Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
July 22, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1978 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 5, Kansas City Royals 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 1 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Brohamer 2b 0 0 0 0
Lynn cf 5 1 1 2
Rice dh 5 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 5 0 1 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 3 1
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0
McRae dh 4 1 1 0
LaCock 1b 4 0 2 0
  Terrell pr 0 1 0 0
  Wathan 1b 1 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 1 2 0
Porter c 4 0 1 1
Hurdle rf 4 2 1 0
Poquette lf 3 1 1 4
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 1 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Boston 310 000 100 0590
Kansas City 030 000 020 16111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   7.1 7 5 5 2 3
  Stanley   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Campbell   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Drago  L (2-3) 2.0 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.2
11
6
6
6
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird   1.1 5 4 3 0 1
  Gura   7.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Hrabosky  W (4-3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
9
5
4
2
5

  E–Brett (12).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Boston Remy (15,off Bird); Evans (15,off Gura); Fisk (28,off Gura), Kansas City Brett 2 (32,off Tiant,off Drago); Hurdle (17,off Drago).  HR–Boston Lynn (17,1st inning off Bird 1 on, 0 out); Evans (19,2nd inning off Bird 0 on, 0 out); Rice (24,7th inning off Gura 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Poquette (3,2nd inning off Tiant 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Duffy 2 (3,off Gura 2).  IBB–McRae (3,by Drago); Poquette (1,by Drago).  SB–Brett (15,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  WP–Bird (8).  IBB–Drago 2 (3,McRae,Poquette).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:08.  A–37,538.
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