Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
April 23, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1974 at Fenway Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox 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 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 0 0
Wohlford rf 5 1 3 2
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
McRae lf 4 0 1 1
Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 0
Solaita dh 2 0 0 0
  Cowens pr,dh 1 1 1 0
Martinez c 3 1 1 1
White 3b 3 0 0 0
  Otis ph 1 0 1 1
  Gonzalez 3b 0 0 0 0
Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper dh 4 1 2 0
Beniquez cf 5 1 1 0
Cooper 1b 5 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 3 1
Carbo rf 2 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cater ph 0 0 0 0
  Hughes pr,3b 1 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Didier c 3 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph,c 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1
Kansas City 100 001 0035100
Boston 101 000 000281
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris  W (1-0) 9.0 8 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  L (1-1) 8.1 9 5 4 4 2
  Segui   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
4
3

  E–Didier (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 2.  2B–Kansas City Pinson (2,off Drago); McRae (5,off Drago), Boston Beniquez (2,off Fitzmorris); Yastrzemski (6,off Fitzmorris).  3B–Boston Harper (1,off Fitzmorris).  IBB–Carbo 2 (2,by Fitzmorris 2).  SB–Patek (9,2nd base off Drago/Didier); Wohlford 2 (5,2nd base off Drago/Didier,2nd base off Segui/Montgomery); Pinson (1,2nd base off Drago/Montgomery).  WP–Fitzmorris 2 (2).  IBB–Fitzmorris 2 (2,Carbo 2).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–5,388.
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