New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals - Aug 22, 1973

NYY

68-61

73-55

FINAL/10

Royals Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
NYY	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	14	3
KC	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8	8	0

WIN

Doug Bird

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

LOSS

Sparky Lyle

3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

Box Score

NYY BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1H. Clarke2B	1-6	1	0	0	.271
2M. AlouRF	0-4	0	0	0	.302
3R. WhiteLF	1-4	0	0	1	.252
4B. MurcerCF	1-5	1	0	0	.319
5J. Ray HartDH	2-5	1	1	2	.248
↳ C. SanchezPR	0-0	0	0	0	.235
6G. Nettles3B	2-4	1	0	0	.251
7T. MunsonC	2-5	1	0	1	.312
8F. Alou1B	1-2	0	0	1	.227
↳ R. BlombergPH	1-1	0	0	0	.335
↳ H. LanierSS	1-2	1	0	0	.212
9F. StanleySS	0-2	0	0	0	.333
↳ M. Hegan1B	2-3	1	1	2	.200

NYY PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
S. McDowell	4.2	4	5	4	2	38-22	4.29
T. Buskey	2.0	3	2	2	0	17-9	6.35
S. Lyle(L, 4-9)	3.0	1	0	2	1	21-13	2.52

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

NYY		KC
14	HITS	8
2	HOME RUNS	0
23	TOTAL BASES	10
3	WALKS	8
4	STRIKEOUTS	3
20	RUNNERS LOB	16

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

NYYEVENKC

10050100

BOT 10 · NYY 7-8 KC · KC 100.0%Freddie Patek singles on a to right fielder Matty Alou. Lou Piniella scores. Kurt Bevacqua to 2nd.

Scoring Summary

BOT 1Cookie Rojas 1-run double on a to left fielder Roy White. Freddie Patek scores.0-1
BOT 1Amos Otis 1-run single on a to left fielder Roy White. Cookie Rojas scores.0-2
TOP 2Felipe Alou 1-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Amos Otis. Thurman Munson scores.1-2
TOP 3Roy White 1-run single on a to right fielder Hal McRae. Horace Clarke scores.2-2
TOP 3Jim Ray Hart hits a home run (11). Bobby Murcer scores.4-2
TOP 3Thurman Munson 1-run double. Graig Nettles scores.5-2
BOT 3Amos Otis pops out to shortstop Fred Stanley.5-3
BOT 3John Mayberry walks.5-4

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

Box Score

NYY BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1H. Clarke2B	1-6	1	0	0	.271
2M. AlouRF	0-4	0	0	0	.302
3R. WhiteLF	1-4	0	0	1	.252
4B. MurcerCF	1-5	1	0	0	.319
5J. Ray HartDH	2-5	1	1	2	.248
↳ C. SanchezPR	0-0	0	0	0	.235
6G. Nettles3B	2-4	1	0	0	.251
7T. MunsonC	2-5	1	0	1	.312
8F. Alou1B	1-2	0	0	1	.227
↳ R. BlombergPH	1-1	0	0	0	.335
↳ H. LanierSS	1-2	1	0	0	.212
9F. StanleySS	0-2	0	0	0	.333
↳ M. Hegan1B	2-3	1	1	2	.200

NYY PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
S. McDowell	4.2	4	5	4	2	38-22	4.29
T. Buskey	2.0	3	2	2	0	17-9	6.35
S. Lyle(L, 4-9)	3.0	1	0	2	1	21-13	2.52

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

NYY		KC
14	HITS	8
2	HOME RUNS	0
23	TOTAL BASES	10
3	WALKS	8
4	STRIKEOUTS	3
20	RUNNERS LOB	16

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

NYYEVENKC

10050100

BOT 10 · NYY 7-8 KC · KC 100.0%Freddie Patek singles on a to right fielder Matty Alou. Lou Piniella scores. Kurt Bevacqua to 2nd.

Scoring Summary

BOT 1Cookie Rojas 1-run double on a to left fielder Roy White. Freddie Patek scores.0-1
BOT 1Amos Otis 1-run single on a to left fielder Roy White. Cookie Rojas scores.0-2
TOP 2Felipe Alou 1-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Amos Otis. Thurman Munson scores.1-2
TOP 3Roy White 1-run single on a to right fielder Hal McRae. Horace Clarke scores.2-2
TOP 3Jim Ray Hart hits a home run (11). Bobby Murcer scores.4-2
TOP 3Thurman Munson 1-run double. Graig Nettles scores.5-2
BOT 3Amos Otis pops out to shortstop Fred Stanley.5-3
BOT 3John Mayberry walks.5-4

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

Amos Otis 1-run single on a to left fielder Roy White. Cookie Rojas scores. Amos Otis to 2nd. Fielding error by left fielder Roy White.

BOT 7Cookie Rojas 1-run sac fly to right fielder Matty Alou. Freddie Patek scores.5-6

BOT 7Lou Piniella 1-run single on a to right fielder Matty Alou. John Mayberry scores. Hal McRae to 3rd. Lou Piniella to 2nd.5-7

TOP 8Mike Hegan hits a home run (2). Hal Lanier scores.7-7

BOT 10Freddie Patek 1-run single on a to right fielder Matty Alou. Lou Piniella scores. Kurt Bevacqua to 2nd.7-8

AL East Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Baltimore	97	65	.599	-	W1
Boston	89	73	.549	8.0	W4
Detroit	85	77	.525	12.0	W1
New York	80	82	.494	17.0	L1
Milwaukee	74	88	.457	23.0	L5
Cleveland	71	91	.438	26.0	L1

FULL STANDINGS

AL West Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oakland	94	68	.580	-	L1
Kansas City	88	74	.543	6.0	L1
Minnesota	81	81	.500	13.0	L2
California	79	83	.488	15.0	W2
Chicago	77	85	.475	17.0	W1
Texas	57	105	.352	37.0	W1

FULL STANDINGS

New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals, Aug 22, 1973