Breaking loose after two were out, the Royals exploded for six runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox, 10-4. Pinch-hitter Joe Keough sparked the uprising with a single and counted on a double by Freddie Patek to tie the score at 4-4.

Richie Schelnblum followed with a pinch-single to send the Royals ahead. A single by Lou Piniella and pass to Carl Taylor loaded the bases. Cookie Rojas drove in a run with an infield single and John Mayberry then cleared the bases with a double. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 10, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, June      3, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4 13  2
Royals       1  0  0    2  0  0    6  1  x  -  10 15  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             5   0   3   0     0   0   .287      Patek ss              5   2   2   1     0   2   .250
Aparicio ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Hovley rf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .231
Gagliano lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .294        Scheinblum ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .286
  Oglivie ph,lf       2   1   1   0     0   1   .220        Burgmeier pr,p      1   1   1   0     0   0   .400
Smith rf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Piniella lf           5   2   4   2     0   0   .338
  Miller pr,rf        2   0   1   0     1   0   .167      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   2   1     0   0   .333
Cater 1b              5   2   2   0     0   1   .188        Taylor ph,rf        1   1   0   0     1   1   .500
Kennedy 3b            5   0   1   2     0   2   .237      Rojas 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .279
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .252      Hopkins 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .130
Fisk c                4   1   2   0     0   1   .264        Mayberry 1b         1   0   1   3     0   0   .222
Pattin p              3   0   1   1     0   0   .176      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .246
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .231
  Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Josephson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Dal Canton p        2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Keough ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .111
                                                            May c               1   0   0   0     0   1   .234

Totals               40   4  13   4     1   8             Totals               37  10  15  10     2   7

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance:  7,441
Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Royals 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 0
Errors: Gagliano, Kennedy, Hopkins
Doubles: Cater 2 (5), Kennedy (2), Harper (10), Patek 2 (8), Mayberry (4)
Triples: Fisk 2 (3), Harper (2)
Stolen Bases: Harper (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (1), Schaal (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(1-7)           6.2   8   5   5   1   4   0  28   5.81
Lee                     0     2   3   3   1   0   0   3   3.98
Tatum                   0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   2.55
Bolin                   1     3   1   1   0   3   0   6   5.79
Totals                  8    15  10  10   2   7   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              2     6   2   2   0   2   0  13   2.85
Dal Canton              4.2   6   2   2   0   3   0  20   3.32
Murphy W(1-1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.01
Burgmeier SV(2)         2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   2.55
Totals                  9    13   4   4   1   8   0  42

Wild Pitches: Lee (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled; Harper stole second; Aparicio was
called out on strikes; Gagliano reached on a fielder's choice
[Harper out at third (pitcher to second to third), Gagliano to
second]; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to left; Hovley struck out; Piniella
singled to left [Patek scored]; Kirkpatrick forced Piniella
(first to shortstop); Rojas grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater doubled to right; Kennedy grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cater to third]; Griffin lined out on a sacrifice
fly to right [Cater scored]; Fisk tripled to right; Pattin
singled to right [Fisk scored]; Harper popped to right; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins lined to first; Otis lined to left; Schaal
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Royals 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio singled; On a bunt Gagliano singled
[Aparicio to second]; Smith reached on an error by Hopkins
(assists by Splittorff and Rojas) [Aparicio to third, Gagliano
to second]; on a hit and run, Paul Splittorff fielded the
grounder and threw late to 2B; Cookie Rojas' relay to 1B was in
time but Gail Hopkins was off the base Reggie Smith left with a
bruised left shoulder; DAL CANTON REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); MILLER RAN FOR SMITH; Cater struck out; Kennedy
struck out; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dal Canton was
called out on strikes; Patek was called out on strikes; Hovley
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Royals 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Pattin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper tripled; Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella singled to left [Piniella to third (error
by Gagliano)]; Kirkpatrick singled to left [Piniella scored];
Rojas singled to left [Kirkpatrick to second]; Hopkins flied out
to center; Otis walked [Kirkpatrick to third, Rojas to second];
Schaal sacrifice flied into a double play to center [Kirkpatrick
scored, Rojas out at home (center to first to shortstop to
catcher), Otis to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Royals 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Gagliano struck out; Miller singled to right; Cater
made an out to first; Kennedy grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Dal Canton flied out to left; Patek grounded out
(third to first); Hovley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Fisk tripled
to left; Pattin popped to catcher in foul territory; Harper
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella reached on an error by Kennedy; Kirkpatrick
singled to right [Piniella out at third (right to third),
Kirkpatrick to second (on throw)]; Rojas flied out to center;
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Royals 3.

RED SOX 7TH: MAYBERRY REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 1B); Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); OGLIVIE BATTED FOR GAGLIANO;
Oglivie singled to center; Miller flied out to center; Cater
doubled to left [Oglivie to third]; Kennedy doubled to right
[Oglivie scored, Cater scored]; MURPHY REPLACED DAL CANTON
(PITCHING); Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: OGLIVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first);
KEOUGH BATTED FOR MURPHY; Keough singled to left; Patek doubled
to left [Keough scored]; LEE REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING);
SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR HOVLEY; Scheinblum singled to left [Patek
scored]; BURGMEIER RAN FOR SCHEINBLUM; Piniella singled to third
[Burgmeier to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Lee threw
a wild pitch [Burgmeier to third, Piniella to second]; Taylor
walked; TATUM REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Rojas singled to
shortstop [Burgmeier scored, Piniella to third, Taylor to
second]; Mayberry doubled to left [Piniella scored, Taylor
scored, Rojas scored]; Otis flied out to center; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 9.

RED SOX 8TH: BURGMEIER STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); TAYLOR STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAY REPLACED KEOUGH (PLAYING C ); Fisk was
called out on strikes; JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR TATUM; Josephson
grounded out (second to pitcher); Harper doubled to left;
Aparicio lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 9.

ROYALS 8TH: BOLIN REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); Schaal singled
to center; May struck out; Patek struck out; Burgmeier singled
to center [Schaal to second]; Piniella singled to center [Schaal
scored, Burgmeier to third]; Taylor struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 10.

RED SOX 9TH: Oglivie was called out on strikes; Miller walked;
Cater popped to first in foul territory; Kennedy struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 10.