Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 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 0, Kansas City Royals 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 2 0
Scheinblum rf 0 0 0 0
  Hovley pr,rf 3 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 3
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 1 0
Nelson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Boston 000 000 000010
Kansas City 000 003 00x350
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (10-10) 7.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Curtis   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  W (7-4) 9.0 1 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
9

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Otis (20,off Curtis).  3B–Kansas City Schaal (3,off Siebert).  HR–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (8,6th inning off Siebert 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Scheinblum (2,by Siebert).  SB–Otis 2 (25,2nd base off Siebert/Fisk 2).  HBP–Siebert (6,Scheinblum).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:14.  A–9,380.
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