After being held to three hits and failing to score until the eighth inning, the Yankees rallied for five runs in the ninth on only two hits, but with the aid of five walks, to defeat the Royals, 6-4. Dick Drago, the Royals' starter, passed Roy White and Bobby Murcer with one out and gave up a run-scoring single by Ron Blomberg before being removed. Doug Bird faced only one batter, passing Jim Ray Hart to load the bases. Norm Angelini, relieving, walked Graig Nettles to force in a run.

Bruce Dal Canton become the Royals' fourth pitcher of the inning and got Thurman Munson to hit into a forceout at the plate. But Gene Michael walked to force in the tying run and White followed with a two-run single to climax the rally. Pat Dobson, who allowed one hit in five innings of relief, was the winner in his first appearance for the Yankees since being obtained from the Braves. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Saturday, June 9, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 - 6 5 3 Royals 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 0 1 2 1 1 .269 Hovley cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238 White lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Schaal 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .290 M. Alou rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .279 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274 Murcer cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .275 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .314 Blomberg 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .405 Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .335 Hart dh 3 0 0 0 1 3 .289 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229 F. Alou pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264 Hopkins dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .340 Nettles 3b 3 1 0 1 1 0 .198 Wohlford ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Munson c 3 2 0 0 1 1 .283 Floyd ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Michael ss 3 0 1 2 1 0 .262 Healy c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .191 Beene p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .312 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Angelini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 6 5 6 7 6 Totals 35 4 8 3 1 5 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 25,083 Left on Base: Yankees 5, Royals 5 DP: Yankees 1, Royals 1 Errors: Clarke, M. Alou, Michael, Healy Doubles: M. Alou (9), Michael (5) GIDP: Murcer (4), Hopkins (2) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beene 3 7 4 3 0 2 0 16 2.22 Dobson W(1-0) 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 17 4.60 Lyle SV(13) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.77 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 5 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago 8.1 4 4 4 4 6 0 32 4.63 Bird L(1-2) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.38 Angelini 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7.71 Dal Canton 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.13 Totals 9 5 6 6 7 6 0 38 Umpires: HP - Larry Napp (left in the 5th inning), 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, YANKEES 1ST: Clarke walked; White flied out to center [Clarke to second]; M. Alou grounded out (second to first) [Clarke to third]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Hovley grounded out (first to pitcher); Schaal singled; Rojas flied out to right; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg grounded out (first unassisted); Hart struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Piniella singled to center; Hopkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. YANKEES 3RD: Munson struck out; Michael flied out to left; Clarke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Floyd singled to center; On a bunt Healy popped to catcher in foul territory; Hovley singled to right [Floyd to third]; Schaal reached on a fielder's choice [Floyd scored (RBI), Hovley to second (error by Clarke; assist by Michael)]; Rojas singled to right [Hovley scored (unearned), Schaal scored (error by M. Alou), Rojas to second]; Mayberry singled to center [Rojas scored]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Mayberry to second]; Piniella flied out to center; Hopkins struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (second to first); M. Alou doubled to right; Murcer struck out; Blomberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: DOBSON REPLACED BEENE (PITCHING); Floyd lined to shortstop; Healy grounded out (pitcher to first); Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. YANKEES 5TH: Healy dropped a foul fly hit by Hart for an error; Hart was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Schaal flied out to left; Rojas was called out on strikes; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. YANKEES 6TH: Michael grounded out (first unassisted); Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); Piniella struck out; Hopkins lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. YANKEES 7TH: M. Alou singled to right; Murcer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [M. Alou out at second]; Blomberg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: Floyd reached on an error by Michael; Healy walked [Floyd to second]; On a bunt Hovley forced Floyd (pitcher to third) [Healy to second]; Schaal singled to third [Healy out at third (third unassisted), Hovley to second]; Fran Healy called for interference for running into Graig Nettles; Rojas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 4. YANKEES 8TH: Hart was called out on strikes; Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; Munson walked; Michael doubled [Munson scored]; Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 4. YANKEES 9TH: White walked; M. Alou grounded out (first unassisted) [White to second]; Murcer walked; Blomberg singled to center [White scored, Murcer to third]; BIRD REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Hart walked [Blomberg to second]; F. ALOU RAN FOR HART; ANGELINI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Nettles walked [Murcer scored, Blomberg to third, F. Alou to second]; DAL CANTON REPLACED ANGELINI (PITCHING); Munson forced Blomberg (third to catcher) [F. Alou to third, Nettles to second]; Michael walked [F. Alou scored, Nettles to third, Munson to second]; Clarke singled to right [Nettles scored, Munson scored, Michael to second]; White flied out to center; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Royals 4. ROYALS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); WOHLFORD BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Floyd popped to second; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HEALY; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Royals 4.

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