The Kansas City Royals pulled it off against the New York Yankees, 5 to 4, on August 21, 1973.

1973 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

68-60

4

KCR

Royals

72-55

5

NYY

KCR

1

3

0

2

0

2

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

4

5

H

9

11

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Horace Clarke 2B 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Matty Alou RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roy White LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ron Blomberg DH 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jim Ray Hart PH 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Celerino Sanchez PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Thurman Munson C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mike Hegan 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Gene Michael SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Felipe Alou PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 4 9 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fritz Peterson (L) 4.1 7 5 3 1 1 0
Lindy McDaniel 3.2 4 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 8.0 11 5 3 2 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Cookie Rojas 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
John Mayberry 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hal McRae RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Steve Hovley RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Rick Reichardt DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Kurt Bevacqua 3B 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fran Healy C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 35 5 11 4 0 2 4 2 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Drago 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0
Steve Mingori (W) 4.1 3 1 1 2 5 1
Joe Hoerner (S) 4.0 3 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 4 9 1

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