Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
July 6, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 1 2 0
McRae rf 5 1 2 1
  Cowens rf 0 0 0 0
Mayberry dh 3 1 1 0
Solaita 1b 4 1 2 1
Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0
Healy c 3 1 2 1
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Cooper dh 5 1 1 1
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 2
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Guerrero ss 2 0 1 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 1 0
  Burleson ss 1 0 1 0
Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
  McAuliffe ph 1 0 0 0
  Montgomery c 1 0 0 0
  Hughes pr 0 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Kansas City 021 110 0005113
Boston 021 000 0003100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (1-2) 5.1 7 3 3 1 3
  Fitzmorris  SV (1) 3.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (3-4) 4.1 10 5 5 2 3
  Cleveland   4.2 1 0 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
5

  E–Patek (9), Brett 2 (12).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Solaita (6,off Wise); McRae (18,off Wise), Boston Evans (8,off Briles).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (12,2nd inning off Briles 1 on, 0 out); Cooper (7,3rd inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (3,off Fitzmorris).  SB–Otis (13,2nd base off Wise/Blackwell); McRae (6,2nd base off Wise/Blackwell); Harper (18,2nd base off Fitzmorris/Healy).  CS–Patek 2 (11,Home by Wise/Blackwell,2nd base by Cleveland/Montgomery).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:58.  A–23,331.
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