With the bases loaded in the 10th inning, Thurman Munson beat the throw home on a grounder by Walt Williams to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory over the Royals. The winning rally started with one out when Munson singled and took third on another single by Graig Nettles. After an intentional pass to Chris Chambliss, Williams batted for Ed Herrmann and hit a grounder to Cookie Rojas, who made an off-balance throw that was wide of the plate as Munson slid across with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5
Game Played on Friday, August    29, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  3    2  0  0    0  -   5  8  0
Yankees      0  0  0    3  0  2    0  0  0    1  -   6 12  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   2   0     1   0   .239      Bonds cf,rf           3   0   1   0     2   1   .263
Rojas 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .252      Alomar 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .218
Otis cf               5   1   0   1     0   0   .260      White lf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .286
McRae lf              4   0   1   2     1   0   .310      Munson c              5   1   2   0     0   0   .320
Cowens rf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Nettles 3b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .276
Brett 3b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Chambliss 1b          3   2   2   0     2   0   .299
Killebrew dh          3   0   1   0     1   0   .206      Herrmann dh           4   0   2   3     0   0   .263
Solaita 1b            1   1   0   0     2   1   .264        Williams ph,dh      1   0   0   1     0   0   .264
  Wohlford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Bergman rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pinson 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Bladt cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Martinez c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .244      Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .201
  Stinson pr,c        1   1   0   0     0   0   .287      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   8   4     6   2             Totals               37   6  12   6     5   3

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 11,345
Left on Base: Royals 7, Yankees 9
DP: Royals 2, Yankees 2
Errors: Bonds
Doubles: McRae (37), Cowens (10), Chambliss (28), Nettles (21), Herrmann (8)
Triples: Brett (11), White (5)
Stolen Bases: Brett (11)
Caught Stealing: Otis (9), Bonds (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Rojas (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (10)
GIDP: Chambliss (17), Munson (18)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris              5.1   9   5   5   2   1   0  25   3.98
Pattin L(8-9)           4     3   1   1   2   2   0  16   3.60
McClure                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0.00
Bird                    0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.35
Totals                  9.1  12   6   6   5   3   0  43

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May                     5     4   3   2   3   2   0  22   3.39
Sawyer                  1     1   2   2   2   0   0   5   6.00
Lyle W(4-6)             4     3   0   0   1   0   0  15   2.99
Totals                 10     8   5   4   6   2   0  42

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Rojas out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Patek to second]; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); McRae walked; Cowens flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Alomar grounded out (first unassisted);
White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
singled; Solaita walked [Killebrew to second]; Martinez struck
out [Killebrew out at third (catcher to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson singled to center; Nettles singled to center
[Munson to second]; Chambliss grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Munson to third, Nettles out at
second]; Herrmann lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Rojas flied out to left;
Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Bergman flied out to left; Stanley was called out
on strikes; Bonds lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to left; Cowens flied out to center;
Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Alomar singled to center; White tripled to center
[Alomar scored]; Munson popped to first in foul territory;
Nettles lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [White scored];
Chambliss doubled to right; Herrmann singled to center
[Chambliss scored]; Bergman grounded out (second to first); 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Solaita
struck out; Martinez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
singled to center; Alomar grounded out (first unassisted) [Bonds
to second]; White lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek walked; On a bunt Rojas singled to third
[Patek to second]; Otis reached on an error by Bonds [Patek
scored (no RBI), Rojas to third, Otis to second]; McRae doubled
[Rojas scored, Otis scored (unearned)]; SAWYER REPLACED MAY
(PITCHING); Cowens hit into a double play (third to first to
third) [McRae out at third]; Brett singled to right; Brett stole
second; Killebrew lined to center; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Nettles
doubled to right; Chambliss was walked intentionally; Herrmann
doubled to center [Nettles scored, Chambliss scored]; PATTIN
REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Bergman grounded out (first to
pitcher); Stanley was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 7TH: BLADT REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING CF); BONDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Solaita walked; Martinez walked [Solaita
to second]; LYLE REPLACED SAWYER (PITCHING); STINSON RAN FOR
MARTINEZ; On a bunt Patek singled to third [Solaita to third,
Stinson to second]; Rojas forced Patek (first to shortstop)
[Solaita scored, Stinson to third]; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop
to second) [Stinson scored]; Otis was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees
5.

YANKEES 7TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bonds walked;
Alomar popped to shortstop; White walked [Bonds to second];
Munson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5,
Yankees 5.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae popped to second; Cowens lined to left; Brett
tripled to left; Killebrew was walked intentionally; WOHLFORD
BATTED FOR SOLAITA; Wohlford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: PINSON REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING 1B); Nettles
flied out to left; Chambliss singled to center; Herrmann popped
to third; Bladt popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
popped to second; Rojas popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Stanley flied out to center; Bonds struck out;
Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 10TH: Otis flied out to right; McRae flied out to left;
Cowens doubled to left; Brett lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 10TH: White grounded out (second to first); Munson
singled to center; Nettles singled to left [Munson to third];
MCCLURE REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Chambliss was walked
intentionally [Nettles to second]; BIRD REPLACED MCCLURE
(PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Williams reached on a
fielder's choice [Munson scored, Nettles to third, Chambliss to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Yankees 6.