DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
NEW YORK YANKEES AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
06/10/1997
 
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
NEW YORK YANKEES AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
GAME ID: 772 - TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Yankees (18-46) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Kansas City Royals (42-22) 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 9 11 0
Cormier KOs Yankees
The Kansas City Royals and starting pitcher Rheal Cormier stifled the New York offense en route to a comfortable 9-1 win at Royals Stadium. Kansas City leads the Federal League Central Division by 5½ games.

Cormier, who was born in Moncton, Canada, threw 131 pitches over 9 innings, while allowing 1 earned run.

"Got a lot of swings and misses today," said Cormier.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Cabrera SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .257 4 24
B. Abreu RF, LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .212 10 24
   e-J. Grotewold PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 1 4
M. Lieberthal C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .280 9 25
K. Kiyohara 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .223 18 44
T. Fryman 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .213 8 24
   a-E. Caceres PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 1
P. Clark DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .224 5 21
M. Gallego 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .162 1 5
   b-E. Giovanola PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
Q. McCracken LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .172 2 6
   c-R. Thompson PH, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176 3 13
D. Lewis CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .155 1 10
   d-J. Phillips PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 0 2
Totals 29 1 4 1 2 9 11      
a - E. Caceres pinch hit for T. Fryman in the 7th
b - E. Giovanola pinch hit for M. Gallego in the 7th
c - R. Thompson pinch hit for Q. McCracken in the 8th
d - J. Phillips pinch hit for D. Lewis in the 8th
e - J. Grotewold pinch hit for B. Abreu in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Q. McCracken (2, 5th Inning off R. Cormier, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: D. Lewis (2, 3rd Inning off R. Cormier, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Abreu , Q. McCracken 2 , P. Clark , D. Lewis 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Cabrera , T. Fryman
GIDP: K. Kiyohara
Team LOB: 3
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Q. Veras 2B 5 1 2 2 0 1 3 .195 3 10
R. Lankford LF 5 0 3 4 0 0 1 .286 15 41
J. Thome 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .249 23 40
J. Burnitz DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .246 14 43
B. Larkin SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .251 9 30
R. Wilkins C 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .223 14 32
T. Naehring 3B 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .231 7 25
R. Hidalgo CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .270 15 40
R. Sanders RF 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 .198 7 14
Totals 35 9 11 9 4 7 16      
BATTING
Triples: Q. Veras (1, 4th Inning off B. Moehler, 2 on, 1 out) R. Lankford (4, 2nd Inning off B. Moehler, 3 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Sanders (7, 6th Inning off D. Simons, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Hidalgo , Q. Veras 4 , R. Wilkins , R. Sanders 5 , T. Naehring , R. Lankford 5 , B. Larkin
2-out RBI: R. Lankford
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Thome , B. Larkin
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Sanders-Wilkins, Thome-Larkin-Thome)
OF assists: 1 (Sanders (Lewis at home))
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
B. Moehler L (1-6) 3.1 7 8 8 2 3 0 84 52 6.93   
D. Simons 2.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 45 26 1.69   
B. Eversgerd 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 37 23 2.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Moehler 13
Batters Faced: B. Moehler 19, D. Simons 12, B. Eversgerd 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Moehler 2-5, D. Simons 4-3, B. Eversgerd 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Moehler 84-52, D. Simons 45-26, B. Eversgerd 37-23
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Simons 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Cormier W (8-3) 9.0 4 1 1 2 9 0 131 75 2.32   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Cormier 82
Batters Faced: R. Cormier 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Cormier 10-6
Pitches - Strikes: R. Cormier 131-75
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rheal Cormier
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 12 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 13829
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