Dick Drago was the winner in a duel with Steve Kline when Lou Piniella, John Mayberry and Amos Otis hit singles for a run in the seventh inning to give the Royals a 1-0 victory over the Yankees. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      11, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  5  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .239      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Callison rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .216      Hovley rf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .221
Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Scheinblum ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .305
White lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Piniella lf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .328
Blomberg 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Kirkpatrick c         2   0   0   0     1   0   .320
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .233
Allen 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Otis cf               3   0   2   1     0   0   .274
Kenney ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .154      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Kline p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .043      Schaal 3b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .227
  Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Drago p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .080
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               31   0   5   0     2   4             Totals               24   1   5   1     3   0

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 14,417
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Royals 4
DP: Yankees 2, Royals 0
Errors: Otis
Doubles: Blomberg (7)
Caught Stealing: Murcer (5), Hovley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Drago 2 (4)
GIDP: Schaal (5), Rojas (10)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline L(4-2)            7     4   1   1   3   0   0  25   2.40
Lyle                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.09
Totals                  8     5   1   1   3   0   0  29

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(4-4)            9     5   0   0   2   4   0  33   2.06
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   4   0  33

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Frank Umont


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to right; Callison walked [Clarke to
second]; Murcer flied out to center; White flied out to right;
Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Hovley
grounded out (second to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson popped to second; Allen singled to center;
Kenney struck out; Kline popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted);
Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke flied out to left; Callison reached on an
error by Otis; Murcer flied out to center; White made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas grounded out (pitcher to first); Schaal
walked; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Schaal
to second]; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Blomberg flied out to center; Munson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Allen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Hovley grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella
flied out to left; Kirkpatrick walked; Mayberry flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Kenney grounded out (second to first); Kline
grounded out (third to first); Clarke flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis singled to center; Rojas flied out to left;
Schaal grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Callison flied out to right; Murcer singled to
right; Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
White walked; Blomberg made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Drago flied out to center; Patek grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hovley walked; Hovley was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson made an out to first; Allen flied out to
left; Kenney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella singled to left; Kirkpatrick flied out to
right; Mayberry singled to right [Piniella to third]; Otis
singled to left [Piniella scored, Mayberry to second]; Rojas
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Otis out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

YANKEES 8TH: TORRES BATTED FOR KLINE; Torres struck out; Clarke
struck out; Callison singled to center; Murcer flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Schaal singled to
shortstop; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Schaal to second]; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first);
SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR HOVLEY; Scheinblum grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

YANKEES 9TH: SCHEINBLUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); White
grounded out (second to first); Blomberg doubled to center
[Blomberg out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Munson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.