Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
May 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1977 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 12, Boston Red Sox 17

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 2 2 0
McRae dh 5 4 3 4
Otis cf 4 2 2 2
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 1
Cowens rf 4 2 2 2
Poquette lf 4 1 3 2
Martinez c 5 0 1 1
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
  Nelson 2b 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 2 0
  LaCock ph 1 0 0 0
  Heise 2b,ss 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 1 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 16 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 2 1 1
Lynn cf 2 1 1 0
  Carbo rf 3 0 0 0
Rice dh 5 2 3 5
Yastrzemski lf 4 3 3 2
Fisk c 4 2 2 3
Scott 1b 4 2 2 2
Evans rf,cf 5 2 1 3
Hobson 3b 5 1 1 1
Doyle 2b 5 2 3 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 17 17 17
Kansas City 120 520 02012162
Boston 200 272 40x17170
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird   4.1 7 7 7 1 7
  Gura   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Pattin  L (0-2) 1.2 4 6 4 1 2
  Hassler   2.0 3 1 1 2 4
Totals 8.0 17 17 15 4 13
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   3.1 6 6 6 5 1
  Paxton   1.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Campbell  W (4-3) 4.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals 9.0 16 12 12 5 2

  E–Brett (5), Martinez (1).  2B–Kansas City McRae (15,off Tiant); Poquette (7,off Paxton); Brett (12,off Paxton), Boston Doyle (7,off Bird); Hobson (8,off Pattin).  3B–Kansas City McRae (4,off Paxton).  HR–Kansas City McRae (4,2nd inning off Tiant 1 on, 2 out); Otis (6,8th inning off Campbell 0 on, 0 out); Cowens (7,8th inning off Campbell 0 on, 1 out), Boston Yastrzemski (5,1st inning off Bird 1 on, 2 out); Fisk (9,4th inning off Bird 1 on, 0 out); Rice 2 (10,5th inning off Bird 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Pattin 1 on, 1 out); Evans (11,5th inning off Pattin 2 on, 1 out); Scott (12,7th inning off Pattin 0 on, 0.  SF–Mayberry (1,off Paxton); Otis (4,off Paxton).  HBP–Cowens (2,by Paxton).  SB–McRae (2,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  CS–White (1,2nd base by Paxton/Fisk).  HBP–Paxton (1,Cowens).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:21.  A–26,126.

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