New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 22, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1973 at Royals 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 6 1 1 0
Alou M. rf 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 1
Murcer cf 5 1 1 0
Hart dh 5 1 2 2
  Sanchez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 0
Munson c 5 1 2 1
Alou F. 1b 2 0 1 1
  Blomberg ph 1 0 1 0
  Lanier pr,ss 2 1 1 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hegan ph,1b 3 1 2 2
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 14 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 3 1 1
Rojas 2b 3 3 2 2
Otis cf 4 0 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 0 0
McRae rf 4 0 1 0
  Hovley rf 0 0 0 0
  Schaal ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 1 2 1
Reichardt dh 3 0 0 0
Bevacqua 3b,rf 4 0 0 0
Healy c 5 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 8 5
New York 014 000 020 07143
Kansas City 202 010 200 1880
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell   4.2 4 5 5 4 2
  Buskey   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Lyle  L (4-9) 3.0 1 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.2
8
8
7
8
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.2 7 5 5 1 1
  Garber   6.0 5 2 2 1 0
  Hoerner   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Bird  W (4-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
3
4

  E–White (6), Munson (6), Hegan (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–New York Munson 2 (26,off Splittorff 2); Clarke (17,off Splittorff), Kansas City Rojas 2 (23,off McDowell 2).  HR–New York Hart (11,3rd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 2 out); Hegan (2,8th inning off Garber 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Reichardt 2 (5,off Buskey,off Lyle).  SF–Rojas (5,off Buskey).  IBB–Bevacqua (1,by Lyle).  SB–Patek (29,2nd base off Buskey/Munson).  WP–McDowell 2 (5).  IBB–Lyle (2,Bevacqua).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:27.  A–24,708.
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