Yankees @ Royals
August 22, 1973

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Yankees 7 13 2
Royals 7 7 0
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Yankees 7 13 2
Royals 7 7 0

Thurman Munson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .313
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 4 412
Hits 2 129
• Singles 0 83
• Doubles 2 26
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 39
RBI’s 1 61

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 12
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Royals Stadium - August 22, 1973
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Strikeout
Doug Bird
Fran Healy
John Mayberry
Cookie Rojas
Paul Schaal
Freddie Patek
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Kurt Bevacqua
Thurman Munson
Graig Nettles
Celerino Sanchez
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Doug Bird now pitching. Munson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Celerino Sanchez pinch runs for Jim Ray Hart. Nettles takes first base on ball four. Sanchez moves to second.
Top 10 Paul Schaal now playing third base. Kurt Bevacqua now playing right field. Hart hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Paul Schaal pinch hits for Steve Hovley. Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 9 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Murcer strikes out.
Top 9 White hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Alou hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clarke 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 Hegan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Steve Hovley now playing right field. Nettles hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Reichardt hits a popup towards first. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. McRae moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek tags and scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Patek. The throw from Munson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hart hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 White hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out.
Bottom 6 Healy hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reichardt bunts towards first. Hegan scoops it up and throws to first, with Clarke covering, for the out. Piniella moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hal Lanier now playing shortstop. Mike Hegan now playing first base. Piniella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hal Lanier pinch runs for Ron Blomberg. Mike Hegan pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Felipe Alou. Blomberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tom Buskey now pitching. McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a line drive into left field. White picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on White. Rojas goes all the way around to score. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second.
Top 5 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a line drive towards first. Mayberry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Garber covering, for the out.
Top 4 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Rojas scores.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Patek scores. Rojas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Rojas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 3 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gene Garber now pitching. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Munson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Munson reaches second base with a double. Nettles goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clarke scores.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clarke moves to third.
Top 3 Clarke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Clarke reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reichardt strikes out.
Top 2 Stanley hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Munson scores.
Top 2 Munson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Nettles strikes out.
Top 2 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas scores.
Bottom 1 Rojas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Rojas reaches second base with a double. Patek goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Murcer hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second.
Top 1 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clarke hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.