Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 15, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1976 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 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 0
Rice dh 3 0 0 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 2 0
Montgomery c 4 0 0 0
Heise 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1
Cowens rf 2 0 1 0
Rojas dh 4 0 0 0
Wohlford lf 3 0 2 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
White ss 3 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Boston 000 002 000281
Kansas City 000 000 001182
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (3-0) 8.0 8 1 0 1 2
  Willoughby  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
1
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (9-2) 9.0 8 2 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
6

  E–Yastrzemski (3), Brett (14), Martinez (3).  2B–Boston Burleson (9,off Bird), Kansas City Brett (18,off Jones); Wohlford (7,off Jones); Martinez (7,off Jones).  SF–Rice (6,off Bird).  SH–Cowens (2,off Willoughby).  SB–Yastrzemski (4,3rd base off Bird/Martinez); D Nelson (8,2nd base off Jones/Montgomery).  CS–Cowens (9,2nd base by Jones/Montgomery); Wohlford (8,2nd base by Jones/Montgomery).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:12.  A–24,720.
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