BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kansas City Royals 7-9 New York Yankees

Kansas City Royals 7-9 New York Yankees
Tuesday 11th April 2006
MLB Regular Season Game
Yankee Stadium, 161st Street and River Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451, USA
Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy.
Attendance: 54,698

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 7 12 0
NY Yankees 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 X 9 8 0


Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Costa, CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .267
Grudzielanek, 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .320
Sweeney, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .095
1-German, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sanders, RF 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 .348
Mientkiewicz, 1B 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 .167
Brown, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .273
Teahen, 3B 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .190
Berroa, SS 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 .316
Buck, C 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .267
Totals 37 7 12 6 3 5 13
1-Ran for Sweeney in the 9th.


NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Damon, CF 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 .310
Jeter, SS 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 .333
Sheffield, RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .207
Rodriguez, 3B 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .296
Giambi, 1B 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 .211
Phillips, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Matsui, LF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .393
Posada, C 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .269
Cano, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .276
Williams, DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .273
Totals 29 9 8 9 9 4 17



Derek Jeter completed a five-run, eighth-inning rally with a three-run
homer, which gave the New York Yankees Baseball Club a 9-7 victory in
their 2006 home opener. Jason Giambi also hit a three-run homer for the
Yankees in this match.