Kansas City Royals vs. New York Yankees

FINAL/16

Aug 27, 1972

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	R	H	E	LOB
KC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	1	11
NYY	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	26	2	18

win:

L. McDanielloss: Kansas City Royals logo

B. Dal Canton

Scoring Summary

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2
John Ellis singles on a to center fielder Amos Otis. Roy White scores. [1 run]
01
2
Celerino Sanchez doubles (6) on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. John Ellis scores. [1 run]
02
3
Ron Blomberg hits a ground-rule double (19) on a . Bobby Murcer scores. [1 run]
03
3
John Ellis singles on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Ron Blomberg scores. [1 run]
04
4
Bobby Murcer singles on a to center fielder Amos Otis. Fritz Peterson scores. Johnny Callison to 3rd. Bobby Murcer to 2nd. [1 run]
05
5
John Mayberry hits a home run (16). [1 run]
15
7
John Ellis singles on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Bobby Murcer scores. [1 run]
16
8
Amos Otis singles on a to center fielder Bobby Murcer. Freddie Patek scores. [1 run]
26
8
Lou Piniella hits a home run (10). Amos Otis scores. Richie Scheinblum scores. [3 runs]
56
9
Ed Kirkpatrick singles on a to right fielder Johnny Callison. Paul Schaal scores. Bobby Knoop to 3rd. [1 run]
66
9
Freddie Patek singles on a to left fielder Roy White. Bobby Knoop scores. Ed Kirkpatrick to 2nd. [1 run]
76
9
Amos Otis hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Ron Klimkowski. Ed Kirkpatrick scores. Freddie Patek to 3rd. Amos Otis to 1st. [1 run]
86
9
Celerino Sanchez singles on a to second baseman Bobby Knoop. Roy White scores. [1 run]
87
9
Thurman Munson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Amos Otis. Celerino Sanchez scores. Jerry Kenney to 2nd. [1 run]
88
16
Horace Clarke out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Amos Otis. Celerino Sanchez scores. [1 run] [1 out]
89

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Freddie PatekSS	2	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	.225
2Amos OtisCF	2	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	.302
3Richie ScheinblumRF	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.313
Bobby FloydPR-3B	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174
4Lou PiniellaLF	1	7	1	3	0	1	1	4	.310
5Carl TaylorC	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	.276
Ted AbernathyP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Steve HovleyPH-RF	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281
6John Mayberry Sr.1B	1	4	1	1	0	3	1	1	.288
7Paul Schaal3B	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	.206
Gail HopkinsPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.215
Bruce Dal CantonP	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.103
8Bobby Knoop2B	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	5	.224
9Mike HedlundP	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188
Tom BurgmeierP	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Jerry MayPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195
Al FitzmorrisP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190
Norm AngeliniP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ed KirkpatrickPH-C	1	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.282
TOTAL	14	60	8	7	9	5	2	24	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Mike HedlundRHP	2.2	7	4	4	2	0	19	4.15
Tom BurgmeierLHP	4.1	5	2	2	1	2	28	3.81
Al FitzmorrisRHP	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3.94
Norm AngeliniLHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.50
Ted AbernathyRHP	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	13	1.64
Bruce Dal CantonRHP	4.1	7	1	1	4	2	35	3.29
TOTAL	15.1	26	9	9	7	4	99	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Bernie Allen2B	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	3	.252
Horace ClarkePR-2B	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.244
2Johnny CallisonRF	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.259
3Bobby MurcerCF	4	7	2	1	0	1	0	1	.287
4Roy WhiteLF	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	4	.277
5Ron Blomberg1B	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	5	.284
Felipe Alou1B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.280
6John EllisC	3	8	1	3	1	0	0	7	.284
7Celerino Sanchez3B	4	8	2	2	2	0	0	4	.246
8Jerry KenneySS	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	3	.219
9Fritz PetersonP	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Sparky LyleP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176
Ron KlimkowskiP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Thurman MunsonPH	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.285
Lindy McDanielP	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Gene MichaelPH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225



TOTAL	26	68	9	9	7	4	0	32	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Fritz PetersonLHP	7.1	8	4	4	3	0	1	36	3.44
Sparky LyleLHP	0.2	5	4	3	0	0	1	7	1.57
Ron KlimkowskiRHP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2.78
Lindy McDanielRHP	7.0	1	0	0	6	4	0	50	2.74


TOTAL	16.0	14	8	7	9	5	2	100	-

Play-by-Play

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TOP 1
BATTER OUT — Freddie Patek out, second baseman Bernie Allen to first baseman Ron Blomberg. [1 out]
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BATTER OUT — Amos Otis out, pitcher Fritz Peterson to first baseman Ron Blomberg. [2 outs]
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BATTER OUT — Richie Scheinblum out, third baseman Celerino Sanchez to first baseman Ron Blomberg. [3 outs]
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BOTTOM 1
BATTER OUT — Bernie Allen out, shortstop Freddie Patek to first baseman John Mayberry. [1 out]
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BATTER OUT — Johnny Callison out, second baseman Bobby Knoop to first baseman John Mayberry. [2 outs]
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GROUNDOUT — Bobby Murcer grounds out to first baseman John Mayberry. [3 outs]
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Team Stats

NYY

8Runs9

14Hits26

1Errors2

.233Batting Avg.382

60At Bats68

5Extra-base Hits6

2Home Runs0

7Runs-Batted-In9

5Walks4

1Stolen Bases1

9Strikeouts7

11Left on Base18

23Total Bases33

Game Details

Sunday, August 27, 1972 · 3:38 AM

Spectrum Center · Charlotte, NC

attendance: 25,801 (127.7%)

weather: 83 degrees, unknown