Yankees @ Royals
August 29, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 10 17 1
Royals 3 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 10 17 1
Royals 3 11 0

Dennis Paepke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .208
OBP .000 .250
At Bats 0 125
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 11

Al Closter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 29, 1971
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Out
Al Closter
Thurman Munson
Danny Cater
Horace Clarke
Jerry Kenney
Gene Michael
Felipe Alou
Bobby Murcer
Ron Blomberg
Dennis Paepke
Freddie Patek
Bob Oliver

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 10 17 1 9
Kansas City Royals 3 11 0 8
Winning Pitcher Al Closter
Losing Pitcher Dick Drago
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Felipe Alou
Attendance 13,229
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dennis Paepke pinch hits for Bill Butler. Paepke hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third.
Bottom 9 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Knoop strikes out.
Top 9 Kenney is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Closter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Michael strikes out.
Bottom 8 Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Hopkins 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 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clarke strikes out.
Top 8 Cater hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blomberg moves to third. Cater moves to second.
Top 8 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bill Butler now pitching. Bob Oliver now playing right field. Murcer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Knoop reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chuck Harrison pinch hits for Joe Keough. Harrison is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Patek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bob Oliver pinch hits for Lance Clemons. Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Knoop tags and scores.
Bottom 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Knoop moves to third.
Bottom 7 Knoop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Knoop reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella throws the ball in to Hopkins who tags Munson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Kenney moves to third.
Top 7 Lance Clemons now pitching. Kenney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke scores. Michael scores.
Top 7 Closter bunts towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out. Clarke moves to third. Michael moves to second.
Top 7 Michael takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to second.
Top 7 Clarke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blomberg scores.
Top 7 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blomberg moves to second.
Top 7 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Schaal hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Closter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Closter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Murcer. The throw from May and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Top 6 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ken Wright now pitching. Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Al Closter now pitching. Keough 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 5 Patek strikes out.
Top 5 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Cater hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Blomberg hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson scores. Murcer moves to second.
Top 5 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kenney scores. Munson moves to second.
Top 5 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kenney moves to third.
Top 5 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Stottlemyre hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Drago strikes out.
Bottom 4 May is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Knoop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Knoop reaches second base with a double. Schaal scores.
Bottom 4 Schaal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Schaal reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops it up and throws to first, with Stottlemyre covering, for the out.
Top 4 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clarke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Clarke reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cater hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blomberg hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a line drive towards third. Kenney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. May scores.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Blomberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Drago bunts towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Stottlemyre scores.
Top 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kenney bunts towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stottlemyre moves to second.
Top 3 Stottlemyre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schaal is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes Piniella. The throw from Munson and he is out, Michael applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Clarke. The throw from May and he is safe. Clarke steals second.
Top 2 Clarke takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hopkins 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 1 Otis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kenney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stottlemyre fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Stottlemyre. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Kenney trying to get to home. Keough throws the ball in to May who tags Kenney who's trying to score from second, for the out. Munson moves to third.
Top 1 Munson is hit by the pitch. Kenney moves to second.
Top 1 Kenney takes first base on ball four.