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Friday August 25, 1972
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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.



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