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September 5, 1981

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Yankees	2	4	0
Royals	1	7	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Yankees	2	4	0
Royals	1	7	0

Lee May Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.314
OBP	.000	.340
At Bats	0	51
Hits	0	16
• Singles	0	13
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	2
RBI’s	0	8

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	2	17

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Royals Stadium - September 5, 1981

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Out

Rich Gossage

Rick Cerone

Bob Watson

Willie Randolph

Graig Nettles

Larry Milbourne

Dave Winfield

Jerry Mumphrey

Reggie Jackson

Lee May

Cesar Geronimo

John Wathan

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Yankees	2	4	0	5
Kansas City Royals	1	7	0	8
Winning Pitcher	Dave Righetti
Losing Pitcher	Larry Gura
Save	Rich Gossage
Game Winning RBI	Larry Milbourne
Attendance	38,325
Time of Game	2 hours 36 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lee May pinch hits for U L Washington. May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Darryl Motley. Geronimo takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 There goes Wathan. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Wathan steals second.

Bottom 9 Wathan takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 Aikens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Rich Gossage now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Watson is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Otis hits a popup towards short. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Jackson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Winfield strikes out.

Top 8 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Motley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Righetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Wathan moves to second.

Bottom 7 Wathan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Aikens is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Milbourne hits a fly ball into right field. Motley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nettles tags and scores.

Top 7 Werth bunts towards first. Aikens scoops it up and throws to first, with White covering, for the out. Nettles moves to third.

Top 7 Nettles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Nettles reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to second.

Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores.

Bottom 6 There goes Wilson. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Wilson steals third.

Bottom 6 Brett hits a popup towards short. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cerone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Righetti Wilson moves to second.

Bottom 6 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Jackson hits a fly ball towards right. Motley catches it and throws to second to double up Winfield.

Top 6 Winfield takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Washington hits a line drive into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Motley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aikens moves to second.

Bottom 5 Wathan hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Aikens takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Randolph hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Nettles goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Milbourne hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Werth hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Nettles takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Otis strikes out.

Bottom 4 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Brett reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Washington hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Motley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Wathan hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Winfield hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Randolph hits a popup towards first. Aikens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Aikens strikes out.

Bottom 2 McRae strikes out.

Bottom 2 Otis strikes out.

Top 2 Milbourne strikes out.

Top 2 Werth strikes out.

Top 2 Nettles takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.

Top 2 Cerone hits a popup towards short. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson throws the ball in to Milbourne who tags Brett trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out.

Top 1 Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Winfield hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Randolph takes first base on ball four.

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