Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1970 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Andrews 2b 5 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0
Conigliaro T. rf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli ss 3 0 0 0
Scott 3b 4 0 1 0
  Kennedy pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro B. lf 4 0 0 0
Satriano c 4 0 0 0
Siebert p 3 0 1 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 3 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
  Spriggs pr 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 2 1 0
Piniella lf 5 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 5 0 1 1
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Severson ss 4 0 0 0
Bunker p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 6 2
Boston 000 100 000 000130
Kansas City 000 100 000 001261
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   10.0 4 1 1 1 6
  Brett  L (3-7) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Lyle   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.1
6
2
2
3
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker   11.0 3 1 1 3 3
  Abernathy  W (7-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
3
1
1
3
3

  E–Severson (7).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Scott (21,off Bunker).  3B–Kansas City Otis (7,off Siebert).  HR–Boston Smith (19,4th inning off Bunker 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Yastrzemski (10,2nd base by Bunker/Kirkpatrick).  SB–Kelly (28,2nd base off Siebert/Satriano).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:59.  A–12,050.
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