Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox

Aug 18, 1973

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	14	2	6
BOS	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	-	8	10	2	6

loss:

P. Splittorff(15-8)win: Boston Red Sox logo

D. Pole(2-1)save: Boston Red Sox logo

B. Bolin(7)

KCBOS

4Lou Piniella singles on a to right fielder Dwight Evans. John Mayberry scores. [1 run] 10
4Carl Yastrzemski singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hal McRae. Tommy Harper scores. Mario Guerrero to 2nd. [1 run] 11
4Orlando Cepeda reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Paul Schaal. Mario Guerrero scores. Carl Yastrzemski to 3rd. [1 run] 12
4Danny Cater grounds into a force out, second baseman Cookie Rojas to shortstop Bobby Floyd. Carl Yastrzemski scores. Orlando Cepeda out at 2nd. Danny Cater to 1st. [1 run] [1 out] 13
4Rick Miller doubles (15) on a to left fielder Lou Piniella. Danny Cater scores. Doug Griffin scores. Dwight Evans to 3rd. [2 runs] 15
6Amos Otis hits a home run (24). Cookie Rojas scores. [2 runs] 35
6Rick Miller doubles (16). Doug Griffin scores. [1 run] 36
6Mario Guerrero singles on a to right fielder Hal McRae. Rick Miller scores. [1 run] 37
6Carl Yastrzemski singles on a to right fielder Hal McRae. Mario Guerrero scores. Carl Yastrzemski to 2nd. [1 run] 38
9Fran Healy singles on a to left fielder Tommy Harper. Hal McRae scores. Ed Kirkpatrick to 2nd. [1 run] 48
9Paul Schaal singles on a ground ball to center fielder Rick Miller. Ed Kirkpatrick scores. Fran Healy to 2nd. [1 run] 58

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Paul Schaal3B	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.281
2Cookie Rojas2B	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	6	.273
3Amos OtisCF	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.308
4John Mayberry Sr.1B	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	.289
5Hal McRaeRF	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.216
6Lou PiniellaLF	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.254
7Rick ReichardtDH	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.251
Ed KirkpatrickPH	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.274
8Fran HealyC	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.271
9Freddie PatekSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Bobby FloydPH-SS	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.356
Gail HopkinsPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.260
TOTAL	14	37	5	5	2	1	1	21	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Paul SplittorffLHP	3.2	5	5	2	0	2	24	3.61
Barry RazianoRHP	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	12	10.80
Doug BirdRHP	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	16	2.77
TOTAL	8.0	10	8	5	1	4	52	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Tommy HarperLF	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	.275
2Mario GuerreroSS	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	3	.242
3Carl Yastrzemski1B	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.277
4Orlando CepedaDH	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.302
5Danny Cater3B	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	.299
6Bob MontgomeryC	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.324
7Doug Griffin2B	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.260
8Dwight EvansRF	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219
9Rick MillerCF	2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.263



TOTAL	10	33	8	7	1	4	0	12	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Dick PoleRHP	8.0	12	5	5	2	1	1	40	6.94
Bobby BolinRHP	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.03

TOTAL	9.0	14	5	5	2	1	1	45	-

Expand All

1st inningKCBOS

TOP 1
SINGLE — Paul Schaal singles on a to pitcher Dick Pole.
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FIELD ERROR — Cookie Rojas reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Mario Guerrero. Paul Schaal to 2nd.
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LINEOUT — Amos Otis lines out to center fielder Rick Miller. Paul Schaal to 3rd. [1 out]
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DOUBLE PLAY — John Mayberry hits into a double play, first baseman Carl Yastrzemski to catcher Bob Montgomery. Paul Schaal out at home. John Mayberry out at 1st. [3 outs]
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BOTTOM 1
BATTER OUT — Tommy Harper out to right fielder Hal McRae. [1 out]
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BATTER OUT — Mario Guerrero out, second baseman Cookie Rojas to first baseman John Mayberry. [2 outs]
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BATTER OUT — Carl Yastrzemski out to left fielder Lou Piniella. [3 outs]
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BOS

5Runs8

14Hits10

2Errors2

.378Batting Avg.303

37At Bats33

1Extra-base Hits3

1Home Runs0

5Runs-Batted-In7

1Walks4

0Stolen Bases2

2Strikeouts1

6Left on Base6

17Total Bases13

Saturday, August 18, 1973 · 3:33 AM

Fenway Park · Boston, MA

attendance: 20,065 (53.1%)

weather: 83 degrees, unknown