New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 16, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 16, 2011

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

NY Yankees leads 2-0 (as of 8/16)

Game 1: Monday, August 15
NY Yankees	7	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 16
NY Yankees	9	Final
Kansas City	7	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 17
NY Yankees	4	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Yankees 9

(74-46, 34-22 away)

Royals 7

(50-73, 31-34 home)

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8:10 PM ET, August 16, 2011

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	9	12	0
KC	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	9	0

W: I. Nova (12-4)

L: D. Duffy (3-7)

S: M. Rivera (32)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	6	1	2	2	0	1	21	.283	.344	.372
C Granderson CF	3	2	1	0	0	1	13	.273	.367	.578
M Teixeira 1B	4	2	1	1	1	0	23	.249	.343	.504
R Cano 2B	5	2	2	4	0	0	26	.306	.352	.533
N Swisher RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	14	.269	.382	.432
A Jones DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	.240	.336	.440
a-J Posada PH-DH	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.239	.319	.388
R Martin C	4	0	1	2	1	3	27	.226	.317	.372
E Nunez 3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	18	.268	.319	.390
B Gardner LF	5	2	2	0	0	0	20	.286	.366	.409
Totals	39	9	12	9	4	8	184
a-walked for A Jones in the 8th
BATTING 2B: D Jeter (18, D Duffy) 3B: B Gardner (7, A Crow) HR: R Cano (21, 4th inning off D Duffy 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Cano 4 (85), R Martin 2 (48), D Jeter 2 (46), M Teixeira (89) S: C Granderson 2-out RBI: R Martin 2, D Jeter Yankees RISP: 6-12 (M Teixeira 1-2, D Jeter 1-1, E Nunez 1-2, A Jones 0-1, R Martin 1-2, B Gardner 0-2, R Cano 2-2) Team LOB: 10

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
I Nova (W, 12-4)	5.1	9	7	7	1	2	1	87-54	4.21
B Logan (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	2.87
R Soriano (H, 14)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	4.03
D Robertson (H, 26)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	1.29
M Rivera (S, 32)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-10	2.30
Totals	9.0	9	7	7	1	7	1	133-85
PITCHING WP: I Nova 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: I Nova 17/25; B Logan 1/3; R Soriano 2/2; D Robertson 2/3; M Rivera 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: I Nova 21-7-4-22; B Logan 3-1-0-2; R Soriano 3-1-1-1; D Robertson 2-1-4-2; M Rivera 2-4-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: I Nova 8-5; B Logan 1-1; R Soriano 0-1; D Robertson 1-1; M Rivera 1-0 Game Scores: I Nova 23

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	4	0	0	1	0	1	16	.296	.370	.475
M Cabrera CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	11	.311	.344	.483
B Butler DH	4	2	2	0	0	1	15	.286	.363	.444
E Hosmer 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	14	.274	.327	.424
J Francoeur RF	4	1	3	2	0	1	18	.278	.328	.465
J Giavotella 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	21	.311	.354	.467
S Perez C	4	0	1	2	0	1	12	.261	.250	.348
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.182	.237	.227
A Escobar SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.251	.287	.335
Totals	35	7	9	7	1	7	133
BATTING 2B: E Hosmer (20, I Nova); J Francoeur (35, I Nova); S Perez (2, I Nova) 3B: A Escobar (6, I Nova) HR: M Cabrera (16, 3rd inning off I Nova 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: E Hosmer (50), J Francoeur 2 (66), A Gordon (59), M Cabrera (73), S Perez 2 (3) 2-out RBI: E Hosmer, J Francoeur 2 Royals RISP: 3-8 (S Perez 1-1, A Gordon 0-1, M Moustakas 0-1, A Escobar 0-1, E Hosmer 0-1, J Giavotella 0-1, J Francoeur 2-2) Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING CS: J Francoeur (7, 2nd base by I Nova/R Martin)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Duffy (L, 3-7)	3.0	8	8	8	2	3	1	90-56	5.66
N Adcock	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	38-23	4.66
A Crow	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	23-13	2.33
G Holland	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-13	1.65
T Collins	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14-9	3.58
Totals	9.0	12	9	9	4	8	1	184-114
PITCHING D Duffy pitched to 5 batters in the 4th HBP: A Jones (By D Duffy); C Granderson (By D Duffy) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Duffy 10/22; N Adcock 6/11; A Crow 3/5; G Holland 3/5; T Collins 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Duffy 15-3-23-15; N Adcock 7-1-7-8; A Crow 4-2-3-4; G Holland 7-2-2-2; T Collins 4-1-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Duffy 3-4; N Adcock 6-1; A Crow 1-0; G Holland 1-1; T Collins 2-1 Game Scores: D Duffy 12

Scoring Summary

			NYY	KC
	1st	E Hosmer doubled to deep right center, B Butler scored.	0	1
	1st	J Francoeur singled to center, E Hosmer scored.	0	2
	3rd	R Cano singled to left, C Granderson scored, M Teixeira to second.	1	2
	3rd	R Martin singled to left, M Teixeira and R Cano scored, N Swisher to third, R Martin to second advancing on throw.	3	2
	3rd	A Gordon grounded out to third, A Escobar scored.	3	3
	3rd	M Cabrera homered to right (389 feet).	3	4
	3rd	J Francoeur doubled to deep center, B Butler scored.	3	5
	4th	D Jeter doubled to deep left, B Gardner scored.	4	5
	4th	M Teixeira singled to right center, D Jeter scored, C Granderson to second.	5	5
	4th	R Cano homered to right center (449 feet), C Granderson and M Teixeira scored.	8	5
	6th	S Perez doubled to deep center, J Francoeur and J Giavotella scored.	8	7
	7th	D Jeter singled to right, B Gardner scored.	9	7
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Game Notes

ROYALS MANAGER NED YOST WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE KERWIN DANLEY IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	22,258 (58.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:19
Weather	83 degrees, clear
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Chad Fairchild, Second Base - Doug Eddings, Third Base - Dana Demuth