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New York Yankees @ Kansas City Royals

1986-04-22 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 21875 · 2:31

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 5–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 8th. Bob Tewksbury earned the win and Dave Righetti picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Bob Tewksbury L: Mark Gubicza SV: Dave Righetti

Umpires — HP: Larry McCoy · 1B: Vic Voltaggio · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Dave Phillips · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	5	2	2	0	0	0
Ken Griffey	4	0	0	1	0	0
Don Mattingly	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ron Hassey	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Winfield	4	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Easler	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Pagliarulo	3	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Randolph	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Meacham	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Roenicke	1	0	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rudy Law	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Wilson	2	0	0	0	1	1
George Brett	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frank White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Balboni	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hal McRae	4	0	0	0	0	1
Darryl Motley	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Sundberg	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Biancalana	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Orta	1	0	1	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Tewksbury	7.1	5	1	3
Dave Righetti	1.2	0	2	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Gubicza	7.1	8	3	3
Buddy Black	0.2	1	0	0
Mark Huismann	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: S
Ken Griffey: SB2
Ken Griffey: 43.2-3
Don Mattingly: S.3-H
Ron Hassey: 46(1)/FO/G.B-1
Dave Winfield: SB2
Dave Winfield: K

Bot 1

Rudy Law: 13
Willie Wilson: W
George Brett: 8
Frank White: 63

Top 2

Mike Easler: 3/G
Mike Pagliarulo: D
Willie Randolph: 13
Bob Meacham: 7

Bot 2

Steve Balboni: S
Hal McRae: K
Darryl Motley: 6/L
Jim Sundberg: 43

Top 3

Rickey Henderson: 63
Ken Griffey: 7
Don Mattingly: 3/G

Bot 3

Buddy Biancalana: 63
Rudy Law: 13
Willie Wilson: 9

Top 4

Ron Hassey: W
Dave Winfield: K
Mike Easler: W.1-2
Mike Pagliarulo: 6
Willie Randolph: S.2-H;1-3
Bob Meacham: 3/G

Bot 4

George Brett: K
Frank White: 53
Steve Balboni: 5

Top 5

Rickey Henderson: T
Ken Griffey: 8/SF.3-H
Don Mattingly: W
Ron Hassey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Hal McRae: 13
Darryl Motley: D
Jim Sundberg: 63
Buddy Biancalana: 43

Top 6

Dave Winfield: 63
Mike Easler: 43
Mike Pagliarulo: 8

Bot 6

Rudy Law: 7
Willie Wilson: K
George Brett: 3/G

Top 7

Willie Randolph: S
Bob Meacham: K
Rickey Henderson: SB2
Rickey Henderson: 43.2-3
Ken Griffey: 3/G

Bot 7

Frank White: D
Steve Balboni: 8
Hal McRae: 63
Darryl Motley: 63

Top 8

Don Mattingly: S
Ron Hassey: 8
Dave Winfield: S.1-3
Gary Roenicke: S.3-H;1-3
Mike Pagliarulo: 8/SF.3-H
Willie Randolph: 8

Bot 8

Jim Sundberg: S
Jorge Orta: T.1-H
Rudy Law: 3/FL
Willie Wilson: HP
George Brett: K
Frank White: 64(1)/FO/G

Top 9

Bob Meacham: K
Rickey Henderson: 63
Ken Griffey: 13

Bot 9

Steve Balboni: W
Hal McRae: 56(1)3/GDP
Darryl Motley: W
Jim Sundberg: 53

Notes & reviews

Willie Wilson walked toward the mound waving his arms and was intercepted by Yankees catcher Ron Hassey; the two players started pushing and both benches cleared; pitcher Bob Tewksbury split a finger nail in the melee; Wilson ejected by HP umpire Larry McCoy

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