The Royals, who were held scoreless on three hits in the first eight innings, erupted for four runs in the ninth to defeat the Red Sox, 4-2. John Mayberry opened the rally with a double. Paul Schaal walked and Jerry May singled to load the bases. Freddie Patek doubled, driving in two runs to the tie score and Amos Otis followed with a single to knock in the winning pair. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      13, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   1   1   2     0   0   .244      Harper cf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Otis cf               5   0   2   2     0   0   .277      Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .273
Piniella lf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .325      Yastrzemski lf        3   2   2   0     1   0   .182
Kirkpatrick c         3   0   1   0     0   0   .320        Miller lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   3   .230
  Dal Canton p        1   0   1   0     0   0   .067      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .232
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Cater 1b              3   0   1   2     0   0   .191
Scheinblum rf         3   0   1   0     1   1   .306      Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .240      Fisk c                4   0   3   0     0   0   .278
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Pattin p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .143
Schaal 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .223        Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Keough ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .273        Oglivie ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  May c               1   1   1   0     0   0   .262        Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .244

Totals               36   4  10   4     3   3             Totals               33   2   8   2     2  10

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 12,121
Left on Base: Royals 9, Red Sox 8
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Patek
Doubles: Mayberry (5), Patek (11), Smith (4), Yastrzemski (1), Cater (7), Fisk 2 (11)
Triples: Scheinblum (1), Fisk (4)
Stolen Bases: Harper (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Pattin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cater (3)
GIDP: Aparicio (4)
Hit by Pitch: Rojas (1,by Pattin)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              7     7   2   2   2   8   0  29   2.81
Dal Canton W(3-3)       1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.14
Burgmeier SV(5)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.45
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2  10   0  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin                  7.1   5   0   0   2   3   0  30   5.18
Lee L(4-2)              1     3   4   4   1   0   0   7   4.33
Bolin                   0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.96
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   3   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Pattin (7)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded
out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Aparicio was called out on strikes;
Yastrzemski singled to center [Harper to third]; Smith was
called out on strikes; Petrocelli grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick made an out to shortstop; Scheinblum
tripled to center; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Rojas was
hit by a pitch; Schaal forced Rojas (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Griffin grounded out (third to first); Fisk flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Splittorff grounded out (first unassisted); Patek
grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Pattin was called out on strikes; Harper singled to
left; Aparicio grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Harper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella made an out to shortstop; Kirkpatrick flied
out to right; Scheinblum walked; Mayberry singled to center
[Scheinblum to third]; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski walked; Smith doubled to left
[Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli was called out on strikes;
Cater hit a sacrifice fly to right [Yastrzemski scored, Smith to
third]; Griffin popped to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Splittorff
grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk tripled to center; fan interference near
the top of the CF wall; Pattin struck out; Harper reached on
a fielder's choice [Fisk out at home (shortstop to catcher)];
Harper stole second; Aparicio struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to center; Piniella struck out;
Kirkpatrick singled to right; Scheinblum struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski doubled; Smith was called out on
strikes; Petrocelli lined to right; Cater doubled to right
[Yastrzemski scored]; Griffin was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas made
an out to shortstop; Schaal popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk doubled to left; Pattin out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Fisk to third]; Harper reached on a
fielder's choice [Fisk out at home (second to catcher)];
Aparicio lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red
Sox 2.

ROYALS 8TH: KEOUGH BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Keough walked; Patek
made an out to shortstop; Otis singled to left [Keough to
second]; Piniella singled to left [Keough to third, Otis to
second]; LEE REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); TAYLOR BATTED FOR
KIRKPATRICK; Taylor made an out to first; Scheinblum forced
Keough (pitcher to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); MAY REPLACED
KEOUGH (PLAYING C ); Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; Smith
struck out; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 9TH: MILLER REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING LF); Mayberry
doubled; Rojas grounded out (third to first); Schaal walked; May
singled to center [Mayberry to third, Schaal to second]; Patek
doubled [Mayberry scored, Schaal scored, May to third]; BOLIN
REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Otis singled to center [May scored,
Patek scored]; Piniella popped to third in foul territory; Dal
Canton singled to left [Otis out at third (left to third)]; 4 R,
5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Cater reached on an error by Patek; Griffin
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cater to second]; Fisk doubled
to right [Cater to third]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR BOLIN; BURGMEIER
REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); GAGLIANO BATTED FOR OGLIVIE;
Gagliano popped to right; Harper grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 2.