Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 19, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 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 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Schaal 3b 5 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
McRae rf 4 0 0 0
Piniella lf 4 0 1 0
  Hovley pr 0 1 0 0
Bevacqua 1b 3 0 1 0
Reichardt dh 4 0 2 0
Patek ss 3 1 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0
Healy c 4 1 4 3
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 1 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski 1b 2 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 3 0 0 0
Cater 3b 4 0 1 1
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Miller cf 4 0 1 1
Griffin 2b 4 0 2 0
Evans rf 3 1 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Kansas City 000 010 101393
Boston 002 001 10x480
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  L (5-1) 5.0 5 3 2 5 1
  Garber   1.2 1 1 0 2 0
  Hoerner   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Bird   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
2
8
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (13-8) 8.1 8 3 3 1 3
  Bolin  SV (8) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–Piniella (2), Bevacqua (9), Healy (9).  2B–Kansas City Healy (14,off Lee), Boston Cater (9,off Fitzmorris); Aparicio (14,off Hoerner).  HR–Kansas City Healy (5,5th inning off Lee 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Aparicio (8,off Garber).  IBB–Cepeda 2 (11,by Fitzmorris 2); Yastrzemski (9,by Garber); Fisk (2,by Garber).  SB–Yastrzemski (7,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Healy); Evans (5,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Healy); Harper (32,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Healy).  CS–Miller (5,2nd base by Garber/Healy).  IBB–Fitzmorris 2 (2,Cepeda 2); Garber 2 (10,Yastrzemski,Fisk).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–3:12.  A–27,356.
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