New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
June 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1972 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 0, Kansas City Royals 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0
Callison rf 3 0 1 0
Murcer cf 4 0 1 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Blomberg 1b 4 0 1 0
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Allen 3b 3 0 1 0
Kenney ss 3 0 0 0
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  Torres ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Hovley rf 2 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 2 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 3 0 2 1
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 2 0 1 0
Drago p 1 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 5 1
New York 000 000 000050
Kansas City 000 000 10x151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (4-2) 7.0 4 1 1 3 0
  Lyle   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
3
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (4-4) 9.0 5 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
4

  E–Otis (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Blomberg (7,off Drago).  SH–Drago 2 (4,off Kline,off Lyle).  CS–Murcer (5,2nd base by Drago/Kirkpatrick); Hovley (2,2nd base by Kline/Munson).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:00.  A–14,417.
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