Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
June 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1979 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 11, Kansas City Royals 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 6 1 1 0
Burleson ss 6 1 3 0
Lynn cf 1 0 0 0
  Poquette cf 4 0 2 0
Rice lf 5 1 2 2
Fisk dh 5 2 3 0
Yastrzemski 1b 2 1 1 0
Evans rf 3 1 2 3
Wolfe 3b 4 3 2 2
Allenson c 5 1 2 4
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 18 11
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 3 0
Braun lf 4 1 2 0
Otis dh 5 0 2 1
Brett 3b 5 0 2 1
Porter c 3 0 0 1
Cowens rf 4 0 2 0
LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Quirk ph 1 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Boston 003 200 10511181
Kansas City 200 000 0013120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (5-2) 7.1 8 2 2 1 3
  Drago   1.2 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
1
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (3-6) 3.0 9 5 5 1 2
  Rodriguez   5.1 8 5 5 3 1
  Mingori   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
11
11
4
3

  E–Drago (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Burleson (10,off Rodriguez); Fisk (7,off Rodriguez), Kansas City Braun (1,off Renko).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (6,off Renko).  HR–Boston Wolfe 2 (2,3rd inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out); Evans (8,4th inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out); Allenson (2,9th inning off Mingori 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Evans (1,off Rodriguez); Porter (5,off Renko).  HBP–Yastrzemski (1,by Rodriguez).  IBB–Yastrzemski (6,by Rodriguez).  SH–Cruz (1,off Renko).  CS–Burleson (1,3rd base by Rodriguez/Porter).  SB–Wilson (27,2nd base off Renko/Allenson).  WP–Renko (1).  HBP–Rodriguez (2,Yastrzemski).  IBB–Rodriguez (2,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:47.  A–27,940.
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