Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
August 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Gamble dh 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 1 0
Ellis c 4 0 1 0
Spikes lf 2 0 0 0
  Williams lf 2 0 0 0
Lowenstein rf 3 0 1 1
Brohamer 2b 3 0 1 0
Torres cf 3 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 2 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick rf 3 0 0 1
Piniella lf 4 2 2 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 1 1
Healy c 3 0 1 1
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Cleveland 000 100 000170
Kansas City 100 111 10x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  L (5-4) 6.1 8 5 5 4 3
  Sanders   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  W (5-0) 9.0 7 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
0

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Duffy (11,off Fitzmorris), Kansas City Patek (16,off Timmermann); Piniella 2 (22,off Timmermann 2); Healy (13,off Timmermann); Mayberry (17,off Timmermann).  HR–Kansas City Otis (23,5th inning off Timmermann 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Mayberry (12,by Timmermann).  IBB–Timmermann (4,Mayberry).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:16.  A–16,268.
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