The first grand slam of Paul Schaal's major league career powered the Royals to a 7-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Red Sox came back to win the second game, 4-0, behind the pitching of John Curtis, who posted his first major league shutout. The Royals, who were losing the opener, 4-1, got a break in the sixth inning when both Lou Piniella and Cookie Rojas were safe on errors. Gail Hopkins singled to drive in Piniella. After Amos Otis walked to load the bases, Schaal smashed his homer off Ray Culp.

In the nightcap, Rick Miller scored twice for the Red Sox after reaching base on a single and a walk and also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      4, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox      0  3  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  9  3
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  5    1  0  x  -   7  8  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .286      Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     1   0   .280      Hovley rf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .246
Gagliano lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Piniella lf           4   1   0   0     0   2   .329
  Miller lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   1   0     1   0   .333
  Josephson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Rojas 2b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .272
Cater 1b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .188      Hopkins 1b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .160
Petrocelli 3b         3   1   2   1     1   0   .223        Drago pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .087
Fisk c                4   1   1   0     0   1   .263        Mayberry 1b         1   0   1   1     0   0   .228
Griffin 2b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .261      Otis cf               1   1   1   1     2   0   .252
Oglivie rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .222      Schaal 3b             4   1   1   4     0   2   .232
Culp p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Rooker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Fitzmorris p        3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               35   5   9   5     4   3             Totals               33   7   8   7     4   7

Time of Game: 2:35
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Royals 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Royals 1
Errors: Aparicio, Miller, Petrocelli, Patek, Schaal
Doubles: Griffin (5), Cater (6), Patek (9), Kirkpatrick (4)
Home Runs: Harper (7), Schaal (2)
Stolen Bases: Otis (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Culp (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (2)
GIDP: Fisk (3)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp L(4-5)             6     6   6   1   2   3   1  28   2.82
Tiant                   2     2   1   1   2   4   0  10   4.09
Totals                  8     8   7   2   4   7   1  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker                  1.2   3   3   2   2   0   0  10   4.06
Fitzmorris W(2-3)       5     4   1   1   1   2   0  20   3.12
Abernathy               1.2   2   1   1   1   1   1   8   2.25
Burgmeier SV(3)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.45
Totals                  9     9   5   4   4   3   1  40

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper lined to right; Aparicio grounded out
(second to first); Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to left; Hovley struck out; Piniella
flied out to left; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater popped to right; Petrocelli walked; Fisk
singled to right [Petrocelli to third]; Griffin doubled
[Petrocelli scored, Fisk scored, Griffin to third (on throw)];
Schaal dropped a foul fly hit by Oglivie for an error; Oglivie
singled to right [Griffin scored (unearned)]; Culp out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Oglivie to second]; Harper
walked; FITZMORRIS REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Aparicio flied
out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Hopkins flied
out to center; On a bunt Otis singled to third; Otis stole
second; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); Cater
grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli singled to left; Fisk
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Fitzmorris flied out to right; Patek popped to
catcher in foul territory; Hovley singled to center; Piniella
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin lined to right; Oglivie flied out to left;
Culp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Kirkpatrick doubled to right; Rojas grounded out
(second to first) [Kirkpatrick to third]; Hopkins walked; Otis
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; Schaal flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
lined to second; Gagliano flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: MILLER REPLACED GAGLIANO (PLAYING LF); Fitzmorris
grounded out (first to pitcher); Patek lined to left; Hovley
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Royals 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Cater doubled; Petrocelli singled to right [Cater
scored]; Fisk grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Petrocelli out at second]; Griffin reached on an
error by Patek; Oglivie struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella reached on an error by Aparicio;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first) [Piniella to second];
On a bunt Rojas reached on a fielder's choice [Piniella to third
(error by Petrocelli; assist by Fisk)]; Hopkins singled to right
[Piniella scored (unearned), Rojas to third]; DRAGO RAN FOR
HOPKINS; Otis walked [Drago to second]; Schaal homered
(unearned) [Rojas scored (unearned), Drago scored (unearned),
Otis scored (unearned)]; Fitzmorris popped to left; Patek popped
to left; 5 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 6.

RED SOX 7TH: MAYBERRY REPLACED DRAGO (PLAYING 1B); BURDA BATTED
FOR CULP; Burda grounded out (first to pitcher); Harper lined to
left; Aparicio singled to center; Miller walked [Aparicio to
second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Cater
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: TIANT REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Hovley singled to
left; Piniella struck out; Kirkpatrick walked [Hovley to
second]; Rojas struck out; Mayberry singled to left [Hovley
scored, Kirkpatrick to third, Mayberry to second (error by
Miller)]; Otis walked; Schaal struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Royals 7.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
made an out to shortstop; Griffin singled to shortstop; Oglivie
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Abernathy struck out; Patek grounded out (second to
first); Hovley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Royals 7.

RED SOX 9TH: GALLAGHER BATTED FOR TIANT; Gallagher struck out;
Harper homered; Aparicio walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY
(PITCHING); JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR MILLER; Josephson forced
Aparicio (third to second); Cater popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 7.