Kansas City Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 17, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1963 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 2, Boston Red Sox 0

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Causey ss 4 0 2 0
Cimoli cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Lumpe 2b 3 1 0 0
Siebern 1b 4 1 1 0
Alusik rf 4 0 1 2
  Tartabull cf 0 0 0 0
Charles 3b 3 0 0 0
Essegian lf 3 0 1 0
  Del Greco lf 0 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 0 0
Bowsfield p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schilling 2b 3 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Malzone 3b 2 0 0 0
  Radatz p 0 0 0 0
Clinton rf 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Mejias cf 4 0 1 0
Tillman c 4 0 0 0
Morehead p 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 0 3 0
Kansas City 002 000 000261
Boston 000 000 000031
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Bowsfield  W (3-4) 9.0 3 0 0 4 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead  L (3-1) 8.0 6 2 2 5 6
  Radatz   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
8

  E–Charles (3), Malzone (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Siebern (4,off Morehead); Alusik (2,off Morehead), Boston Williams (1,off Bowsfield).  3B–Kansas City Causey (3,off Morehead).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Charles (7,2nd base off Morehead/Tillman); Bressoud (1,2nd base off Bowsfield/Sullivan).  U-HP–Bill Valentine, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:28.  A–24,118.
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