Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1972 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 1 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Cater 1b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 3 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Krausse p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 1 0 0
Hovley rf 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Piniella lf 5 2 2 2
Kirkpatrick c 5 1 1 2
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1
Hopkins 1b 3 0 1 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 1 1
  Mayberry 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 2 1 2 1
Drago p 3 1 1 2
Totals 33 9 12 9
Boston 100 000 000151
Kansas City 100 050 30x9120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  L (1-3) 4.2 6 6 6 4 3
  Peters   1.2 4 3 3 2 1
  Tiant   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Tatum   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
7
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (3-4) 9.0 5 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
6

  E–Kennedy (2).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Oglivie (2,off Drago); Cater (3,off Drago), Kansas City Rojas (9,off Peters); Piniella (9,off Peters).  3B–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (1,off Krausse).  SH–Patek (2,off Krausse).  IBB–Hovley (1,by Krausse); Rojas (1,by Peters).  SB–Patek (8,2nd base off Krausse/Fisk).  CS–Patek (3,2nd base by Krausse/Fisk); Schaal (1,2nd base by Peters/Fisk).  WP–Krausse (2), Drago (2).  IBB–Krausse (1,Hovley); Peters (4,Rojas).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:25.  A–9,240.
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