Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 5, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1962 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 12

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tartabull cf 5 1 2 0
Del Greco lf 5 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 5 1 2 0
Siebern 1b 3 1 1 2
Charles 3b 4 1 2 1
Alusik rf 3 0 0 0
Causey ss 3 0 2 1
Sullivan c 4 0 1 0
Fischer p 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Archer p 0 0 0 0
  Bryan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 4 2 1 0
Green ss 4 1 1 2
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 2
Clinton rf 5 2 3 1
Runnels 1b 5 2 3 2
Malzone 3b 4 2 2 3
Nixon c 4 0 2 0
Schilling 2b 4 1 1 1
Wilson p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 12 16 11
Kansas City 011 020 0004112
Boston 007 320 00x12161
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer  L (4-8) 2.1 7 5 5 0 0
  Wickersham   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Drabowsky   2.0 4 5 3 2 1
  Archer   3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
16
12
10
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (12-6) 9.0 11 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
7

  E–Causey 2 (10), Green (4).  DP–Kansas City 2, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Charles (21,off Wilson), Boston Clinton (17,off Fischer); Nixon (5,off Drabowsky).  3B–Boston Green (1,off Fischer).  HR–Kansas City Siebern (23,5th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out), Boston Malzone (19,4th inning off Drabowsky 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Causey (1,off Wilson).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Yastrzemski (2,off Drabowsky).  Team–5.  SB–Tartabull (15,2nd base off Wilson/Nixon).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:16.  A–1,217.
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