.055	3	0	2	1	1	0	.276	126	562	5	53	26
Len Randle	cf	30.199	4	0	1	1	0	0	.184	16	892	0	3	0
Lou Piniella	lf	36.002	4	0	1	0	0	0	.305	112	1368	11	65	3
Reggie Jackson	rf	33.104	2	0	0	0	2	1	.292	102	1752	21	65	8
Chris Chambliss	1b	30.247	4	0	1	0	0	0	.278	119	1258	15	51	3
Graig Nettles	3b	35.010	4	0	0	0	0	1	.251	121	1654	16	64	1
George Scott	dh	35.160	4	1	1	0	0	0	.245	92	2020	6	47	1
Bucky Dent	ss	27.279	3	1	1	1	0	0	.236	122	912	1	29	0
Brad Gulden	c	23.081	2	1	0	0	1	0	.160	21	24	0	2	0
Roy White	ph	35.247	1	0	0	0	0	0	.201	68	1867	2	24	2
Don Hood	p	29.318	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	27	152	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	p	40.296	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	34	680	0	0	0
Totals:			31	3	7	3	4	2	.226	960	13141

Game Stats

2B: Al Cowens (16), Bucky Dent (14), Willie Randolph (13)
3B: Pete LaCock (4), George Scott (4)
HR: Darrell Porter (16)
RBIs: Al Cowens (62), Bucky Dent (29), Pete LaCock (49), Darrell Porter 3 (93), Len Randle (3), Willie Randolph (53), John Wathan (22), Frank White 2 (41)
SB: Willie Wilson (64)
CS: Frank White (5)
SH: U.L. Washington (3)
SF: Al Cowens (6), Bucky Dent (8)
GDP: Len Randle (1), John Wathan (6)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Gura (W 10-9)	31.278	9	7	3	3	4	2	0	4.45	1.31	0	0	0	33	228
Pitching Totals:		9	7	3	3	4	2	0			0	0	0	33	228

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Luis Tiant (L 10-8)	38.280	3	9	6	6	1	1	1	4.10	1.32	0	0	0	26	529
Don Hood	29.318	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	3.28	1.28	0	0	0	31	198
Jim Kaat	40.296	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.95	1.29	0	0	0	35	710
Pitching Totals:		9	14	8	7	2	3	1			0	0	0	92	1437

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura 0-0-0; Luis Tiant 0-0-0; Don Hood 0-0-0; Jim Kaat 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Larry Gura 36; Luis Tiant 17; Don Hood 15; Jim Kaat 9;
Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 30,717
Umpires: Home: Ron Luciano 1B Russ Goetz 2B Ken Kaiser 3B Rocky Roe

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