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Amos Otis doubled in the fifth inning and, with two out, scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Lou Piniella to give the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Yankees. Horace Clarke had tied the score at 4-4 with a homer in the top half of the fifth. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 4Game Played on Tuesday, August 21, 1973 (Night game) at Royals StadiumYankees 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Royals 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 11 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .272 Patek ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .236 M. Alou rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .304 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .272 White lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .253 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .305 Murcer cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .320 Mayberry 1b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .287 Blomberg dh 2 1 1 2 0 1 .332 McRae rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .210 Hart ph,dh 2 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Hovley rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Sanchez pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Piniella lf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .256 Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Reichardt dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .256 Munson c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .311 Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .268 Hegan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .183 Healy c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Michael ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 F. Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Peterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 4 9 Totals 35 5 11 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 21,325 Left on Base: Yankees 10, Royals 8 DP: Yankees 0, Royals 0 Errors: Clarke Doubles: Blomberg (12), Murcer (21), Hart (11), Bevacqua (8), Rojas (21), Otis (20), McRae (10), Healy (15) Home Runs: Clarke (2) Stolen Bases: Clarke (7), Piniella (5), Patek (28) Caught Stealing: Patek (12) Sacrifice Hits: Hegan (2) Hit by Pitch: Nettles (6,by Mingori) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson L(8-12) 4.1 7 5 3 1 1 0 22 3.95 McDaniel 3.2 4 0 0 1 3 0 15 2.24 Totals 8 11 5 3 2 4 0 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 6 4.21 Mingori W(1-0) 4.1 3 1 1 2 5 1 19 4.33 Hoerner SV(4) 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 16 5.55 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 9 1 41 Hit by Pitch: Mingori (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Jerry Neudecker YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to center; Clarke stole second; M. Alou grounded out (third to first); White walked; Murcer flied out to center; Blomberg doubled [Clarke scored, White scored]; Nettles singled to center [Blomberg scored]; MINGORI REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Munson popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to right; Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 0. YANKEES 2ND: Hegan struck out; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke walked; M. Alou struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied out to right; Piniella singled to left; Reichardt singled [Piniella to second]; Bevacqua doubled to left [Piniella scored, Reichardt scored]; Healy struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 2. YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer grounded out (second to first); Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to right; Rojas doubled to left; Otis flied out to left; Mayberry reached on an error by Clarke [Rojas scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; McRae walked [Mayberry to second]; Piniella singled to center [Mayberry scored (unearned), McRae to second]; Reichardt flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 4. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory; Munson singled to left; Hegan popped to shortstop; Michael struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Healy grounded out (second to first); Patek singled; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 4. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke homered; M. Alou flied out to right; White grounded out (third to first); Murcer doubled to right; HART BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Hart struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: HART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Otis doubled to left; Mayberry popped to shortstop; MCDANIEL REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella singled to left [Otis scored]; Piniella stole second; Reichardt walked; Bevacqua popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles was hit by a pitch; Munson walked [Nettles to second]; HOERNER REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Hegan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Nettles to third, Munson to second]; F. ALOU BATTED FOR MICHAEL; F. Alou was walked intentionally; Clarke flied out to center; M. Alou struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED F. ALOU (PLAYING SS); Healy grounded out (third to first); Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; Rojas flied out to right [Patek to third]; Patek was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. YANKEES 7TH: White flied out to right; Murcer flied out to center; Hart doubled to center; SANCHEZ RAN FOR HART; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: SANCHEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Otis struck out; Mayberry struck out; McRae doubled to center; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. YANKEES 8TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Hegan singled to left; Stanley singled to right [Hegan to second]; Clarke flied out to left; M. Alou popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Reichardt struck out; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); Healy doubled to left; Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. YANKEES 9TH: HOVLEY REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); White lined to left; Murcer was called out on strikes; Sanchez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 5. |
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