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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

1972-08-25 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · 86°F · 2:27

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 4–1. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Sparky Lyle earned the win. Bobby Murcer went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sparky Lyle L: Al Fitzmorris SV: (none)

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	5	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis	3	1	1	0	1	0
Richie Scheinblum	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Mayberry	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	3	0	2	0	1	0
Paul Schaal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Splittorff	3	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	3	0	1	0	1	0
Thurman Munson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Roy White	2	1	1	0	2	0
Felipe Alou	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bobby Murcer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ron Swoboda	3	0	1	0	1	1
Celerino Sanchez	2	0	1	2	1	0
Gene Michael	4	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Kline	2	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	6.1	5	5	2
Al Fitzmorris	1.0	2	1	0
Norm Angelini	0.2	1	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Kline	7.1	7	2	0
Sparky Lyle	1.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: 4
Amos Otis: S6
Richie Scheinblum: 3/G.1-2
John Mayberry: S8/G.2-H
Ed Kirkpatrick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Horace Clarke: W
Thurman Munson: 64(1)3/GDP
Roy White: W
Felipe Alou: SB2
Felipe Alou: K

Top 2

Cookie Rojas: 4/P8S
Lou Piniella: S7
Paul Schaal: 8/F8XD
Paul Splittorff: 9/F9DW

Bot 2

Bobby Murcer: 9
Ron Swoboda: K/C
Celerino Sanchez: W
Gene Michael: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 53
Amos Otis: 63
Richie Scheinblum: 9/L

Bot 3

Steve Kline: 3/G
Horace Clarke: 8/L
Thurman Munson: 13

Top 4

John Mayberry: 5/FL
Ed Kirkpatrick: S8
Cookie Rojas: D7.1-3
Lou Piniella: IW
Paul Schaal: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 4

Roy White: 43
Felipe Alou: S8
Bobby Murcer: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Paul Splittorff: 43
Freddie Patek: 53
Amos Otis: 8/F8XD

Bot 5

Ron Swoboda: 63
Celerino Sanchez: 9/L
Gene Michael: 63

Top 6

Richie Scheinblum: 31
John Mayberry: 8/L
Ed Kirkpatrick: HP
Cookie Rojas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Steve Kline: W
Horace Clarke: S7/G.1-2
Thurman Munson: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Roy White: W
Felipe Alou: 9/L

Top 7

Lou Piniella: 8
Paul Schaal: 7
Paul Splittorff: S8
Freddie Patek: 1/L

Bot 7

Bobby Murcer: HR/9
Ron Swoboda: S4
Celerino Sanchez: 3/SH.1-2
Gene Michael: S9.2-3
Steve Kline: 2(3)3/DP/BG

Top 8

Amos Otis: W
Richie Scheinblum: 8
John Mayberry: S9/G3.1-3
Ed Kirkpatrick: 7/L
Cookie Rojas: 6/L

Bot 8

Horace Clarke: 8/L
Thurman Munson: W
Roy White: S8/89.1-3
Felipe Alou: S5.3-H;1-2
Bobby Murcer: 8/F8XD.2-3
Ron Swoboda: W.1-2
Celerino Sanchez: S8/G.3-H;2-H;1-3
Gene Michael: 5/L

Top 9

Lou Piniella: S9
Paul Schaal: K
Carl Taylor: 64(1)/FO
Freddie Patek: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Umpire John Rice ill

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