New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 10, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 8, Kansas City Royals 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 1 0 0
Callison rf 5 1 1 2
Murcer cf 5 1 3 2
White lf 5 1 1 0
Blomberg 1b 4 0 2 2
Munson c 5 0 0 0
Allen 3b 5 2 3 0
Michael ss 5 1 2 0
Peterson p 4 1 3 2
Totals 42 8 15 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 2 0
Taylor 1b 4 0 2 1
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 0
May c 4 1 2 0
Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 1 0 1 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 1
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 37 4 12 4
New York 250 000 1008151
Kansas City 010 010 1014122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson  W (4-8) 9.0 12 4 4 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
0
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  L (2-2) 1.0 6 5 5 0 1
  Hedlund   4.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Abernathy   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Fitzmorris   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
1
8

  E–Michael (8), Scheinblum (2), Taylor (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Blomberg 2 (6,off Murphy,off Fitzmorris); Allen 2 (4,off Hedlund,off Abernathy), Kansas City Schaal (9,off Peterson); Patek (10,off Peterson).  3B–Kansas City Taylor (1,off Peterson); May (1,off Peterson).  HBP–Clarke (1,by Hedlund).  WP–Fitzmorris (2).  HBP–Hedlund (1,Clarke).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:35.  A–11,282.
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