Bobby Murcer drove in three runs with a homer and sacrifice fly to lead the Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Royals. Johnny Callison singled in the second inning, stole second and scored on a single by Thurman Munson for the Yankees' first run. Murcer hit his homer in the sixth and followed with his sacrifice fly in the seventh to account for the other markers. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      20, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2 11  1
Yankees      0  1  0    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   4 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   4   0     0   0   .250      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Otis cf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Allen 3b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Piniella lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .324        Swoboda ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .286
Scheinblum rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .311        Lanier 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Rojas 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .268      Murcer cf             3   1   2   3     0   0   .284
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .247      White lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .263
May c                 4   1   1   0     0   1   .261      Blomberg 1b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .287
Hansen 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .133        Alou 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Drago p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Callison rf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .216
  Taylor ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .286        Torres rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .198
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Munson c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .253
  Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Michael ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .217
                                                          Kekich p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .133
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               37   2  11   2     2   3             Totals               31   4  10   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  7,806
Left on Base: Royals 10, Yankees 7
DP: Royals 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Burgmeier, Allen
Doubles: Patek 2 (14), May (5), Rojas (12), Allen (6), Blomberg (8), Michael (3)
Home Runs: Murcer (8)
Stolen Bases: Callison (2)
Caught Stealing: Scheinblum (1), Clarke (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Lyle (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (1)
GIDP: Scheinblum (4), Callison (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(5-5)            6     9   3   3   0   4   1  25   2.21
Burgmeier               2     1   1   0   2   1   0  10   2.16
Totals                  8    10   4   3   2   5   1  35

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich W(6-5)           6.2   6   1   1   2   2   0  28   2.42
Lyle SV(14)             2.1   5   1   1   0   1   0  11   1.13
Totals                  9    11   2   2   2   3   0  39

Wild Pitches: Kekich 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Bill Deegan


ROYALS 1ST: Patek doubled to left; Otis popped to catcher in
foul territory; Piniella flied out to right [Patek to third];
Scheinblum grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke struck out; Allen singled to center; Murcer
singled to right [Allen to third, Murcer to second (on throw)];
White struck out; Blomberg flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas flied out to center; Mayberry walked; May
flied out to center; Kekich threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to
second]; Hansen singled to third [Mayberry to third]; Drago
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Callison singled to center; Callison stole second;
Munson singled to right [Callison scored, Munson to second (on
throw)]; Michael flied out to right; Kekich struck out; Clarke
made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third
to first); Piniella flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Allen flied out to center; Murcer flied out to
left; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
1.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum flied out to center; Rojas walked;
Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; May was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Blomberg singled to left; Callison grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Blomberg out at
second]; Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hansen was called out on strikes; Drago flied out to
left; Patek doubled to left; Kekich threw a wild pitch [Patek to
third]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael made an out to shortstop; Kekich grounded
out (shortstop to first); Clarke singled to left; Clarke was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Piniella flied out to right; Scheinblum reached on
an error by Allen; Scheinblum was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop to first to second); Rojas flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Allen doubled; Murcer homered [Allen scored]; White
flied out to center; Blomberg doubled; Callison popped to third
in foul territory; Munson flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to right; May doubled to left;
Hansen flied out to right; TAYLOR BATTED FOR DRAGO; Taylor
singled to right [May scored]; Patek singled to center [Taylor
to second]; LYLE REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Otis flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Michael
doubled to left; Lyle reached on an error by Burgmeier on a
sacrifice bunt [Michael to third]; Clarke flied out to center;
SWOBODA BATTED FOR ALLEN; Swoboda walked [Lyle to second];
Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Michael scored
(unearned)]; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 4.

ROYALS 8TH: LANIER REPLACED SWOBODA (PLAYING 3B); ALOU REPLACED
BLOMBERG (PLAYING 1B); TORRES REPLACED CALLISON (PLAYING RF);
Piniella singled to left; Scheinblum grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Piniella out at second]; Rojas
doubled to left; Mayberry singled to center [Rojas scored]; May
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Alou flied out to right; Torres struck out; Munson
walked; Michael forced Munson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Hansen grounded out (shortstop to first); KNOOP
BATTED FOR BURGMEIER; Knoop struck out; Patek singled to third;
Otis singled to center [Patek to second]; Piniella forced Otis
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees
4.