New York Yankees (4) Kansas City Royals (2)

| 1972

Date of Game: Tuesday, June 20, 1972
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Kansas City Royals (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 25-30	Record: 25-29
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Attendance: 7,806 Time of Game: 2:41

Game Notes:

Freddie Patek - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Bobby Murcer HR in 6th inning (22.07)

Bobby Murcer ? in 7th inning (12.3)

Bobby Murcer 1B in 1st inning (9.43)
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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	1	1	0	2	11	1
New York Yankees	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	x	4	10	1

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	27.254	5	0	4	0	0	0	.250	44	472	0	17	10
Amos Otis	cf	25.055	5	0	1	0	0	0	.286	52	425	3	21	10
Lou Piniella	lf	28.297	5	0	1	0	0	0	.324	55	470	5	24	3
Richie Scheinblum	rf	29.227	4	0	0	0	0	0	.311	41	210	4	18	0
Cookie Rojas	2b	33.106	3	1	1	0	1	0	.268	54	1207	1	20	1
John Mayberry	1b	23.122	3	0	1	1	1	0	.247	54	156	5	29	0
Jerry May	c	28.189	4	1	1	0	0	1	.261	27	491	1	2	0
Ron Hansen	3b	34.076	4	0	1	0	0	1	.133	16	1384	0	2	0
Dick Drago	p	26.360	2	0	0	0	0	0	.067	15	123	0	3	0
Carl Taylor	ph	28.152	1	0	1	1	0	0	.286	15	286	0	2	0
Tom Burgmeier	p	28.323	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	22	250	0	0	0
Bobby Knoop	ph	33.245	1	0	0	0	0	1	.312	11	1119	0	0	0
Totals:			37	2	11	2	2	3	.297	406	6593

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	32.018	4	0	1	0	0	1	.236	52	963	1	15	6
Bernie Allen	3b	33.065	3	1	2	0	0	0	.310	23	1048	0	3	0
Ron Swoboda	ph	27.355	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	16	845	0	1	0
Hal Lanier	3b	29.351	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	26	1127	0	3	1
Bobby Murcer	cf	26.031	3	1	2	3	0	0	.284	52	541	8	25	2
Roy White	lf	28.176	4	0	0	0	0	2	.263	54	851	4	23	10
Ron Blomberg	1b	23.301	3	0	2	0	0	0	.287	36	104	3	17	0
Felipe Alou	1b	37.039	1	0	0	0	0	0	.268	40	1838	1	9	1
Johnny Callison	rf	33.100	3	1	1	0	0	0	.216	33	1782	2	7	2
Rusty Torres	rf	23.263	1	0	0	0	0	1	.198	45	54	3	12	0
Thurman Munson	c	25.013	3	0	1	1	1	0	.253	50	333	3	16	3
Gene Michael	ss	34.018	4	1	1	0	0	0	.217	47	626	1	14	0
Mike Kekich	p	27.079	2	0	0	0	0	1	.133	13	131	0	2	0
Sparky Lyle	p	27.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	21	281	0	1	0
Totals:			31	4	10	4	2	5	.323	508	10524

Game Stats

2B: Bernie Allen (6), Ron Blomberg (8), Jerry May (5), Gene Michael (3), Freddie Patek 2 (14), Cookie Rojas (12)
HR: Bobby Murcer (8)
RBIs: John Mayberry (29), Thurman Munson (16), Bobby Murcer 3 (25), Carl Taylor (2)
SB: Johnny Callison (2)
CS: Horace Clarke (4), Richie Scheinblum (1)
SH: Sparky Lyle (1)
SF: Bobby Murcer (1)
GDP: Johnny Callison (5), Richie Scheinblum (4)

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#
Dick Drago (L 5-5)	26.360	6	9	3	3	0	4	1	2.21	1.05	0	0	0	14	125
Tom Burgmeier	28.323	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.16	1.36	0	0	0	21	216
Pitching Totals:		8	10	4	3	2	5	1			0	0	0	35	341

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#
Mike Kekich (W 6-5)	27.079	6.2	6	1	1	2	2	0	2.43	1.34	0	0	0	13	133
Sparky Lyle (Sv 14)	27.333	2.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1.13	0.80	0	0	0	21	281
Pitching Totals:		9	11	2	2	2	3	0			0	0	0	34	414

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Mike Kekich 2;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Drago 0-0-0; Tom Burgmeier 0-0-0; Mike Kekich 0-0-0; Sparky Lyle 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dick Drago 25; Tom Burgmeier 10; Mike Kekich 28; Sparky Lyle 11;
Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 7,806
Umpires: Home: Larry McCoy 1B Jim Honochick 2B Hank Soar 3B Bill Deegan

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