Two-run homers by Amos Otis and John Mayberry carried the Royals to a 5-1 victory in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader after the Yankees had won the first game, 4-1, with the aid of Felipe Alou's 2,000th major league hit. After Bobby Murcer homered for the Yankees in the seventh inning of the opener to tie the score at 1-1, Thurman Munson walked in the eighth, took third on a single by Roy White and counted the go-ahead run when Alou singled. Ron Swoboda walked to load the bases and Celerino Sanchez singled to add two extra runs. In the nightcap, Otis homered after a pass to Freddie Patek in the fifth inning and Mayberry connected for the circuit following a walk to Carl Taylor in the sixth. [The Sporting News] |
New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, August 25, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 x - 4 8 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Clarke 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .239 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .300 Munson c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .285 Scheinblum rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 White lf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .277 Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286 Alou 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .275 Kirkpatrick c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Murcer cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Swoboda rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .248 Piniella lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .309 Sanchez 3b 2 0 1 2 1 0 .235 Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Michael ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Splittorff p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Kline p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .079 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Angelini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Totals 34 1 8 1 2 1 Totals 27 4 8 4 7 2 Time of Game: 2:27 Left on Base: Royals 9, Yankees 7 DP: Royals 4, Yankees 1 Doubles: Rojas (22) Home Runs: Murcer (22) Stolen Bases: White (20) Sacrifice Hits: Sanchez (1) GIDP: Schaal (12), Munson 2 (12), Murcer (6) Hit by Pitch: Kirkpatrick (3,by Kline) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 6.1 5 1 1 5 2 1 26 3.49 Fitzmorris L(2-5) 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 3.84 Angelini 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.08 Totals 8 8 4 4 7 2 1 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kline 7.1 7 1 1 2 0 0 31 1.61 Lyle W(6-3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.28 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 1 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Kline (9) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead ROYALS 1ST: Umpire John Rice ill; Patek made an out to second; Otis singled to shortstop; Scheinblum grounded out (first unassisted) [Otis to second]; Mayberry singled to center [Otis scored]; Kirkpatrick forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke walked; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at second]; White walked; White stole second; Alou struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Rojas popped to second; Piniella singled to left; Schaal flied to center; Splittorff flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer flied out to right; Swoboda was called out on strikes; Sanchez walked; Michael forced Sanchez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Scheinblum lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Kline grounded out (first unassisted); Clarke lined to center; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Kirkpatrick singled to center; Rojas doubled to left [Kirkpatrick to third]; Piniella was walked intentionally; Schaal grounded into a double play (third to first) [Rojas out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (second to first); Alou singled to center; Murcer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Alou out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 5TH: Splittorff grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); Otis flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanchez lined to right; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 6TH: Scheinblum grounded out (first to pitcher); Mayberry lined to center; Kirkpatrick was hit by a pitch; Rojas forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Kline walked; Clarke singled to left [Kline to second]; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kline to third, Clarke out at second]; White walked; Alou lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 7TH: Piniella flied out to center; Schaal flied out to left; Splittorff singled to center; Patek lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Murcer homered; Swoboda singled to second; Sanchez out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Swoboda to second]; Michael singled to right [Swoboda to third]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); On a bunt Kline hit into a double play (catcher to first) [Swoboda out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 1. ROYALS 8TH: Otis walked; Scheinblum flied out to center; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third]; LYLE REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick lined to left; Rojas lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: Clarke lined to center; Munson walked; White singled to center [Munson to third]; Alou singled to third [Munson scored, White to second]; ANGELINI REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Murcer flied to center [White to third]; Swoboda walked [Alou to second]; Sanchez singled to center [White scored, Alou scored, Swoboda to third]; Michael lined to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 4. ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to right; Schaal struck out; TAYLOR BATTED FOR ANGELINI; Taylor forced Piniella (shortstop to second); Patek forced Taylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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