New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 24, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Kansas City Royals 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 1
Munson c 5 2 2 0
White lf 5 1 3 0
Murcer cf 2 1 1 3
Cater 1b 4 2 2 1
Lyttle rf 4 0 1 0
Baker ss 4 0 2 1
Kenney 3b 3 1 0 0
  Michael ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 1 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Spriggs rf 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelly rf 1 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 2 0
Otis cf 5 0 2 0
Piniella lf 4 2 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 2 3 1 0
Oliver 1b 5 2 1 0
Schaal 3b 3 1 3 4
Matchick ss 2 0 1 3
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 1
  Severson ss 1 0 1 0
Fitzmorris p 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
New York 301 110 0107132
Kansas City 032 030 00x8140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   2.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Klimkowski  L (5-6) 1.2 3 3 2 1 1
  Hamilton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Waslewski   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  McCormick   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris   2.0 7 4 4 0 1
  Burgmeier  W (4-5) 7.0 6 3 3 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
0
5

  E–Baker (3), Klimkowski (1).  PB–Munson 2 (9).  2B–Kansas City Rojas (10,off Stottlemyre); Matchick (3,off Stottlemyre).  3B–New York Clarke (2,off Burgmeier), Kansas City Schaal (2,off Stottlemyre).  HR–New York Murcer (21,5th inning off Burgmeier 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Klimkowski (4,off Burgmeier); Burgmeier (1,off Hamilton).  SF–Murcer 2 (4,off Fitzmorris,off Burgmeier).  IBB–Piniella (6,by McCormick).  SB–White 2 (19,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Kirkpatrick,2nd base off Burgmeier/Kirkpatrick); Otis (23,2nd base off Waslewski/Munson); Schaal (5,2nd base off Waslewski/Munson).  CS–Spriggs (2,2nd base by Klimkowski/Munson).  WP–Burgmeier (2).  IBB–McCormick (1,Piniella).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:38.  A–8,622.
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