Kansas City Royals (9) New York Yankees (8)

| 1979

Date of Game: Saturday, September 01, 1979
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Kansas City Royals (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 72-63	Record: 72-60
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Attendance: 30,130 Time of Game: 3:08

Game Notes:

Gary Christenson - 1st career game

Jim Gaudet - 1st career hit

Gary Christenson - 1st career game

Rich Gossage - Struck out at least 2 batters per inning (1.2+ ip)

Best at-bats

Al Cowens HR in 4th inning (25.6)

Hal McRae 1B in 4th inning (18.64)

George Brett HR in 3rd inning (17.27)
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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	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	9	14	0
New York Yankees	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	10	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	24.054	5	0	2	0	0	3	.310	127	279	5	42	64
Hal McRae	dh	34.053	5	1	2	3	0	1	.282	77	1170	8	57	4
George Brett	3b	26.109	5	1	1	2	0	1	.330	132	863	18	89	13
Darrell Porter	c	27.228	3	0	1	0	0	0	.300	131	947	16	93	3
Jim Gaudet	c	24.090	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1	4	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	1b	27.228	5	2	3	0	0	2	.283	112	581	1	49	1
Amos Otis	cf	32.128	4	1	2	2	1	1	.296	129	1506	17	84	29
Al Cowens	rf	27.312	3	1	1	2	1	0	.300	114	790	8	64	8
Frank White	2b	28.362	4	1	1	0	0	1	.247	101	809	9	42	20
U.L. Washington	ss	25.309	2	2	0	0	1	1	.251	74	153	0	13	7
Al Hrabosky	p	30.042	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	51	439	0	0	0
Gary Christenson	p	26.119	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Renie Martin	p	24.002	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	15	15	0	0	0
Totals:			38	9	14	9	3	10	.368	1065	7557

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
Bobby Murcer	cf	33.104	4	2	1	0	1	2	.254	105	1657	12	44	2
Willie Randolph	2b	25.057	3	2	2	0	2	0	.277	128	564	5	53	27
Oscar Gamble	lf	29.255	2	1	0	0	1	0	.357	76	1096	11	43	2
Lou Piniella	ph-lf	36.004	2	1	1	0	0	0	.306	114	1370	11	66	3
Reggie Jackson	rf	33.106	4	0	1	3	0	1	.293	104	1754	22	72	8
Chris Chambliss	1b	30.249	4	0	1	2	0	0	.277	121	1260	15	53	3
Graig Nettles	3b	35.012	4	1	2	1	0	0	.251	123	1656	16	65	1
Jim Spencer	dh	32.033	3	1	2	2	0	1	.289	84	1321	16	40	0
George Scott	ph	35.162	1	0	0	0	0	1	.251	94	2022	6	49	2
Brad Gulden	c	23.083	2	0	0	0	0	2	.164	23	26	0	2	0
Roy White	ph	35.249	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	69	1868	2	24	2
Jerry Narron	c	23.230	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	43	43	2	10	0
Bucky Dent	ss	27.281	4	0	0	0	0	0	.233	123	913	1	29	0
Jim Kaat	p	40.298	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	681	0	0	0
Ron Davis	p	24.026	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	34	38	0	0	0
Don Hood	p	29.320	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	28	153	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	p	28.058	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	25	313	0	0	0
Totals:			35	8	10	8	4	9	.286	1329	16735

Game Stats

2B: Pete LaCock (24), Frank White (22), Willie Wilson (14)
3B: Chris Chambliss (3), Amos Otis (2)
HR: George Brett (18), Al Cowens (8), Jim Spencer (16)
RBIs: George Brett 2 (89), Chris Chambliss 2 (53), Al Cowens 2 (64), Reggie Jackson 3 (72), Hal McRae 3 (57), Graig Nettles (65), Amos Otis 2 (84), Jim Spencer 2 (40)
SB: Amos Otis (29), U.L. Washington (7)
CS: Willie Randolph (10), Willie Wilson (9)
SH: U.L. Washington (4)
GDP: George Brett (7), Graig Nettles (12)

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#
Rich Gale	25.225	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	5.59	1.59	0	0	0	31	62
Al Hrabosky (W 8-4)	30.042	5	5	2	2	1	5	1	4.26	1.63	0	0	0	51	438
Gary Christenson	26.119	2	4	3	3	1	2	0	13.50	2.50	0	0	0	1	1
Renie Martin (Sv 4)	24.002	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8.50	1.83	0	0	0	15	15
Pitching Totals:		9	10	8	8	4	9	1			0	0	0	98	516

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#
Ken Clay	25.148	2.1	5	4	4	1	1	1	5.21	1.41	0	0	0	31	80
Jim Kaat (L 3-3)	40.298	0.2	2	4	3	1	1	1	3.38	1.32	0	0	0	36	711
Ron Davis	24.026	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	3.05	1.42	0	0	0	34	38
Don Hood	29.320	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.36	1.29	0	0	0	32	199
Rich Gossage	28.058	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	3.00	1.17	0	0	0	25	348
Pitching Totals:		9	14	9	8	3	10	2			0	0	0	158	1376

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Ken Clay; Jim Kaat;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rich Gale 0-0-0; Al Hrabosky 0-0-0; Gary Christenson 0-0-0; Renie Martin 0-0-0; Ken Clay 0-0-0; Jim Kaat 0-0-0; Ron Davis 0-0-0; Don Hood 0-0-0; Rich Gossage 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Rich Gale 3; Al Hrabosky 20; Gary Christenson 10; Renie Martin 6; Ken Clay 12; Jim Kaat 6; Ron Davis 11; Don Hood 5; Rich Gossage 8;
Time of Game: 3:08 Attendance: 30,130
Umpires: Home: Ken Kaiser 1B Rocky Roe 2B Ron Luciano 3B Russ Goetz

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