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Kansas City Royals @ California Angels

1972-09-20 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 4117 · 82°F · 2:25

Kansas City Royals defeated California Angels 9–2. Kansas City Royals put up 6 in the 1st. Steve Busby earned the win. John Mayberry went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7
CAL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Steve Busby L: Rudy May SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Russ Goetz · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Hank Morgenweck · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	4	1	0	0	1	0
Cookie Rojas	0	2	0	0	2	0
Richie Scheinblum	4	2	1	0	1	1
John Mayberry	4	1	1	4	1	2
Lou Piniella	3	1	1	1	1	0
Carl Taylor	3	1	0	0	1	1
Steve Hovley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	3	1	1	0	1	0
Steve Busby	4	0	3	3	0	1
Bobby Knoop	3	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mickey Rivers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Vada Pinson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Oliver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Howard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Parker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Stephenson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Chris Coletta	1	0	1	1	0	0
Curt Motton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Stanton	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Busby	9.0	7	2	2

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rudy May	0.0	1	5	0
Lloyd Allen	1.0	3	3	0
Tom Dukes	2.0	0	0	1
Alan Foster	2.0	0	0	2
Dave Sells	3.0	3	0	0
Steve Barber	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: W
Cookie Rojas: W.1-2
Richie Scheinblum: W.2-3;1-2
John Mayberry: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Lou Piniella: W
Carl Taylor: W.1-2
Steve Hovley: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Freddie Patek: IW
Steve Busby: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Paul Schaal: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 13
Mickey Rivers: K/C
Vada Pinson: 8

Top 2

Cookie Rojas: W
Richie Scheinblum: D9.1-3
John Mayberry: IW
Lou Piniella: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Carl Taylor: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
Steve Hovley: 43

Bot 2

Bob Oliver: 7/L
Doug Howard: K
Billy Parker: 63

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 7
Steve Busby: K
Paul Schaal: 63

Bot 3

Leo Cardenas: S7
John Stephenson: W.1-2
Chris Coletta: S7.2-H;1-3(E7);B-1
Sandy Alomar: 3/G.3-H(UR);1-2
Mickey Rivers: 2/FL
Vada Pinson: 4/P

Top 4

Bobby Knoop: 8
Richie Scheinblum: 3/G
John Mayberry: K

Bot 4

Bob Oliver: 3/P
Doug Howard: 7
Billy Parker: S8
Leo Cardenas: 7/L

Top 5

Lou Piniella: 63
Carl Taylor: K/C
Steve Hovley: 5/FL

Bot 5

John Stephenson: S8
Curt Motton: FLE3
Curt Motton: 7
Sandy Alomar: 9
Mickey Rivers: 43

Top 6

Freddie Patek: 9
Steve Busby: D9
Paul Schaal: 43.2-3
Bobby Knoop: 63

Bot 6

Vada Pinson: 43
Bob Oliver: S7
Doug Howard: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Richie Scheinblum: 9/L
John Mayberry: 3/L
Lou Piniella: 9

Bot 7

Billy Parker: 9
Leo Cardenas: 43
John Stephenson: 3/G

Top 8

Carl Taylor: 3/G
Steve Hovley: 63
Freddie Patek: S8
Steve Busby: SB2
Steve Busby: S8.2-H
Paul Schaal: 13

Bot 8

Leroy Stanton: S8
Sandy Alomar: 9
Jim Spencer: W.1-2
Vada Pinson: 7
Bob Oliver: 5/FL

Top 9

Bobby Knoop: 13
Richie Scheinblum: K
John Mayberry: K

Bot 9

Doug Howard: 8
Billy Parker: S7
Leo Cardenas: 7
John Stephenson: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Royals pitcher Steve Busby hit a grand slam to LF; however, 1B umpire John Rice had called time before the pitch to eject Jerry May from the bench for yelling about an earlier call at 1B; Royals Manager Bob Lemon argued the loss of the home run and was ejected by Rice; Dick Drago was ejected from the bench by Rice
John Mayberry and Carl Taylor collided chasing Curt Motton's foul ball

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