Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1976 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 1, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 1
Lynn cf 5 0 1 0
Fisk c 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 5 0 3 0
Darwin dh 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Heise 3b 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 1 1 0 0
  Miller ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 2 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 1
Quirk dh 3 0 1 0
Cowens rf 3 0 0 0
Poquette lf 3 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
  Wathan pr,c 0 0 0 0
White ss 3 0 1 0
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Boston 000 001 000171
Kansas City 000 100 001272
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (10-7) 8.0 7 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler   5.0 4 0 0 3 2
  Littell  W (6-3) 4.0 3 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
7

  E–Tiant (1), D Nelson (1), Hassler (1).  2B–Boston Rice (11,off Hassler), Kansas City Mayberry (12,off Tiant).  HR–Kansas City Brett (5,9th inning off Tiant 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Rice (4,2nd base off Littell/Martinez); White (13,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  CS–Burleson (2,2nd base by Hassler/Martinez); Wathan (2,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:39.  A–24,411.
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