Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals

May 27, 1973

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	10	0	10
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	7	1	7

win:

J. Curtisloss: Kansas City Royals logo

S. Busby

BOSKC

1
Carlton Fisk grounds into a force out, third baseman Paul Schaal to second baseman Cookie Rojas. Rick Miller scores. Reggie Smith out at 2nd. Carlton Fisk to 1st. Throwing error by second baseman Cookie Rojas. [1 run] [1 out]
10
3
Carl Yastrzemski singles on a to right fielder Hal McRae. Rick Miller scores. Reggie Smith scores. Carlton Fisk to 3rd. [2 runs]
30
3
Orlando Cepeda singles on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Carlton Fisk scores. Carl Yastrzemski to 3rd. [1 run]
40
5
Rico Petrocelli doubles (2) on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Carlton Fisk scores. Carl Yastrzemski to 3rd. [1 run]
50
5
Luis Aparicio singles on a to third baseman Paul Schaal. Carl Yastrzemski scores. Rico Petrocelli to 3rd. [1 run]
60
5
John Kennedy doubles (4) on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Rico Petrocelli scores. Luis Aparicio to 3rd. [1 run]
70
6
Lou Piniella doubles (7) on a to right fielder Rick Miller. Amos Otis scores. Carl Taylor to 3rd. [1 run]
71
7
Fran Healy doubles (3) on a to left fielder Tommy Harper. Paul Schaal scores. [1 run]
72

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Rick MillerRF	0	1	2	0	1	4	0	1	.269
2Reggie SmithCF	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	6	.284
3Carlton FiskC	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	.331
4Carl Yastrzemski1B	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	4	.280
5Orlando CepedaDH	2	5	0	1	2	0	0	3	.285
6Rico Petrocelli3B	1	5	1	1	2	0	0	3	.225
7Tommy HarperLF	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	5	.229
8Luis AparicioSS	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	.287
9John Kennedy2B	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.196

TOTAL	10	34	7	6	8	9	0	27	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Freddie PatekSS	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	.222
2Cookie Rojas2B	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	.277
3Amos OtisCF	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	.302
4John Mayberry Sr.1B	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.304
Carl TaylorPR-1B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224
5Lou PiniellaLF	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	.240
6Jim WohlfordDH	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	.261
7Hal McRaeRF	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.159
8Paul Schaal3B	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	.278
9Fran HealyC	1	4	0	1	2	0	3	.228
TOTAL	7	33	2	2	5	3	14	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Steve BusbyRHP	2.1	3	4	4	1	3	23	5.93
Bruce Dal CantonRHP	2.0	3	3	3	2	3	25	2.91
Ken WrightRHP	3.2	3	0	0	4	3	33	4.05
Wayne SimpsonRHP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	6	5.28
TOTAL	9.0	10	7	7	8	9	87	-

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1st inningBOSKC

TOP 1
WALK — Rick Miller walks.
00
SINGLE — Reggie Smith singles on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Rick Miller to 2nd.
00
FORCEOUT — Carlton Fisk grounds into a force out, third baseman Paul Schaal to second baseman Cookie Rojas. Rick Miller scores. Reggie Smith out at 2nd. Carlton Fisk to 1st. Throwing error by second baseman Cookie Rojas. [1 run] [1 out]
10
BATTER OUT — Carl Yastrzemski out, second baseman Cookie Rojas to first baseman John Mayberry. Carlton Fisk to 2nd. [2 outs]
10
STRIKEOUT — Orlando Cepeda strikes out swinging. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
BATTER OUT — Freddie Patek out, second baseman John Kennedy to first baseman Carl Yastrzemski. [1 out]
10
FLYOUT — Cookie Rojas flies out to center fielder Reggie Smith. [2 outs]
10
BATTER OUT — Amos Otis out, shortstop Luis Aparicio to first baseman Carl Yastrzemski. [3 outs]
10

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BOS

7Runs2

10Hits7

0Errors1

.294Batting Avg.212

34At Bats33

2Extra-base Hits3

0Home Runs0

6Runs-Batted-In2

9Walks3

0Stolen Bases0

8Strikeouts5

10Left on Base7

12Total Bases10

Sunday, May 27, 1973 · 4:38 AM

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

attendance: 23,952 (63.2%)