Friday August 29, 1975
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With the bases loaded in the 10th inning, Thurman Munson beat the throw home on a grounder by Walt Williams to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Royals. The winning rally started with one out when Munson singled and took third on another single by Graig Nettles. After an intentional pass to Chris Chambliss, Williams batted for Ed Herrmann and hit a grounder to Cookie Rojas, who made an off-balance throw that was wide of the plate as Munson slid across with the winning run. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Friday, August 29, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 Yankees 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 12 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .239 Bonds cf,rf 3 0 1 0 2 1 .263 Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .252 Alomar 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .218 Otis cf 5 1 0 1 0 0 .260 White lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .286 McRae lf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .310 Munson c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .320 Cowens rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Nettles 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .276 Brett 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .293 Chambliss 1b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .299 Killebrew dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .206 Herrmann dh 4 0 2 3 0 0 .263 Solaita 1b 1 1 0 0 2 1 .264 Williams ph,dh 1 0 0 1 0 0 .264 Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Bergman rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pinson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Bladt cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Stanley ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .201 Stinson pr,c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .287 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sawyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 8 4 6 2 Totals 37 6 12 6 5 3 Time of Game: 3:09 Attendance: 11,345 Left on Base: Royals 7, Yankees 9 DP: Royals 2, Yankees 2 Errors: Bonds Doubles: McRae (37), Cowens (10), Chambliss (28), Nettles (21), Herrmann (8) Triples: Brett (11), White (5) Stolen Bases: Brett (11) Caught Stealing: Otis (9), Bonds (17) Sacrifice Hits: Rojas (6) Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (10) GIDP: Chambliss (17), Munson (18) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fitzmorris 5.1 9 5 5 2 1 0 25 3.98 Pattin L(8-9) 4 3 1 1 2 2 0 16 3.60 McClure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 Bird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.35 Totals 9.1 12 6 6 5 3 0 43 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May 5 4 3 2 3 2 0 22 3.39 Sawyer 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 6.00 Lyle W(4-6) 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 15 2.99 Totals 10 8 5 4 6 2 0 42 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Rojas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Patek to second]; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; Cowens flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Alomar grounded out (first unassisted); White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (second to first); Killebrew singled; Solaita walked [Killebrew to second]; Martinez struck out [Killebrew out at third (catcher to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Munson singled to center; Nettles singled to center [Munson to second]; Chambliss grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Munson to third, Nettles out at second]; Herrmann lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Rojas flied out to left; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Bergman flied out to left; Stanley was called out on strikes; Bonds lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to left; Cowens flied out to center; Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Alomar singled to center; White tripled to center [Alomar scored]; Munson popped to first in foul territory; Nettles lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [White scored]; Chambliss doubled to right; Herrmann singled to center [Chambliss scored]; Bergman grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 3. ROYALS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Solaita struck out; Martinez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds singled to center; Alomar grounded out (first unassisted) [Bonds to second]; White lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 3. ROYALS 6TH: Patek walked; On a bunt Rojas singled to third [Patek to second]; Otis reached on an error by Bonds [Patek scored (no RBI), Rojas to third, Otis to second]; McRae doubled [Rojas scored, Otis scored (unearned)]; SAWYER REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Cowens hit into a double play (third to first to third) [McRae out at third]; Brett singled to right; Brett stole second; Killebrew lined to center; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Nettles doubled to right; Chambliss was walked intentionally; Herrmann doubled to center [Nettles scored, Chambliss scored]; PATTIN REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Bergman grounded out (first to pitcher); Stanley was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. ROYALS 7TH: BLADT REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING CF); BONDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Solaita walked; Martinez walked [Solaita to second]; LYLE REPLACED SAWYER (PITCHING); STINSON RAN FOR MARTINEZ; On a bunt Patek singled to third [Solaita to third, Stinson to second]; Rojas forced Patek (first to shortstop) [Solaita scored, Stinson to third]; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop to second) [Stinson scored]; Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bonds walked; Alomar popped to shortstop; White walked [Bonds to second]; Munson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. ROYALS 8TH: McRae popped to second; Cowens lined to left; Brett tripled to left; Killebrew was walked intentionally; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Wohlford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: PINSON REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING 1B); Nettles flied out to left; Chambliss singled to center; Herrmann popped to third; Bladt popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. ROYALS 9TH: Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek popped to second; Rojas popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 9TH: Stanley flied out to center; Bonds struck out; Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. ROYALS 10TH: Otis flied out to right; McRae flied out to left; Cowens doubled to left; Brett lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 10TH: White grounded out (second to first); Munson singled to center; Nettles singled to left [Munson to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Chambliss was walked intentionally [Nettles to second]; BIRD REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Williams reached on a fielder's choice [Munson scored, Nettles to third, Chambliss to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 6.

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