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Royals 3 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
October 12, 1976

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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 October 12, 1976 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateOctober 12, 1976 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 3 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherDock Ellis  
Losing PitcherAndy Hassler  
SaveSparky Lyle  
Game Winning RBIGraig Nettles 

Game Info

DateOctober 12, 1976 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherAndy Hassler  
Home Starting PitcherDock Ellis  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance56,808 
Time of Game3 hours 
UmpiresHP: George Maloney
1B: Bill Haller
2B: Art Frantz
3B: Larry McCoy

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Wohlford  Left Fielder 
Al Cowens  Center Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Tom Poquette  Right Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Buck Martinez  Catcher 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Lou Piniella  DH 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Elliott Maddox  Right Fielder 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Fred Stanley  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Royals 3 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
October 12, 1976

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         Game of 10/12/1976 -- Kansas City at New York (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wohlford J, lf        2  1  0  0   Rivers M, cf          5  0  1  0   
Cowens A, cf          4  0  1  0   White R, lf           3  1  0  0   
Brett G, 3b           3  1  2  1   Munson T, c           4  1  2  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        4  1  1  0   Piniella L, dh        2  1  1  0   
McRae H, dh           2  0  0  1   May C, ph             1  0  0  0   
Poquette T, rf        3  0  1  1   Chambliss C, 1b       4  2  2  3   
Nelson D, ph          1  0  0  0   Nettles G, 3b         3  0  1  1   
White F, 2b           2  0  0  0   Maddox E, rf          4  0  1  1   
Rojas C, ph-2b        1  0  0  0   Randolph W, 2b        3  0  1  0   
Patek F, ss           3  0  1  0   Stanley F, ss         3  0  0  0   
Martinez B, c         2  0  0  0                                      
Quirk J, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Stinson B, c          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     28  3  6  3                        32  5  9  5

Kansas City      300 000 000 --  3
New York         000 203 00x --  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hassler A (L)*        5.0  4  4  4  3  3
Pattin M+             0.0  0  1  1  1  0
Hall T                0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Mingori S#            0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Littell M             2.2  3  0  0  1  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ellis D (W)           8.0  6  3  3  2  5
Lyle S (S)            1.0  0  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
  # Pitched to 1 batter in 6th

DP -- Kansas City 1, New York 2
LOB -- Kansas City 3, New York 8
2B -- Poquette T, Piniella L, Munson T, Maddox E
HR -- Chambliss C
SB -- Wohlford J, Chambliss C, Randolph W
CS -- Rivers M, McRae H, Patek F
SF -- McRae H
HBP -- by Ellis D (McRae H)
PB -- Munson T
T -- 3:00
A -- 56808

    

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