Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 1


BOXSCORE
New York Yankees
Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Soriano 2B 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 .307
Jeter SS 7 0 4 0 0 1 1 .303
Giambi 1B 7 1 2 1 0 2 4 .307
Williams CF 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 .325
Ventura 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .256
1-Wilson PR-3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .202
Posada C 5 0 1 0 1 1 3 .264
Mondesi RF 5 1 2 0 1 0 4 .231
White DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .246
a-Vander Wal PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
Spencer LF 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .247
Totals -- 54 3 14 3 3 7 25 ---

a-Flied out for White in the 13th.
1-Ran for Ventura in the 9th.


BATTING
2B: Ventura (12, Byrd).
HR: Giambi (29, 1st inning off Byrd, 0 on, 2 out).
RBI: Giambi (93), Spencer (31), Williams (80).
2-out RBI: Giambi, Williams.
S: Wilson
SF: Spencer.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: White 3, Ventura, Soriano, Giambi, Vander Wal, Wilson.
Team LOB: 14.

BASERUNNING
SB: Mondesi 2 (13, 2nd base off Byrd/Mayne, 3rd base off Byrd/Mayne).

FIELDING
E: Soriano (16, fielding).

DP: (Soriano-Jeter-Giambi).

 

Kansas City Royals
Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Knoblauch LF 6 0 1 0 1 2 2 .216
Perez SS 7 0 2 0 0 0 5 .235
Beltran CF 6 1 2 0 0 3 2 .270
Sweeney DH 6 1 2 1 0 0 4 .355
Randa 3B 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 .285
Pellow 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000
a-Ibanez PH-1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .270
Guiel RF 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 .242
Mayne C 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 .238
1-Tucker PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Ordaz 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Totals -- 51 2 11 1 3 11 25 ---

a-Grounded out for Pellow in the 10th.
1-Ran for Mayne in the 14th.

BATTING
2B: Beltran (33, Pettitte), Sweeney (28, Pettitte), Ordaz (1, Stanton).
RBI: Sweeney (50).
S: Randa, Ordaz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sweeney, Perez 2.
GIDP: Ibanez.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Sweeney (5, home off Pettitte/Posada).

 

FIELDING
E: Perez (15, throw).
DP: (Perez-Pellow)

 

New York Yankees
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pettitte 8.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 3.09
Stanton 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.86
Karsay 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.28
Mendoza(W 8-3) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.27
Rivera, M (S, 26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.93


Kansas City Royals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Byrd 9.0 8 2 1 0 5 1 3.45
Hernandez, R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.15
Grimsley 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3.58
Bukvich 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.74
Stein (L, 0-3) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.49


WP: Hernandez, R, Grimsley.
IBB: Knoblauch (by Stanton), Posada (by Bukvich).
Pitches-strikes: Pettitte 119-83, Stanton 21-11, Karsay 12-10, Mendoza 34-22, Rivera, M 11-9, Byrd 122-89, Hernandez, R 18-10, Grimsley 33-18, Bukvich 15-4, Stein 27-17.
Ground outs-fly outs: Pettitte 9-9, Stanton 1-2, Karsay 1-0, Mendoza 7-0, Rivera, M 1-1, Byrd 12-10, Hernandez, R 0-2, Grimsley 3-2, Bukvich 1-2, Stein 0-3.
Batters faced: Pettitte 33, Stanton 6, Karsay 3, Mendoza 10, Rivera, M 4, Byrd 35, Hernandez, R 4, Grimsley 9, Bukvich 5, Stein 6.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh. 1B: Larry Vanover. 2B: Angel Hernandez. 3B: Laz Diaz.
Weather: 83 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 12 mph, R to L.
T: 4:32.
Att: 26,383.

 

Yankees outlast Royals in 14

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bernie Williams singled home the winning run in the 14th inning as the Yankees slipped past the Royals, 3-2, Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Williams came up with two on and two out against Royals reliever Blake Stein. The big hit by Williams followed singles by Alfonso Soriano and Jason Giambi. The Yankees (74-44) won their fourth straight against the Royals over the last week. Kansas City (48-72) lost despite a rare straight steal of home by Mike Sweeney in the sixth inning.
Ramiro Mendoza worked three innings and improved his record to 8-3, while Stein fell to 0-3. Mariano Rivera picked up his 26th save.
The Yankees went on top in the opening inning as Giambi paid another dividend on New York owner George Steinbrenner's big investment. With two out and nobody on, Giambi turned on a Paul Byrd pitch and drove it over the wall in right field for his 29th home run.
That 1-0 lead held up for a long time, as Byrd and Andy Pettitte settled into a fast-paced pitching duel. The Royals had a chance to get something done in the third after the first two were retired. Neifi Perez singled and Carlos Beltran's blooper went off Soriano's glove to set up a first-and-third situation. Pettitte got out of the jam when Sweeney broke his bat and bounced into a forceout.
Kansas City finally forged a 1-1 tie in the sixth when Beltran led off with a double down the left-field line and Sweeney produced an RBI double to right. Joe Randa sacrificed Sweeney to third and, after Kit Pellow fanned, Sweeney pulled off one of the surprise plays of the year. Left-handed-hitting Aaron Guiel was at the plate against the lefty Pettitte and behind in the count 1-2 when Sweeney suddenly broke for home before Pettitte, who was pitching from the stretch, started his delivery.
Sweeney, a slow runner who had only four steals all year, timed his dash perfectly and slid to the front of the plate. By the time catcher Jorge Posada accepted the throw home, he had to lunge forward to make a tag. On a bang-bang play, home-plate umpire Randy Marsh ruled that Sweeney had nicked the edge of the plate just before Posada applied the tag. Sweeney's steal of home, which put the Royals up 2-1, was the first for Kansas City since Randa stole home on a double steal on May 10, 1999. It was Kansas City's first straight steal of home since Fred Patek did it against Minnesota on June 18, 1977.
The Yankees needed a Kansas City defensive miscue to bounce into a 2-2 tie in the seventh. With one out and a runner at first, Rondell White hit a bouncer to shortstop Perez in the hole. Perez threw low to first and the ball rolled past Pellow, with the runners winding up at second and third. A sacrifice fly by Shane Spencer made it 2-2.
New York had a runner at third with two out in the ninth, but Byrd got White on a bouncer to shortstop. Pettitte allowed two runs and seven hits in his eight-inning stint. The Royals had two on with two out in the ninth, but Perez flied out against reliever Mike Stanton.
Byrd threw 122 pitches in his nine-inning stint. He allowed two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and no walks.