Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
August 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1972 at Yankee 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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Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 1 1
  Hovley cf 1 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 5 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 2 3 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 1
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 4
Taylor c 3 0 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Drago p 2 1 0 0
  Angelini p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kenney ss 4 0 1 0
  Ellis ph 0 0 0 0
Allen 2b 4 2 3 1
Murcer cf 5 0 4 1
White lf 3 0 0 0
Blomberg 1b 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Callison rf 3 1 1 1
  Swoboda ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sanchez 3b 4 0 0 0
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Gardner p 1 0 0 0
  Beene p 1 0 0 0
  Clarke ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Michael ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Kansas City 005 000 010671
New York 100 001 100392
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (10-14) 6.2 8 3 3 3 1
  Angelini  SV (2) 2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  L (4-2) 2.2 4 5 0 2 1
  Beene   4.1 1 0 0 1 3
  McDaniel   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
6
1
4
7

  E–Patek (19), Sanchez 2 (9).  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–Taylor (1).  2B–Kansas City Piniella 2 (29,off Gardner,off McDaniel); Mayberry (19,off McDaniel), New York Kenney (2,off Drago).  3B–New York Murcer (5,off Drago).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (14,3rd inning off Gardner 2 on, 2 out), New York Callison (6,6th inning off Drago 0 on, 1 out); Allen (5,7th inning off Drago 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Rojas (5,off Gardner).  IBB–Piniella (8,by Gardner); Taylor (1,by McDaniel).  IBB–Gardner (2,Piniella); McDaniel (3,Taylor).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Hank Morgenweck.  T–2:47.  A–10,670.
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