After failing to hold a 4-0 lead, the Yankees came back to defeat the Royals, 10-6. The Royals, who had a two-run homer by Tony Solaita, pulled ahead in the sixth inning, 5-4, but Otto Velez tied the score with a circuit clout in the Yankees' half. The Royals regained the lead in the seventh when Amos Otis was safe on an error and scored on a single by John Mayberry and infield out by Hal McRae.

However, the Yankees took advantage of two errors and pushed over three runs in their half. Sandy Alomar opened the inning with a single and moved up on a sacrifice. After Fred Patek booted a grounder by Elliott Maddox, Bobby Murcer singled to score Alomar with the tying run. And when McRae let Murcer's hit get away from him in right field, Maddox also scored and Murcer reached third, in position to cross the plate on a sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella. The Yankees iced the verdict with two more runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Kansas City Royals 6
Game Played on Thursday, July      18, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    3  1  1    1  0  0  -   6 13  3
Yankees      0  0  4    0  0  1    3  2  x  -  10 12  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson rf             2   0   1   1     0   0   .251      White dh              3   0   1   1     1   0   .261
  Wohlford ph,lf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Maddox cf             5   2   2   1     0   0   .320
Rojas 2b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .291      Murcer rf             5   2   2   2     0   1   .285
Otis cf               5   2   2   0     0   1   .282      Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .302
Mayberry dh           5   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Velez 1b              3   1   1   2     1   2   .279
McRae lf,rf           5   1   0   2     0   0   .304      Munson c              3   0   0   1     0   0   .246
Solaita 1b            4   2   2   2     0   2   .292      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Healy c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .256      Michael ss            4   2   2   0     0   1   .235
Brett 3b              3   1   3   1     0   0   .249      Alomar 2b             4   3   3   1     0   0   .236
  Bevacqua ph,3b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .153      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff 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

Totals               37   6  13   6     2   5             Totals               34  10  12   9     2   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 12,615
Left on Base: Royals 8, Yankees 5
DP: Royals 0, Yankees 3
Errors: McRae, Healy, Patek, Murcer, Velez, Michael
Doubles: Solaita (8), Maddox (10), Michael 2 (7)
Home Runs: Solaita (3), Velez (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (5), White (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Pinson (4), Munson (4), Piniella (5)
GIDP: Patek (4), Bevacqua (1), McRae (6)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(9-10)      6.1   9   8   6   1   4   1  30   3.79
Bird                    1.2   3   2   2   1   1   0   9   3.20
Totals                  8    12  10   8   2   5   1  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow                  4.2   8   4   4   0   3   1  21   4.77
Wallace W(4-0)          2.1   3   2   1   1   1   0  12   2.86
Lyle                    2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.24
Totals                  9    13   6   5   2   5   1  41

Passed Balls: Healy (12), Munson (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jim Evans


ROYALS 1ST: Pinson singled to right [Pinson to second (error by
Murcer)]; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pinson to
third]; Otis struck out; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White flied out to right; Maddox doubled; Murcer
lined to left; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae flied out to right; Solaita struck out; Healy
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Velez was called out on strikes; Munson flied out
to center; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett singled to center; Patek grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Brett out at second]; Pinson
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael doubled to left; On a bunt Alomar singled
to third [Michael to third]; White singled to center [Michael
scored, Alomar to third]; Maddox forced White (third to second);
Murcer singled to left [Alomar scored, Maddox to second];
Piniella singled to left [Maddox to third, Murcer to second];
Velez walked [Maddox scored, Murcer to third, Piniella to
second]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murcer scored,
Piniella to third]; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to
right; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third]; McRae forced
Mayberry (shortstop to second) [Otis scored]; Solaita homered
[McRae scored]; Healy struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Michael flied out to left; Alomar flied out to
right; White lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Yankees 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett singled to right; Munson allowed a passed ball
[Brett to second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Brett to third]; Pinson hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Brett scored]; Rojas singled to left; Otis singled to left
[Rojas to third]; WALLACE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Mayberry
lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Maddox flied out to left; Murcer was called out on
strikes; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 4.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to right; Solaita doubled to left;
Healy walked; Brett singled to left [Solaita scored, Healy to
second]; Patek flied out to center; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR PINSON;
Wohlford flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5,
Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MCRAE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Velez homered; Munson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nettles struck out; Michael struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis reached on
an error by Michael; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third];
McRae forced Mayberry (shortstop to second) [Otis scored
(unearned)]; Solaita was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Alomar singled to center; White out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Alomar to second]; Maddox reached on an
error by Patek; Murcer singled to right [Alomar scored, Maddox
scored (error by McRae) (unearned) (no RBI), Murcer to third];
BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Piniella hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Murcer scored (unearned)]; Velez was called out
on strikes; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Yankees 8.

ROYALS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Healy singled to
center; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR BRETT; Bevacqua grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Healy out at second];
Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 6, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 8TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Munson lined
to center; Nettles flied out to center; Michael doubled; Alomar
singled to left [Michael scored]; Alomar advanced to second
(error by Healy); White walked while Alomar advanced to third on
a passed ball; Maddox singled to center [Alomar scored, White to
third]; Murcer flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 6, Yankees 10.

ROYALS 9TH: Wohlford walked; Rojas singled to left [Wohlford to
second]; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Wohlford to third,
Rojas to second (error by Velez)]; Mayberry struck out; McRae
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Rojas out at
third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Yankees 10.