Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
June 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1973 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 1 1
Hovley rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 1
Otis cf 1 0 0 0
  Bevacqua rf 3 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
Hopkins dh 3 2 1 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 3 1 1 1
  Evans rf 1 1 1 0
Smith cf 5 2 2 0
Fisk c 5 1 3 4
Yastrzemski 1b 2 2 1 0
  Cater 1b 1 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 5 0 1 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 2 0
Harper lf 4 1 2 2
Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 14 8
Kansas City 001 000 100271
Boston 300 003 12x9141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (5-5) 5.2 10 6 6 3 5
  Simpson   2.1 4 3 3 2 3
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
5
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (5-7) 9.0 7 2 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
4

  E–Hovley (1), Guerrero (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Boston Petrocelli (4,off Drago); Harper (6,off Drago); Fisk (11,off Simpson).  3B–Kansas City Patek (3,off Pattin).  HR–Boston Fisk (11,1st inning off Drago 2 on, 0 out).  WP–Simpson (6).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:54.  A–10,966.
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