Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1974 at Royals Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 1 2 1
Griffin 2b 6 0 1 1
Cooper 1b 6 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 0
Carbo dh 6 1 1 0
Evans rf 6 1 3 1
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
McAuliffe 3b 4 0 2 0
Guerrero ss 5 1 1 0
Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 12 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 6 0 3 0
Otis cf 5 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0
Healy c 6 1 1 2
Wohlford lf 6 1 2 0
McRae dh 5 1 2 2
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 1 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 0 0 0
  Pinson ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 13 4
Boston 001 001 110 000 15121
Kansas City 020 000 002 000 04130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Moret   7.1 9 2 2 2 2
  Lee   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Drago  W (2-1) 5.1 4 2 2 3 3
Totals
13.0
13
4
4
5
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   7.2 7 4 4 3 4
  Bird  L (0-1) 5.1 5 1 1 0 4
Totals
13.0
12
5
5
3
8

  E–Moret (1).  DP–Boston 3, Kansas City 3.  2B–Boston Carbo (4,off Pattin); Evans (2,off Bird), Kansas City Pinson (4,off Drago); Solaita (2,off Drago).  HR–Boston Miller (1,3rd inning off Pattin 0 on, 2 out); Evans (2,7th inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out); Cooper (2,13th inning off Bird 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Healy (3,2nd inning off Moret 1 on, 0 out); McRae (3,9th inning off Drago 1 on, 0 out).  SH–McAuliffe (1,off Pattin); Patek (1,off Drago).  IBB–Otis (2,by Drago); Mayberry (2,by Drago).  SB–Guerrero (1,2nd base off Pattin/Healy); Carbo (1,Home off Bird/Healy); Evans (1,2nd base off Bird/Healy); McRae 2 (3,2nd base off Moret/Fisk 2).  CS–Evans (1,3rd base by Bird/Healy).  IBB–Drago 2 (2,Otis,Mayberry).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:45.  A–13,306.
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