Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1973 at Royals 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 9, Kansas City Royals 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 6 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 0 0
Smith cf 2 2 0 0
  Miller cf 0 1 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 2 1 0
Cepeda dh 5 1 4 6
Petrocelli 3b 5 1 2 2
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Montgomery c 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 4 1 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 0 0
  Bevacqua 2b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 3 3
Reichardt dh 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 1 0
Piniella lf 4 0 2 0
Brett 3b 4 1 0 0
Taylor c 4 0 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Boston 300 040 0209100
Kansas City 200 001 0014102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (15-9) 9.0 10 4 4 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (14-6) 4.0 4 6 5 5 4
  Dal Canton   3.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Mingori   1.1 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
9
8
6
7

  E–Patek 2 (21).  2B–Boston Cepeda 4 (20,off Splittorff 2,off Dal Canton,off Mingori); Petrocelli (13,off Dal Canton); Evans (10,off Dal Canton), Kansas City Mayberry (16,off Tiant); Kirkpatrick (15,off Tiant); Taylor (4,off Tiant).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (23,6th inning off Tiant 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (10,off Dal Canton).  HBP–Miller (2,by Mingori).  SB–Piniella (4,2nd base off Tiant/Montgomery).  WP–Splittorff 2 (8).  HBP–Mingori (2,Miller).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:41.  A–18,985.
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