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Yankees 6 @ Royals 7
Municipal Stadium
August 15, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, played on August 15, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1972 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 7 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Tom Burgmeier  
Losing Pitcher—Rob Gardner  
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Game Winning RBI—Lou Piniella 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1972 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Kekich  
Home Starting PitcherMike Hedlund  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance10,721 
Time of Game2 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Maloney
1B: Larry Napp
2B: Art Frantz
3B: Merle Anthony

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bernie Allen  Second Baseman 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Bobby Murcer  Center Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Ron Blomberg  First Baseman 
Johnny Callison  Right Fielder 
Celerino Sanchez  Third Baseman 
Gene Michael  Shortstop 
Mike Kekich  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Steve Hovley  Center Fielder 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Gail Hopkins  First Baseman 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Mike Hedlund  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

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Yankees 6 @ Royals 7
Municipal Stadium
August 15, 1972

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         Game of 8/15/1972 -- New York at Kansas City (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Allen B, 2b           5  1  1  0   Patek F, ss           4  1  2  0   
Munson T, c           5  1  3  0   Hovley S, cf          3  1  2  2   
Murcer B, cf          5  0  1  2   Scheinblum R, rf      4  1  1  1   
White R, lf           3  1  0  0   Piniella L, lf        4  0  2  1   
Blomberg R, 1b        1  1  1  1   Rojas C, 2b           4  1  2  0   
Swoboda R, ph-1b      1  0  0  0   Schaal P, 3b          3  1  1  3   
Callison J, rf        3  0  1  0   Hopkins G, 1b         3  0  1  0   
Sanchez C, 3b         3  1  0  0   May J, c              3  0  0  0   
Michael G, ss         2  0  0  0   Otis A, ph            1  1  1  0   
Ellis J, ph           1  0  0  0   Hedlund M, p          2  0  0  0   
Lanier H, ss          1  0  0  0   Splittorff P, p       0  0  0  0   
Kekich M, p           1  0  0  0   Keough J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Clarke H, ph          1  0  0  0   Angelini N, p         0  0  0  0   
Klimkowski R, p       0  0  0  0   Fitzmorris A, p       0  0  0  0   
Alou F, ph            1  1  1  3   Burgmeier T, p        0  0  0  0   
McDaniel L, p         0  0  0  0   Kirkpatrick E, ph     0  0  0  0   
Kenney J, ph          1  0  1  0   Taylor C, ph          1  1  1  0   
Beene F, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Gardner R, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6  9  6                        33  7 13  7

New York         000 000 402 --  6
Kansas City      400 000 003 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kekich M              5.0  6  4  4  2  0
Klimkowski R          1.0  1  0  0  1  0
McDaniel L            2.0  2  0  0  1  1
Beene F*              0.0  1  1  1  0  0
Gardner R (L)         0.2  3  2  2  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hedlund M             6.1  4  3  3  3  1
Splittorff P          0.2  1  1  1  0  0
Angelini N            0.2  1  0  0  2  2
Fitzmorris A          1.0  2  2  2  0  0
Burgmeier T (W)       0.1  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

DP -- New York 3, Kansas City 2
LOB -- New York 7, Kansas City 7
2B -- Blomberg R, Munson T
3B -- Murcer B
HR -- Schaal P, Alou F
SB -- Patek F, White R
SH -- Hovley S, Patek F, Scheinblum R
HBP -- by Hedlund M (Sanchez C)
PB -- May J
T -- 2:55
A -- 10721

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