American League
Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees
25-Apr-1974 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)
Kansas City Royals 6 (6-9) New York Yankees 1 (10-8)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Freddie Patek ss........... 5 1 2 1 Walt Williams rf........... 4 0 0 0
Cookie Rojas 2b............ 5 0 1 0 Roy White dh............... 4 0 0 0
Amos Otis cf............... 4 1 3 0 Lou Piniella lf............ 4 1 1 0
John Mayberry 1b........... 5 0 0 1 Graig Nettles 3b........... 3 0 0 0
Hal McRae dh............... 5 1 0 0 Thurman Munson c........... 2 0 0 1
Jim Wohlford lf............ 4 1 1 0 Bill Sudakis 1b............ 2 0 0 0
Vada Pinson rf............. 3 1 2 2 Elliott Maddox cf.......... 3 0 1 0
Al Cowens pr/rf........... 1 0 0 0 Gene Michael 2b............ 2 0 0 0
Buck Martinez c............ 4 1 2 0 Horace Clarke ph/2b....... 1 0 0 0
Bobby Floyd 3b............. 3 0 0 0 Jim Mason ss............... 3 0 0 0
Totals..................... 39 6 11 4 Totals..................... 28 1 2 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Kansas City Royals.. 000 032 001 - 6 11 0
New York Yankees.... 000 000 100 - 1 2 2
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E - Nettles; Munson. LOB - Royals 8; Yankees 2. 2B - Otis; Piniella. 3B - Wohlford.
SF - Munson.
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Paul Splittorff W,2-1..... 7.0 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 22 24 6 12
Doug Bird ................. 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 3
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Steve Kline L,2-2......... 5.1 6 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 23 7 7
Fred Beene ................ 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1
Fritz Peterson ............ 3.0 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 14 3 5
WP - Kline; Peterson.
Strikeouts - Rojas; McRae; Wohlford; Floyd; Williams 2; Piniella; Clarke; Mason.
Walks - Otis; Floyd; Sudakis.
Umpires - HP: Larry McCoy 1B: Joe Brinkman 2B: Nick Bremigan 3B: Nestor Chylak
Start: 14:06 Time: 2:08 Attendance: 5,646
Game stats verified through Retrosheet - www.retrosheet.org
Game: 740425
Kansas City Royals starters: ss Patek; 2b Rojas; cf Otis; 1b Mayberry;
dh McRae; lf Wohlford; rf Pinson; c Martinez; 3b Floyd; p Splittorff
Kansas City Royals 1st - Patek grounded out to ss. Rojas struck out
swinging. Otis flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Yankees 1st - Williams struck out swinging. White flied out to
rf. Piniella struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 2nd - Mayberry flied out to lf. McRae popped up to
1b. Wohlford struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Yankees 2nd - Nettles grounded out to 3b. Munson grounded out
to 3b. Sudakis walked. Maddox singled to left field; Sudakis advanced to
second. Michael grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 3rd - Pinson flied out to cf. Martinez grounded out
to 3b. Floyd grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Yankees 3rd - Mason grounded out to ss. Williams grounded out
to ss. White grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 4th - Patek grounded out to p. Rojas flied out to cf.
Otis singled to third base. Mayberry flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
New York Yankees 4th - Piniella grounded out to p. Nettles grounded out
to 2b. Munson flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 5th - McRae grounded out to ss. Wohlford tripled to
right field. Pinson singled, RBI; Wohlford scored. Martinez singled up the
middle; Pinson advanced to second. Martinez advanced to second on the error;
Pinson advanced to third on a wild pitch, scored on an error by c. Floyd lined
out to ss. Patek singled to center field, RBI; Martinez scored, unearned. Rojas
grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
New York Yankees 5th - Sudakis flied out to cf. Maddox grounded out to
3b. Michael flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 6th - Otis doubled to left field. Mayberry grounded
out to p. McRae reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second; Otis
scored. Beene to p for Kline. Wohlford grounded out to 3b; McRae advanced to
third. Pinson singled to right field, RBI; McRae scored, unearned. Cowens pinch
ran for Pinson. Martinez singled to right field; Cowens advanced to third.
Floyd struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
New York Yankees 6th - Cowens to rf. Mason struck out looking. Williams
grounded out to ss. White grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Kansas City Royals 7th - Peterson to p for Beene. Patek grounded out to
ss. Rojas singled to right field. Otis singled to left field; Rojas advanced to
second. Mayberry grounded out to 2b; Otis advanced to second; Rojas advanced to
third. McRae struck out looking. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Yankees 7th - Piniella doubled. Nettles grounded out to p;
Piniella advanced to third. Munson flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Piniella scored.
Sudakis flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 8th - Wohlford flied out to rf. Cowens grounded out
to ss. Martinez lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Yankees 8th - Bird to p for Splittorff. Maddox flied out to lf.
Clarke pinch hit for Michael. Clarke struck out swinging. Mason grounded out to
p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 9th - Clarke to 2b. Floyd walked. Patek singled to
pitcher; Floyd advanced to second. Rojas reached on a fielder's choice; Patek
advanced to second; Floyd out at third p to 3b. Rojas advanced to second on a
wild pitch; Patek advanced to third. Otis intentionally walked. Mayberry
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Otis out at second 1b to ss; Rojas advanced
to third; Patek scored. McRae flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
New York Yankees 9th - Williams struck out swinging. White grounded out
to 2b. Piniella grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Yankees starters: rf Williams; dh White; lf Piniella; 3b
Nettles; c Munson; 1b Sudakis; cf Maddox; 2b Michael; ss Mason; p Kline