Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees - Box Score - May 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

NY Yankees won 2-1

Game 1: Monday, May 21
Kansas City	6	Final
NY Yankees	0	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, May 22
Kansas City	2	Final
NY Yankees	3	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, May 23
Kansas City	3	Final
NY Yankees	8	Final
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Royals 3

(17-26, 12-9 away)

Yankees 8

(23-21, 14-11 home)

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7:05 PM ET, May 23, 2012

Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

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

W: A. Pettitte (2-1)

L: W. Smith (0-1)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.235	.330	.371
J Giavotella 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.179	.233	.214
B Butler DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	15	.299	.359	.527
J Francoeur RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.259	.305	.398
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	18	.279	.333	.497
A Escobar SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	18	.305	.344	.422
E Hosmer 1B	4	0	3	1	0	0	16	.191	.260	.333
H Quintero C	4	0	0	0	0	2	12	.230	.269	.368
M Maier CF	4	1	2	1	0	2	16	.208	.309	.396
Totals	35	3	9	3	1	10	138
BATTING 2B: A Escobar (13, D Phelps); E Hosmer (6, D Phelps) HR: B Butler (9, 4th inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 1 Out); M Maier (2, 5th inning off A Pettitte 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Butler (32), M Maier (5), E Hosmer (21) GIDP: A Gordon Royals RISP: 3-8 (M Maier 1-2, A Gordon 0-1, H Quintero 0-2, E Hosmer 2-2, J Francoeur 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: E Hosmer (2, 2nd base off A Pettitte/R Martin)
FIELDING E: M Moustakas (4, throw) DP: 2 (J Giavotella-A Escobar-E Hosmer, A Escobar-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Smith (L, 0-1)	3.1	6	5	5	1	1	3	54-30	13.50
L Mendoza	1.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	21-8	5.66
J Mijares	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-4	2.37
L Coleman	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	21-14	2.63
G Holland	1.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	26-10	7.59
J Broxton	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23-14	2.16
Totals	8.0	8	8	8	7	5	3	153-80
PITCHING HBP: J Nix (By L Mendoza); N Swisher (By J Mijares) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Smith 6/16; L Mendoza 3/6; J Mijares 2/2; L Coleman 3/5; G Holland 2/6; J Broxton 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Smith 10-2-5-13; L Mendoza 3-0-2-3; J Mijares 0-0-3-1; L Coleman 1-2-9-2; G Holland 6-0-2-2; J Broxton 2-3-6-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Smith 5-4; L Mendoza 3-0; J Mijares 1-0; L Coleman 0-2; G Holland 1-1; J Broxton 1-1 Game Scores: W Smith 28

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	5	1	3	0	0	0	8	.348	.389	.484
C Granderson CF	4	2	2	1	1	2	21	.256	.359	.548
M Teixeira 1B	2	2	0	1	3	0	28	.226	.291	.381
A Rodriguez 3B	4	2	2	3	0	1	19	.281	.372	.444
R Cano 2B	4	0	0	1	0	0	10	.297	.354	.477
N Swisher RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	.236	.304	.458
A Jones DH	2	0	1	1	2	0	16	.226	.319	.435
R Martin C	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.173	.321	.318
J Nix LF	3	1	0	0	0	1	22	.227	.292	.500
Totals	30	8	8	7	7	5	153
BATTING 2B: D Jeter (10, W Smith) HR: C Granderson (14, 1st inning off W Smith 0 on, 1 Out); A Rodriguez 2 (7, 1st inning off W Smith 1 on, 1 Out; 3rd inning off W Smith 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Granderson (25), A Rodriguez 3 (18), M Teixeira (21), R Cano (18), A Jones (9) 2-out RBI: A Rodriguez, A Jones GIDP: M Teixeira, R Martin Yankees RISP: 1-6 (M Teixeira 0-1, C Granderson 1-1, R Martin 0-2, A Rodriguez 0-1, R Cano 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Teixeira-D Jeter-M Teixeira).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Pettitte (W, 2-1)	7.0	7	2	2	1	8	2	98-71	2.53
D Phelps	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	40-24	2.87
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	1	10	2	138-95
PITCHING A Pettitte pitched to 1 batter in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Pettitte 15/28; D Phelps 4/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Pettitte 20-13-19-19; D Phelps 11-3-4-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Pettitte 10-3; D Phelps 4-0 Game Scores: A Pettitte 62

Scoring Summary

			KC	NYY
	1st	C Granderson homered to right (398 feet).	0	1
	1st	A Rodriguez homered to left (401 feet), M Teixeira scored.	0	3
	3rd	M Teixeira grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Jeter scored, C Granderson out at second.	0	4
	3rd	A Rodriguez homered to center (421 feet).	0	5
	4th	B Butler homered to right (370 feet).	1	5
	5th	M Maier homered to right (379 feet).	2	5
	5th	M Teixeira walked, J Nix scored, D Jeter to third, C Granderson to second.	2	6
	5th	R Cano grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Granderson scored, A Rodriguez out at second, M Teixeira to third.	2	7
	5th	A Jones walked, M Teixeira scored, R Cano to third, N Swisher to second.	2	8
	9th	E Hosmer doubled to shallow left, A Escobar scored.	3	8
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Game Information

Stadium	Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
Attendance	40,407 (80.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	71 degrees, cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Muchlinski, First Base - Wally Bell, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Mark Wegner