New York Yankees (2) Kansas City Royals (0)

| 1971

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 17, 1971
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Kansas City Royals (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 63-57	Record: 62-61
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Attendance: 0 Time of Game: 1:55

Game Notes:

Fritz Peterson - Complete game/Shutout

None listed
Best at-bats

Thurman Munson 1B in 3rd inning (9.74)

Danny Cater ? in 6th inning (9.01)

Felipe Alou ? in 2nd inning (4.67)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
New York Yankees	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	2	9	0

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Freddie Patek	ss	26.312	4	0	0	0	0	0	.265	112	393	6	29	38
Cookie Rojas	2b	32.164	4	0	1	0	0	1	.304	112	1150	6	59	8
Amos Otis	cf	24.113	4	0	0	0	0	1	.308	112	338	15	64	37
Lou Piniella	lf	27.355	4	0	1	0	0	0	.271	91	380	3	39	3
Bob Oliver	rf	28.190	4	0	1	0	0	1	.240	95	376	5	27	0
Chuck Harrison	1b	30.114	4	0	2	0	0	1	.250	33	309	2	18	0
Paul Schaal	3b	28.167	2	0	0	0	1	1	.265	119	773	7	45	6
Dennis Paepke	c	26.122	3	0	0	0	0	0	.198	48	60	2	11	0
Paul Splittorff	p	24.313	2	0	0	0	0	0	.094	14	16	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	ph	32.303	1	0	0	0	0	1	.214	38	1074	1	7	0
Jim York	p	23.356	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	45	49	1	3	0
Totals:			32	0	5	0	1	6	.156	819	4918

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Horace Clarke	2b	31.076	4	1	1	0	0	0	.242	119	871	2	32	14
Thurman Munson	c	24.071	3	0	2	1	1	1	.257	93	251	8	35	5
Bobby Murcer	cf	25.089	4	0	0	0	0	0	.330	118	461	21	72	11
Roy White	lf	27.234	4	1	2	0	0	1	.288	108	758	15	67	11
Felipe Alou	1b	36.097	3	0	2	0	0	0	.273	99	1764	4	51	4
Danny Cater	3b	31.174	3	0	1	1	0	0	.267	104	1037	3	47	0
Ron Swoboda	rf	27.048	3	0	0	0	0	0	.251	73	810	1	19	0
Gene Michael	ss	33.076	3	0	1	0	0	0	.251	108	548	3	33	3
Fritz Peterson	p	29.190	2	0	0	0	0	0	.081	29	204	0	8	0
Totals:			29	2	9	2	1	2	.310	851	6704

Game Stats

2B: Horace Clarke (16)
RBIs: Danny Cater (47), Thurman Munson (35)
SH: Fritz Peterson (13)
GDP: Danny Cater 2 (16), Bobby Murcer (6)

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Paul Splittorff (L 5-6)	24.313	7	9	2	2	1	0	0	2.39	1.15	0	0	0	14	16
Jim York	23.356	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.63	1.09	0	0	0	45	49
Pitching Totals:		8	9	2	2	1	2	0			0	0	0	59	65

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Fritz Peterson (W 13-7)	29.190	9	5	0	0	1	6	0	2.96	1.18	0	0	0	29	211
Pitching Totals:		9	5	0	0	1	6	0			0	0	0	29	211

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff 0-0-0; Jim York 0-0-0; Fritz Peterson 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Paul Splittorff 28; Jim York 3; Fritz Peterson 33;
Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 0
Umpires: Home: Larry Barnett 1B Merle Anthony 2B George Maloney 3B Hank Soar

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