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 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 0
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 0 0
Kennedy ss 4 0 2 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 0
Cater 1b 4 0 0 0
Gagliano 3b 4 1 1 0
Miller lf 2 2 1 1
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Montgomery c 4 0 2 1
Curtis p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 4 9 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 2 0
Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 2 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Taylor 1b 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Hedlund p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
  Splittorff p 1 0 0 0
  Hovley ph 1 0 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 7 0
Boston 020 101 000–491
Kansas City 000 000 000–071
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (2-0) 9.0 7 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund  L (0-5) 2.0 6 2 2 0 0
  Splittorff   6.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Rooker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
1
  E–Gagliano (2), Piniella (1).  DP–Boston 3, Kansas City 1.  3B–Boston Gagliano (1,off Splittorff).  SF–Miller (1,off Splittorff).  CS–Patek (4,2nd base by Curtis/Montgomery).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–1:55.  A–11,920.
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