Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1991 at Fenway Park. 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Howard ss 4 0 0 0
  Cromartie ph 1 1 1 2
  Shumpert 2b 0 0 0 0
Brett dh 3 1 2 0
  Gibson pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Tartabull rf 5 0 1 1
Benzinger 1b 3 0 0 0
Pecota 2b,ss 3 1 2 0
Pulliam lf 3 0 1 0
  Eisenreich ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
Spehr c 2 0 0 0
  Seitzer ph 1 0 1 0
  Mayne c 1 0 0 0
Aquino p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 1 1 0
Reed 2b 3 1 1 0
Plantier rf 3 1 1 2
  Brunansky rf 1 0 0 0
Clark dh 4 0 1 0
  Brumley pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Greenwell lf 1 0 0 1
Lyons cf 4 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0
  Quintana 1b 1 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Rivera ss 3 0 0 0
  Burks ph 1 0 0 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Kansas City 110 000 0024101
Boston 300 000 000361
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Aquino  W (6-2) 8.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Montgomery  SV (25) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Young   7.0 8 2 1 1 4
  Harris   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Fossas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  L (0-3) 0.2 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
7

  E–Eisenreich (5), Rivera (20).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Kansas City Brett 2 (31,off Young 2); Pecota (16,off Young), Boston Reed (27,off Aquino).  3B–Boston Plantier (1,off Aquino).  HR–Kansas City Cromartie (1,9th inning off Reardon 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Pecota (4,by Harris); Greenwell 2 (5,by Aquino 2); Boggs (19,by Montgomery).  SH–Pena (2,off Montgomery).  SF–Greenwell (4,off Aquino).  SB–McRae (17,2nd base off Reardon/Pena).  WP–Harris (4).  IBB–Aquino 2 (5,Greenwell 2); Montgomery (2,Boggs); Harris (4,Pecota).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:56.  A–34,009.
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