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Yankees 5 @ Royals 2
Kauffman Stadium
August 5, 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 5, 1996 at Kauffman Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1996 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 2 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJimmy Key  
Losing PitcherHipolito Pichardo  
SaveJohn Wetteland  
Game Winning RBIJoe Girardi 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1996 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJimmy Key  
Home Starting PitcherChris Haney  
BallparkKauffman Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance22,865 
Time of Game3 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Joyce
1B: Ted Hendry
2B: John Hirschbeck
3B: Eric Cooper

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Derek Jeter  Shortstop 
Joe Girardi  Catcher 
Paul O'Neill  Right Fielder 
Cecil Fielder  First Baseman 
Bernie Williams  Center Fielder 
Mariano Duncan  Second Baseman 
Jim Leyritz  DH 
Gerald Williams  Left Fielder 
Matt Howard  Third Baseman 
Joe Torre  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Tom Goodwin  Center Fielder 
Bip Roberts  Right Fielder 
Mike Macfarlane  DH 
Craig Paquette  Left Fielder 
Mike Sweeney  Catcher 
Kevin Young  First Baseman 
Joe Randa  Third Baseman 
David Howard  Shortstop 
Bob Boone  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Royals 2
Kauffman Stadium
August 5, 1996

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/5/1996 -- New York at Kansas City (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Jeter D, ss           5  3  4  0   Offerman J, 2b-ss     4  0  2  0   
Girardi J, c          4  0  2  1   Goodwin T, cf         4  0  0  0   
O'Neill P, rf         5  0  1  1   Roberts B, rf-2b      4  0  0  0   
Fielder C, 1b         1  1  0  0   Macfarlane M, dh      4  1  1  1   
Williams B, cf        4  0  1  2   Paquette C, lf        2  1  0  0   
Duncan M, 2b          4  0  2  1   Tucker M, ph          1  0  1  0   
Fox A, 2b             1  0  0  0   Sweeney M, c          3  0  0  0   
Leyritz J, dh         2  0  0  0   Young K, 1b           1  0  1  0   
Strawberry D, ph      2  0  0  0   Damon J, ph-rf        2  0  0  0   
Williams G, lf        4  0  1  0   Randa J, 3b           2  0  0  1   
Howard M, 3b          2  0  0  0   Lockhart K, ph-3b     0  0  0  0   
Boggs W, ph-3b        2  1  1  0   Howard D, ss          2  0  0  0   
                                   Hamelin B, ph-1b      1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  5 12  5                        30  2  5  2

New York         000 002 201 --  5
Kansas City      020 000 000 --  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Key J (W)             6.0  3  2  1  2  3
Rivera M              2.0  1  0  0  2  0
Wetteland J (S)       1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haney C               5.2  7  2  2  2  6
Pichardo H (L)        1.0  3  2  2  2  0
Huisman R             1.2  1  1  1  0  2
Jacome J              0.2  1  0  0  1  0

E -- Jeter D
DP -- New York 3, Kansas City 2
LOB -- New York 10, Kansas City 5
2B -- O'Neill P
3B -- Offerman J
HR -- Macfarlane M
CS -- Duncan M
SH -- Girardi J
T -- 3:17
A -- 22865

    

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