Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, August 25, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 - 5 8 1 Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .228 Clarke 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .242 Otis cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .301 Swoboda rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .243 Scheinblum rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .313 Callison ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309 White lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Taylor c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .280 Alou 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .279 Mayberry 1b 2 1 1 2 2 0 .287 Murcer cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .276 Schaal 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .207 Ellis c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Sanchez 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .241 Jackson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Michael ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .218 Abernathy p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kekich p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Munson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Totals 32 5 8 5 4 8 Totals 34 1 9 1 2 6 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 15,466 Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 8 DP: Royals 1, Yankees 1 Errors: Piniella Doubles: Clarke (13) Triples: Sanchez (2) Home Runs: Otis (10), Mayberry (13) Stolen Bases: Taylor (1) Caught Stealing: Otis (10) Sacrifice Hits: Jackson (1) GIDP: Mayberry (5) Hit by Pitch: Schaal (2,by Klimkowski) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jackson W(1-0) 7 7 1 1 1 5 0 27 3.27 Abernathy SV(3) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 1.37 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 6 0 36 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kekich L(10-12) 5.1 5 4 4 4 5 2 24 3.46 Klimkowski 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.20 Roland 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 5.13 Totals 9 8 5 5 4 8 2 38 Hit by Pitch: Klimkowski (1) Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Russ Goetz ROYALS 1ST: Umpire John Rice ill; Patek flied out to right; Otis singled to right; Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to second); Scheinblum struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke lined to right; Swoboda was called out on strikes; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella flied out to left; Taylor made an out to first; Mayberry walked; Schaal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Alou flied out to left; Murcer struck out; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Knoop singled to center; Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Knoop to second]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis made an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Sanchez tripled to center; Michael popped to first in foul territory; Kekich grounded out (third to first); Clarke singled to left [Sanchez scored, Clarke to second (error by Piniella)]; Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 1. ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum popped to catcher in foul territory; Piniella flied out to left; Taylor singled to right; Taylor stole second; Mayberry walked; Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: White singled to left; Alou singled to left [White out at third (left to third), Alou to second (on throw to 3b)]; Murcer struck out; Ellis popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 1. ROYALS 5TH: Knoop grounded out (second to first); Jackson struck out; Patek walked; Otis homered [Patek scored]; Scheinblum was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael singled to left; On a bunt Kekich forced Michael (pitcher to shortstop); Clarke doubled to left [Kekich to third]; Swoboda walked; White flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 1. ROYALS 6TH: Piniella was called out on strikes; Taylor walked; Mayberry homered [Taylor scored]; KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Schaal was hit by a pitch; Knoop struck out; Jackson struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Alou popped to shortstop; Murcer singled to right; Ellis lined into a double play (third to first) [Murcer out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. ROYALS 7TH: Patek made an out to second; Otis lined to center; Scheinblum flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Sanchez grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael struck out; MUNSON BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. ROYALS 8TH: ROLAND REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); Piniella singled to left; Taylor struck out; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); CALLISON BATTED FOR SWOBODA; Callison walked; White grounded out (shortstop to first) [Callison to second]; Alou singled to third [Callison to third]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 1. ROYALS 9TH: CALLISON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Schaal singled to left; Knoop grounded out (third to first) [Schaal to second]; Abernathy grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek singled to left [Schaal scored, Patek to second (on throw to home)]; Otis lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: Ellis struck out; Sanchez singled to right; On a bunt Michael grounded out (third to first) [Sanchez to second]; ALLEN BATTED FOR ROLAND; Allen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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