Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 27, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1976 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wohlford lf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
  Quirk 3b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,cf 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 0
Cowens rf 4 1 1 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Stinson ph,c 2 1 1 3
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 3 1
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 1 2 1
Lynn cf 4 1 2 2
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
  Evans pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 2 3 1
Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0
Rice dh 3 0 0 0
Miller rf,lf 4 1 3 1
Hobson 3b 4 2 2 2
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Pole p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 8
Kansas City 000 010 0034101
Boston 010 131 30x9140
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (11-6) 4.1 7 5 5 0 2
  Hall   3.2 7 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
1
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (12-11) 7.0 6 1 1 1 5
  Pole   2.0 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
7

  E–Patek (21).  DP–Kansas City 1, Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City White (13,off Jenkins), Boston Lynn 2 (26,off Hall 2); Fisk (13,off Hall).  3B–Boston Hobson (4,off Bird).  HR–Kansas City Stinson (2,9th inning off Pole 2 on, 1 out), Boston Yastrzemski (18,2nd inning off Bird 0 on, 0 out); Fisk (13,4th inning off Bird 0 on, 2 out); Hobson (3,7th inning off Hall 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–McRae (5,by Jenkins); Burleson (3,by Bird).  SB–White 2 (20,2nd base off Jenkins/Fisk,2nd base off Pole/Fisk).  CS–Otis (5,2nd base by Jenkins/Fisk); Rice (5,2nd base by Bird/Martinez); Miller (9,2nd base by Hall/Martinez).  HBP–Bird (3,Burleson); Jenkins (5,McRae).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:33.  A–24,940.
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