Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 4, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1962 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 7, Boston Red Sox 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 1 3 1
Del Greco lf 5 1 1 1
Lumpe 2b 5 1 3 1
Siebern 1b 4 1 2 0
Charles 3b 5 1 2 2
Alusik rf 4 1 1 2
Causey ss 4 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 1 0 0
Rakow p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 4 0 1 0
Gardner ss 3 0 0 0
  Schwall pr 0 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Tillman ph 1 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 0
Clinton rf 5 0 2 0
Runnels 1b 4 0 2 1
Malzone 3b 4 0 1 0
Nixon c 4 0 1 0
Schilling 2b 4 0 1 0
Monbouquette p 2 0 0 0
  Green ph,ss 2 1 2 1
Totals 37 2 12 2
Kansas City 000 004 0037120
Boston 000 001 0012121
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rakow  W (13-15) 9.0 12 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Monbouquette  L (11-13) 7.0 7 4 4 1 6
  Nichols   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
7

  E–Monbouquette (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Lumpe 2 (29,off Monbouquette,off Nichols); Charles (20,off Monbouquette); Del Greco (19,off Nichols).  HR–Kansas City Alusik (11,6th inning off Monbouquette 1 on, 1 out), Boston Green (1,9th inning off Rakow 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Rakow (5,off Nichols).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Gardner (1,by Rakow).  Team–11.  SB–Tartabull (14,2nd base off Monbouquette/Nixon); Sullivan (1,3rd base off Nichols/Nixon).  CS–Yastrzemski (3,2nd base by Rakow/Sullivan).  HBP–Rakow (3,Gardner).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:43.  A–6,212.
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