Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 26, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1974 at Royals Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 1 0
Miller cf 3 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 1 0 0 1
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
Fisk dh 3 1 1 0
Montgomery c 3 0 1 1
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Hughes 3b 3 0 1 0
  Petrocelli ph 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 3 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0
Healy c 4 0 0 0
Wohlford lf 4 1 3 0
McRae dh 3 1 2 1
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 1 1 0
  Pinson ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Busby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 13 3
Boston 010 000 010261
Kansas City 000 110 11x4130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L (2-2) 6.2 11 3 3 1 3
  Segui   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
4
4
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby  W (3-2) 9.0 6 2 2 6 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
5

  E–Lee (5).  DP–Boston 1, Kansas City 4.  2B–Boston Miller (2,off Busby); Montgomery (3,off Busby), Kansas City Otis (2,off Lee).  3B–Boston Griffin (2,off Busby), Kansas City Otis (2,off Lee); Patek (1,off Lee).  HR–Kansas City McRae (2,4th inning off Lee 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Yastrzemski (2,off Busby); Pinson (1,off Segui).  SH–McRae (1,off Lee); Schaal (1,off Segui).  HBP–Mayberry (2,by Lee).  SB–Yastrzemski (3,2nd base off Busby/Healy); Otis 2 (2,2nd base off Lee/Montgomery,3rd base off Lee/Montgomery); Wohlford 3 (8,2nd base off Lee/Montgomery 2,2nd base off Segui/Montgomery); Mayberry (2,2nd base off Segui/Montgomery).  CS–McRae (1,2nd base by Lee/Montgomery).  WP–Busby (3).  HBP–Lee (1,Mayberry).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:35.  A–13,537.
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