After a shaky start, Dennis Leonard settled down and outpitched Catfish Hunter to enable the Royals to defeat the Yankees, 5-2. Leonard gave up four hits and both Yankee runs, one unearned, in the first three innings, but the rookie righthander yielded only two more hits the rest of the way.

The Royals tied the score in the fourth after loading the bases on a double by Fred Patek and walks to Amos Otis and John Mayberry. Hal McRae bounced to Chris Chambliss, who bobbled the ball as Patek scored. When Hunter, covering first, mishandled the throw from Chambliss, Otis also crossed the plate. In the fifth, Patek singled, Otis walked and George Brett singled for the tie-breaking run. Mayberry followed with a single and when Roy White overran the ball in the outfield, Otis raced home on the error. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    30, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    2  2  1    0  0  0  -   5  6  1
Yankees      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  4


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   2   2   0     0   1   .242      Bonds cf              3   1   0   0     2   1   .261
Otis cf               2   2   0   0     2   1   .259      Alomar 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .219
Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .292      White lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .288
Mayberry dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Munson c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .320
McRae lf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .307      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .276
  Wohlford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .297
Solaita 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .269      Herrmann dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Cowens rf             4   0   1   1     0   2   .265      Bergman rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Stinson c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .279      Stanley ss            0   0   0   0     1   0   .201
White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .216        Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .195
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mason ss            1   0   0   0     0   1   .149
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   6   3     4   7             Totals               31   2   6   1     5   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  9,926
Left on Base: Royals 4, Yankees 8
DP: Royals 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Stinson, White, Chambliss, Bergman, Hunter
Doubles: Patek (13), Herrmann (9)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (8)
GIDP: Herrmann (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(11-5)         9     6   2   1   5   6   0  37   3.48
Totals                  9     6   2   1   5   6   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(18-13)         9     6   5   3   4   7   0  36   2.77
Totals                  9     6   5   3   4   7   0  36

Wild Pitches: Leonard (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Otis struck out; Brett grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds walked; Alomar struck out; White singled to
left [Bonds to second]; Munson forced White (first to shortstop)
[Bonds to third]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored
(error by Stinson) (unearned), Munson to second]; Nettles
walked; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae
grounded out (third to first); Solaita lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Bergman
flied out to center; Stanley walked; Bonds flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens struck out; Stinson struck out; White
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Alomar singled to center; White singled to right
[Alomar to third]; Munson singled to center [Alomar scored,
White to second]; Nettles struck out; Chambliss struck out;
Herrmann flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek doubled to center; Otis walked; Brett flied
out to left; Mayberry walked [Patek to third, Otis to second];
McRae reached on an error by Chambliss [Patek scored (RBI), Otis
scored (error by Hunter) (unearned) (no RBI), Mayberry to
second, McRae to first]; Mayberry was out trying to advance to
third (pitcher to catcher to third); Solaita singled to center
[McRae to third]; Cowens struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Bergman walked; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Bergman to second]; Bonds grounded out (third
to first); Alomar grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Stinson struck out; White grounded out (shortstop to
first); Patek singled; Otis walked [Patek to second]; Brett
singled to left [Patek scored, Otis scored (error by White)
(unearned) (no RBI), Brett out at third (left to shortstop to
second to third)]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: White grounded out (second to first); Munson lined
to right; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to center; McRae lined to left;
Solaita singled to right [Solaita to second (error by Bergman)];
Cowens singled to left [Solaita scored]; Cowens stole second;
Stinson walked; White popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Herrmann
doubled to right; Bergman flied out to left; PINIELLA BATTED FOR
STANLEY; Piniella was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 7TH: MASON REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING SS); Patek flied
out to left; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Bonds walked; Alomar flied out to left; White
grounded out (second to first) [Bonds to second]; Munson lined
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
flied out to center; Solaita flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: WOHLFORD REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Nettles
singled; Chambliss lined to shortstop; Herrmann grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Nettles out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Stinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Bergman grounded out (second to first); Mason
struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Yankees 2.