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Royals 8 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
August 27, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 27, 1972 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Royals with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateAugust 27, 1972 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 8 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 9 H: 26 E: 2 LOB: 18
Runs: 9
Hits: 26
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 18
Winning PitcherLindy McDaniel  
Losing PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
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Game Winning RBIHorace Clarke 

Game Info

DateAugust 27, 1972 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Hedlund  
Home Starting PitcherFritz Peterson  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance25,801 
Time of Game4 hours 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Russ Goetz
1B: Hank Morgenweck
2B: Marty Springstead
3B: Hank Soar

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Richie Scheinblum  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Carl Taylor  Catcher 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Paul Schaal  Third Baseman 
Bobby Knoop  Second Baseman 
Mike Hedlund  Pitcher 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bernie Allen  Second Baseman 
Johnny Callison  Right Fielder 
Bobby Murcer  Center Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Ron Blomberg  First Baseman 
John Ellis  Catcher 
Celerino Sanchez  Third Baseman 
Jerry Kenney  Shortstop 
Fritz Peterson  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Royals 8 @ Yankees 9
Yankee Stadium
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         Game of 8/27/1972, game 2 -- Kansas City at New York (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           8  1  2  1   Allen B, 2b           5  0  1  0   
Otis A, cf            7  1  2  1   Clarke H, pr-2b       3  0  1  1   
Scheinblum R, rf      4  1  2  0   Callison J, rf        8  0  2  0   
Floyd B, pr-3b        2  0  0  0   Murcer B, cf          7  2  4  1   
Piniella L, lf        7  1  1  3   White R, lf           6  2  2  0   
Taylor C, c           5  0  1  0   Blomberg R, 1b        4  1  1  1   
Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0   Alou F, 1b            4  0  2  0   
Hovley S, ph-rf       2  0  1  0   Ellis J, c            8  1  3  3   
Mayberry J, 1b        4  1  1  1   Sanchez C, 3b         8  2  4  2   
Schaal P, 3b          5  1  2  0   Kenney J, ss          7  0  1  0   
Hopkins G, ph         1  0  0  0   Peterson F, p         3  1  2  0   
Dal Canton B, p       1  0  0  0   Lyle S, p             1  0  1  0   
Knoop B, 2b           7  1  1  0   Klimkowski R, p       0  0  0  0   
Hedlund M, p          1  0  0  0   Munson T, ph          1  0  1  1   
Burgmeier T, p        1  0  0  0   McDaniel L, p         2  0  0  0   
May J, ph             1  0  0  0   Michael G, ph         1  0  1  0   
Fitzmorris A, p       0  0  0  0                                      
Angelini N, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Kirkpatrick E, ph-c   4  1  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     60  8 14  7                        68  9 26  9

Kansas City      000 010 043 000 000 0 --  8
New York         022 100 102 000 000 1 --  9
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hedlund M             2.2  7  4  4  0  2
Burgmeier T           4.1  5  2  2  2  1
Fitzmorris A*         0.0  2  0  0  0  0
Angelini N            1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Abernathy T           3.0  5  2  2  0  0
Dal Canton B (L)      4.1  7  1  1  2  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Peterson F            7.1  8  4  4  0  3
Lyle S+               0.2  5  4  3  0  0
Klimkowski R          1.0  0  0  0  1  0
McDaniel L (W)        7.0  1  0  0  4  6
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 9th

E -- Taylor C, Klimkowski R, Kenney J
DP -- Kansas City 1, New York 3
LOB -- Kansas City 11, New York 18
2B -- Sanchez C 3, Blomberg R, Patek F, Knoop B, Murcer B, Hovley S
3B -- Murcer B
HR -- Mayberry J, Piniella L
SB -- White R, Otis A
SH -- Otis A
SF -- Clarke H
HBP -- by Peterson F (Scheinblum R)
T -- 4:50
A -- 25801

    

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