Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

25-39, 13-23 Away

Final

32-32, 18-15 Home


KC
NYY

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	8	1
0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0

RoyalsTop 1st
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 1st
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- J Damon stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 2nd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 3rd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 4th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 5th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- R Cano singled to deep right center, R Cano advanced to second on fielding error by right fielder J Guillen.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 6th
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 6th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 7th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- R. Ramirez pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- M. Mussina pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 8th
- R. Ramirez pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- J Posada hit for J Molina.
  2
  2
- C Moeller ran for J Posada.
  2
  2
- Y. Yabuta pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- M. Rivera pitching for NYY
  KC
  NYY
- C Moeller catching.
  2
  2
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
YankeesBottom 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  KC
  NYY
- T Pena at shortstop.
  3
  2
- W Betemit ran for J Giambi.
  3
  2
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Royals
2
Yankees
1

Game 1

7/6

Royals
11
Yankees
12

Game 2

7/6

Royals
3
Yankees
6

Game 3

8/6

Royals
3
Yankees
2

Game 4

9/6

Yankee Stadium

6:05 PM, 9 June 2008

Bronx, New York

Attendance: 53,633

Game Time:2:47

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chris Tiller
First Base Umpire - Ed Montague
Second Base Umpire - Jim Wolf
Third Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Fly Out