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August 15, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 9 0
Royals 6 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 6 9 0
Royals 7 13 0

Lou Piniella Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .310
OBP .500 .357
At Bats 3 406
Hits 1 126
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 51

Rob Gardner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 15, 1972
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Single
Rob Gardner
Thurman Munson
Ron Swoboda
Bernie Allen
Celerino Sanchez
Hal Lanier
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Johnny Callison
Lou Piniella
Steve Hovley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 9 0 7
Kansas City Royals 7 13 0 7
Winning Pitcher Tom Burgmeier
Losing Pitcher Rob Gardner
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Lou Piniella
Attendance 10,721
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hovley scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scheinblum bunts towards the mound. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Hovley moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hovley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores. Taylor scores.
Bottom 9 Patek bunts towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Rob Gardner now pitching. Carl Taylor pinch hits for Ed Kirkpatrick. Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fred Beene now pitching. Amos Otis pinch hits for Jerry May. Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 White bunts between the mound and first base. Burgmeier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Top 9 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Murcer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hovley who is chasing the ball. Murcer reaches third base with a triple. Allen scores. Munson goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Allen moves to second.
Top 9 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Jerry Kenney pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel. Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Schaal takes first base on ball four. Piniella moves to third. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ron Swoboda now playing first base. Scheinblum strikes out.
Top 8 Al Fitzmorris now pitching. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Callison takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Swoboda strikes out.
Top 8 Ron Swoboda pinch hits for Ron Blomberg. There goes White. The throw from May and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 8 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Murcer is called out on strikes.
Top 8 The ball gets by May for a passed ball. Munson moves to third.
Top 8 Norm Angelini now pitching. Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hal Lanier now playing shortstop. Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Joe Keough pinch hits for Paul Splittorff. Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops it up and throws to first, with McDaniel covering, for the out.
Top 7 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Felipe Alou pinch hits for Ron Klimkowski. Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Paul Splittorff now pitching. John Ellis pinch hits for Gene Michael. Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sanchez is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blomberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hovley. Blomberg reaches second base with a double. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 May hits a line drive into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hopkins is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klimkowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klimkowski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Ron Klimkowski now pitching. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Allen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Horace Clarke pinch hits for Mike Kekich. Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kekich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kekich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Blomberg moves to third.
Top 5 Callison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blomberg moves to second.
Top 5 Blomberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rojas hits a line drive into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Hovley takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kekich is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Michael hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hedlund hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blomberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sanchez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blomberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 White hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a popup towards third. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schaal hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kekich fields it and throws to second for the out. Scheinblum moves to third.
Bottom 1 Piniella takes first base on ball four. Scheinblum moves to second.
Bottom 1 Scheinblum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.
Bottom 1 Hovley bunts towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hovley for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Allen for the out.