The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the New York Yankees, 8 to 7, on August 24, 1970.

1970 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

69-57

7

KCR

Royals

49-77

8

NYY

KCR

1

3

0

2

0

3

3

1

2

4

1

0

5

1

3

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

7

8

H

13

14

E

2

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Horace Clarke 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Thurman Munson C 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Roy White LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Bobby Murcer CF 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Danny Cater 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Lyttle RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frank Baker SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jerry Kenney 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Michael PH,3B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mel Stottlemyre P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Klimkowski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Woods PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Waslewski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ellis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike McCormick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7 1 0 5 2 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mel Stottlemyre 2.2 6 5 5 2 2 0
Ron Klimkowski (L) 1.2 3 3 2 1 1 0
Steve Hamilton 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Waslewski 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0
Mike McCormick 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Totals 8.0 14 8 7 5 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Spriggs RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ellie Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Kelly RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cookie Rojas 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Amos Otis CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Lou Piniella LF 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ed Kirkpatrick C 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Bob Oliver 1B 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Paul Schaal 3B 3 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 5
Tom Matchick SS 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hawk Taylor PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rich Severson SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Fitzmorris P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8 0 5 6 2 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Al Fitzmorris 2.0 7 4 4 0 1 0
Tom Burgmeier (W) 7.0 6 3 3 0 4 1
Totals 9.0 13 7 7 0 5 1

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