Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
May 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1971 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 2 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 2 1 0
Otis cf 4 4 3 3
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 3
Paepke rf 2 0 1 0
  Keough ph,rf 2 0 0 1
Savage lf 3 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph,lf 2 0 1 1
May c 3 0 1 0
Drago p 3 0 1 0
  Knoop ph 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 4 1 1 0
Conigliaro cf 4 1 2 0
Kennedy ss 4 0 2 1
Montgomery c 4 0 0 0
Peters p 2 1 1 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 2
Kansas City 004 010 0139123
Boston 000 011 0024101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (5-1) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Burgmeier  SV (3) 2.0 3 2 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
2
0
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (5-4) 7.0 9 6 6 2 3
  Bolin   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Brett   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
5
4

  E–Schaal 3 (10), Kennedy (2).  DP–Kansas City 2, Boston 2.  2B–Kansas City Schaal (8,off Peters), Boston Peters (2,off Drago); Conigliaro (16,off Burgmeier).  HR–Kansas City Rojas (2,3rd inning off Peters 2 on, 2 out); Otis (9,5th inning off Peters 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Otis (14,2nd base off Peters/Montgomery).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:34.  A–31,110.
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