Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 26, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1969 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Boston Red Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 2 0
Fiore 1b 3 0 2 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick cf 3 1 1 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 3 1
Adair 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Keough ph 0 0 0 0
  Rios ss 0 0 0 0
Butler p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 8 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 3b 3 1 0 1
Andrews 2b 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 3 3
Smith cf 2 0 1 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 0 0
Conigliaro rf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 1 1 0
Gibson c 4 0 1 0
Nagy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Kansas City 010 000 000180
Boston 200 010 10x471
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Butler  L (7-8) 6.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Drabowsky   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  W (9-2) 9.0 8 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 5.  2B–Boston Smith (22,off Butler); Gibson (8,off Butler); Andrews (18,off Drabowsky).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (33,1st inning off Butler 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Keough (2,by Nagy).  IBB–Scott (9,by Butler).  CS–Piniella (3,3rd base by Nagy/Gibson); Kelly (12,2nd base by Nagy/Gibson); Gibson (1,Home by Butler/Martinez).  HBP–Nagy (9,Keough).  IBB–Butler (5,Scott).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:23.  A–21,523.
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