Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 12, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1970 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 4, Boston Red Sox 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 2 2 0
Otis cf 5 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 2
Oliver 1b 5 1 2 2
Schaal 3b 5 0 1 0
Severson ss 4 0 3 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0
Rooker p 3 1 1 0
  Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 3 2 2 0
Smith cf 4 2 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 5
Conigliaro T. rf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Conigliaro B. lf 3 1 1 0
Kennedy 3b 3 0 1 1
Moses c 4 0 0 0
Peters p 2 1 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Kansas City 000 020 0024120
Boston 000 004 21x780
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (7-12) 5.0 4 4 4 2 3
  Morehead   2.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Wright   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  W (11-9) 9.0 12 4 4 3 8
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Rojas (7,off Peters); Severson 2 (7,off Peters 2); Oliver (18,off Peters), Boston Smith (23,off Rooker); Yastrzemski (21,off Morehead); B Conigliaro (5,off Wright); Kennedy (7,off Wright).  3B–Kansas City Piniella (4,off Peters).  HR–Kansas City Oliver (23,9th inning off Peters 1 on, 2 out), Boston Yastrzemski (31,6th inning off Rooker 2 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:24.
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