The Royals scored twice in the ninth to tie the score and used Frank White's one-out squeeze bunt in the 11th to push across the clincher as they nipped the Yankees, 6-5. Jim Wohlford bunted into a forceout in the 11th and moved to third on a single by Fran Healy, who had driven home the tying run in the ninth and scored on White's squeeze.

New York, with Chris Chambliss contributing two doubles and a single, scoring three runs, had built a 5-1 lead through 7½ innings. But the Royals scored a pair in the eighth and deadlocked the score in the ninth on singles by Harmon Killebrew, Cookie Rojas, George Brett and Healy. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 5
Game Played on Monday, May       26, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    2  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  -   5  9  1
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  2    0  1  -   6 13  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .201      Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Maddox cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .293        Solaita ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .289
White lf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .347        White pr,ss         2   1   1   1     0   0   .200
  Murray lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Otis cf               4   0   2   1     1   0   .259
Munson c              4   1   0   0     1   1   .365      McRae lf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .323
Chambliss 1b          5   3   3   0     0   0   .304      Killebrew dh          4   0   1   0     0   2   .220
Nettles 3b            4   1   2   1     1   0   .243        Scott pr,dh,2b      1   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Herrmann dh           1   0   1   1     1   0   .259      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .199
  Johnson ph,dh       2   0   0   0     1   1   .254      Rojas 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .289
Mason ss              5   0   2   2     0   0   .165        Cowens ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Brett 3b              5   0   1   2     0   0   .267
  Stanley 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Pinson rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wohlford pr,rf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .277
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               5   1   3   1     0   0   .300
  Pagan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Splittorff p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5   9   4     5   5             Totals               42   6  13   6     3   2

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance: 13,156
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Royals 9
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0
Errors: Lyle, Rojas
Doubles: Chambliss 2 (8), Solaita (3), Otis (7)
Caught Stealing: White (6), Otis (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (5)
GIDP: Rojas (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  7.2   5   3   3   2   2   0  28   3.59
Tidrow                  0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.68
Lyle L(1-3)             2.1   5   2   1   1   0   0  14   2.75
Pagan                   0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                 10.1  13   6   5   3   2   0  46

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard                 5     4   4   4   4   2   0  23   3.57
Splittorff              3     4   1   0   1   2   0  13   4.70
Pattin W(2-0)           3     1   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.23
Totals                 11     9   5   4   5   5   0  45

Passed Balls: Munson (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nick Bremigan


YANKEES 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Maddox was called out on
strikes; White walked; Munson forced White (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
walked; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles
flied out to right; Herrmann walked; Mason singled to right
[Herrmann to second]; Alomar popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
singled to right; Rojas singled to right [Mayberry to third];
Brett forced Rojas (second to shortstop) [Mayberry scored];
Pinson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Bonds struck out; Maddox grounded out (third to
first); White popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy singled to right; Patek out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Healy to second]; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Chambliss doubled to left; Nettles walked; Herrmann singled to
right [Chambliss scored, Nettles to third]; Mason grounded out
(second to first) [Nettles scored, Herrmann to second]; Alomar
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Killebrew struck out; Mayberry walked; Rojas
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Mayberry
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Royals 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Bonds flied out to center; Maddox flied out to
center; White grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett popped to shortstop; Pinson flied out to left;
Healy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Royals 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson walked; Chambliss doubled to right [Munson
to third]; SPLITTORFF REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Nettles
singled to left [Munson scored, Chambliss to third]; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Johnson was called out on strikes; Mason
singled to right [Chambliss scored, Nettles to third]; Alomar
flied out to right; Bonds struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Patek grounded
out (third to first); Otis popped to second; McRae flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Maddox singled to right; White forced Maddox
(shortstop to second); White was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; On a bunt
Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); Rojas flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Chambliss to second]; Johnson was walked
intentionally; Mason forced Johnson (third to second) [Chambliss
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mason to second (error by
Rojas)]; Alex Johnson slid hard to break up DP, caused bad
throw; Alomar flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett flied out to right; Pinson singled to right;
Healy forced Pinson (second to shortstop); SOLAITA BATTED FOR
PATEK; Solaita doubled to center [Healy scored]; TIDROW REPLACED
MEDICH (PITCHING); WHITE RAN FOR SOLAITA; Otis singled to center
[White scored]; McRae flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 3.

YANKEES 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); PATTIN REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first);
Maddox grounded out (second to first); White flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Killebrew singled to right; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); SCOTT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Mayberry popped to catcher
in foul territory; On a bunt Rojas singled to third [Scott to
second]; Brett singled to center [Scott scored, Rojas to
second]; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR PINSON; Martinez forced Brett
(shortstop to second) [Rojas to third]; WOHLFORD RAN FOR
MARTINEZ; Healy singled to left [Rojas scored, Wohlford to
second]; White forced Healy (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 5.

YANKEES 10TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WOHLFORD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Munson struck out; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); Nettles singled to left [Nettles out at
second (left to second)]; Cookie Rojas hurt head on Graig
Nettles' foot making tag; left field on stretcher; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 10TH: Otis doubled to right; McRae was walked
intentionally; On a bunt Scott forced Otis (first to third)
[McRae to second]; Munson allowed a passed ball [McRae to third,
Scott to second]; Mayberry flied out to center; COWENS BATTED
FOR ROJAS; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 5.

YANKEES 11TH: SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); PATTIN
REPLACED COWENS (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mason flied out to center; PINIELLA BATTED FOR ALOMAR;
Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 11TH: STANLEY REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING 2B); MURRAY
REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Brett reached on an error by Lyle;
On a bunt Wohlford forced Brett (first to shortstop); Healy
singled to center [Wohlford to third]; PAGAN REPLACED LYLE
(PITCHING); On a bunt White singled to pitcher [Wohlford scored
(unearned), Healy to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 6.