Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
June 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 1 1 1
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Gagliano lf 3 0 0 0
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
  Josephson ph 1 0 0 0
Cater 1b 5 1 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 2 1
Fisk c 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 2 2
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 1
Culp p 1 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 1 0
Hovley rf 5 1 2 0
Piniella lf 4 1 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 0 0
Hopkins 1b 2 0 1 1
  Drago pr 0 1 0 0
  Mayberry 1b 1 0 1 1
Otis cf 1 1 1 1
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 4
Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 3 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Boston 030 001 001593
Kansas City 000 105 10x782
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  L (4-5) 6.0 6 6 1 2 3
  Tiant   2.0 2 1 1 2 4
Totals
8.0
8
7
2
4
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   1.2 3 3 2 2 0
  Fitzmorris  W (2-3) 5.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Abernathy   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Burgmeier  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
3

  E–Aparicio (8), Miller (1), Petrocelli (6), Patek (7), Schaal (8).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Griffin (5,off Rooker); Cater (6,off Fitzmorris), Kansas City Patek (9,off Culp); Kirkpatrick (4,off Culp).  HR–Boston Harper (7,9th inning off Abernathy 0 on, 1 out), Kansas City Schaal (2,6th inning off Culp 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Culp (4,off Rooker).  SF–Otis (2,off Culp).  SB–Otis (8,2nd base off Culp/Fisk).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:35.
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