Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 18, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 5, Boston Red Sox 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 5 0 4 1
Rojas 2b 5 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 3 2
Mayberry 1b 4 1 0 0
McRae rf 4 1 2 0
Piniella lf 4 0 2 1
Reichardt dh 3 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Healy c 4 0 2 1
Patek ss 0 0 0 0
  Floyd ph,ss 2 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Raziano p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 1 1 0
Guerrero ss 5 2 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 2
Cepeda dh 2 0 0 0
Cater 3b 4 1 1 1
Montgomery c 4 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 2 2 0
Evans rf 2 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 2 3
Pole p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 7
Kansas City 000 102 0025142
Boston 000 503 00x8102
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (15-8) 3.2 5 5 2 2 0
  Raziano   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Bird   2.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
5
4
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pole  W (2-1) 8.0 12 5 5 1 2
  Bolin  SV (7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
1
2

  E–Schaal 2 (19), Guerrero 2 (8).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 5.  2B–Boston Griffin (13,off Splittorff); Miller 2 (16,off Splittorff,off Raziano).  HR–Kansas City Otis (24,6th inning off Pole 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Evans (3,off Raziano).  IBB–Evans (2,by Splittorff); Harper (2,by Raziano); Cepeda (9,by Bird).  SB–Miller (10,3rd base off Bird/Healy); Guerrero (2,2nd base off Bird/Healy).  IBB–Splittorff (5,Evans); Raziano (1,Harper); Bird (7,Cepeda).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:33.  A–20,065.
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