Posting his first major league shutout, Monty Montgomery yielded only four hits and pitched the Royals to an 8-0 victory over the Angels. Ed Kirkpatrick and Paul Schaal each batted in two runs to support the rookie and John Mayberry scored three times after reaching base on two doubles and a walk. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, California Angels 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1972 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Royals       0  1  3    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   6 13  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .259      Otis cf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .303
Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .297      Rojas 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Pinson lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .290      Scheinblum rf         4   1   3   0     1   1   .315
Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Mayberry 1b           3   3   2   0     2   0   .295
McMullen 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .273      Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .311
Stanton rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .239        Hovley lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  Clark p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .097      Kirkpatrick c         3   1   2   2     0   1   .274
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schaal 3b             2   0   1   2     2   0   .212
  Coletta ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Patek ss              3   0   1   1     0   1   .223
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .226      Montgomery p          3   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Torborg c             1   0   0   0     1   0   .197
  Stephenson ph,c     1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Messersmith p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Rivers rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205

Totals               29   0   4   0     5   6             Totals               32   6  13   6     5   6

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  5,561
Left on Base: Angels 7, Royals 10
DP: Angels 1, Royals 2
Errors: Schaal
Doubles: Mayberry 2 (22), Scheinblum (17), Kirkpatrick (14)
Triples: Berry (2)
Caught Stealing: Otis (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Montgomery (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (4), Patek (3)
GIDP: Stanton (11), Mayberry (7)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(6-9)      5    10   5   5   2   5   0  26   2.92
Clark                   2     3   1   1   2   1   0  11   4.51
Sells                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.48
Totals                  8    13   6   6   5   6   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montgomery W(1-1)       9     4   0   0   5   6   0  34   2.37
Totals                  9     4   0   0   5   6   0  34

Wild Pitches: Clark (7)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to right; Berry was called out on
strikes; Pinson walked; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Otis was called out on strikes; Rojas lined to
first; Scheinblum struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Royals 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen singled to left; Stanton struck out;
Cardenas grounded out (third to first) [McMullen to second];
Torborg walked; Messersmith flied to right in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry doubled to right; Piniella flied out to
right [Mayberry to third]; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Mayberry scored]; Schaal walked; Patek singled to right
[Schaal to third]; Montgomery flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Berry tripled
to right; Schaal dropped a foul fly hit by Pinson for an error;
Pinson struck out; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis flied out to center; Rojas singled to right;
Scheinblum doubled to right [Rojas to third]; Mayberry was
walked intentionally; Piniella singled to right [Rojas scored,
Scheinblum to third, Mayberry to second]; Kirkpatrick struck
out; Schaal singled to right [Scheinblum scored, Mayberry
scored, Piniella to third]; Patek struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ANGELS 4TH: McMullen flied to left in foul territory; Stanton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas walked; Torborg
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Montgomery was called out on strikes; Otis singled
to left; Rojas flied out to center; Scheinblum singled to right
[Otis to third]; Otis was caught stealing home (catcher to
pitcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Messersmith flied out to center; Alomar walked;
Berry flied out to left; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry doubled to left; Piniella flied out to
right; Kirkpatrick singled to center [Mayberry scored]; Schaal
popped to first; Patek lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Royals 5.

ANGELS 6TH: HOVLEY REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Oliver flied
out to left; McMullen walked; Stanton grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [McMullen out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: CLARK REPLACED STANTON (PITCHING); RIVERS REPLACED
MESSERSMITH (PLAYING RF); Montgomery struck out; Otis singled to
left; Rojas forced Otis (third to second); Scheinblum singled to
center [Rojas to third]; Mayberry walked [Scheinblum to second];
Hovley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Angels 0, Royals 5.

ANGELS 7TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first);
STEPHENSON BATTED FOR TORBORG; Stephenson flied out to right;
Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: STEPHENSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Kirkpatrick
doubled to center; Clark threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick to
third]; Schaal walked; Patek hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Kirkpatrick scored]; Montgomery out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Schaal to second]; Otis popped to shortstop;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 6.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar singled to right; Berry was called out on
strikes; Pinson singled to left [Alomar to second]; Oliver lined
into a double play (pitcher to first) [Pinson out at first]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: SELLS REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out
(pitcher to first); Scheinblum walked; Mayberry grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Scheinblum out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 6.

ANGELS 9TH: McMullen lined to left; COLETTA BATTED FOR SELLS;
Coletta struck out; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Royals 6.