Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
August 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1974 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 6, Cleveland Indians 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 1 0
Pinson rf 5 1 3 4
  Cowens rf 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 0 2 0
McRae lf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
Solaita 1b 4 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
Healy c 3 2 2 1
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein 3b 4 1 1 0
  Lis ph 1 1 1 0
Duffy ss 3 2 1 0
Carty 1b 5 1 1 1
Spikes rf 3 1 2 3
Ellis c 3 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
Gamble dh 3 1 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
Torres cf 4 0 0 0
Alvarado 2b 4 0 1 1
Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 5
Kansas City 001 000 5006120
Cleveland 300 110 002791
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   4.1 5 5 5 5 5
  Pattin   3.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mingori  L (2-3) 1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Bird   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
7
7
6
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   6.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Buskey  W (1-4) 2.2 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
0
4

  E–Alvarado (6).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Healy (18).  2B–Kansas City Solaita (10,off Bosman); Rojas (14,off Bosman).  HR–Kansas City Healy (9,3rd inning off Bosman 0 on, 1 out); Pinson (6,7th inning off Buskey 3 on, 2 out), Cleveland Spikes (17,1st inning off Dal Canton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Healy (3,off Buskey).  SB–Patek (31,2nd base off Bosman/Ellis); Pinson (12,2nd base off Bosman/Ellis); Lowenstein (30,2nd base off Dal Canton/Healy); Gamble (4,2nd base off Dal Canton/Healy); Duffy (6,2nd base off Dal Canton/Healy).  CS–Spikes (6,2nd base by Dal Canton/Healy).  WP–Dal Canton 2 (8).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:55.  A–11,294.
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