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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 12, 1970 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 12, 1970 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 12, 1970 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Johnson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Cal Koonce |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 23,450 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Emmett Ashford 3B: Lou DiMuro |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pat Kelly | Right Fielder |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
Ed Kirkpatrick | Catcher |
Bob Oliver | First Baseman |
Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
Rich Severson | Shortstop |
Bob Johnson | Pitcher |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick Schofield | Second Baseman |
Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
Tony Conigliaro | Right Fielder |
Rico Petrocelli | Shortstop |
Billy Conigliaro | Left Fielder |
Carmen Fanzone | Third Baseman |
Tom Satriano | Catcher |
Cal Koonce | Pitcher |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 12, 1970
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Koonce
Kelly bunts towards the mound. Koonce settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Koonce
Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Koonce
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Johnson
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Koonce
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Koonce
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Koonce
Oliver hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Koonce
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Johnson
Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fanzone vs. Johnson
Fanzone hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Satriano vs. Johnson
Satriano hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Koonce
Severson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Koonce
Johnson bunts towards the mound. Koonce fields it and throws to first for the out. Severson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Koonce
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Koonce covering, for the out. Severson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojas vs. Koonce
There's a wild pitch. Severson scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Koonce
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fanzone. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Koonce
Otis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Otis reaches third base with a triple. Rojas scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Piniella vs. Koonce
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Koonce vs. Johnson
Koonce hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Johnson
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schofield for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a popup towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Koonce
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Koonce covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Koonce
Oliver hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Koonce
Schaal hits a line drive towards third. Fanzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Koonce
Severson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Severson for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Johnson
Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Koonce
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Koonce
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Koonce
Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fanzone vs. Johnson
Fanzone strikes out. Kirkpatrick drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Fanzone out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Satriano vs. Johnson
Satriano hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Koonce vs. Johnson
Koonce hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Johnson, and towards Severson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Koonce
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Koonce
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Koonce
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Johnson
Schofield hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Johnson
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Johnson
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Koonce
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Koonce
Schaal hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Severson vs. Koonce
Severson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Koonce
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koonce fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Johnson
Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fanzone vs. Johnson
Fanzone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Conigliaro scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Satriano vs. Johnson
Satriano bunts towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Fanzone moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Andrews vs. Johnson
Mike Andrews pinch hits for Cal Koonce.
Andrews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Schofield vs. Johnson
Schofield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Brett
Ken Brett now pitching.
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Brett
Rojas hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Brett
Otis strikes out. There goes Kelly. The throw from Satriano to Petrocelli, and Kelly is out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Abernathy
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Abernathy
Conigliaro hits a line drive into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Abernathy
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Brett
Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Piniella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Kirkpatrick vs. Brett
Kirkpatrick bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Brett
Oliver is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Schaal vs. Brett
Schaal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Severson vs. Hartenstein
Chuck Hartenstein now pitching.
Severson hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Abernathy vs. Hartenstein
Abernathy is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Abernathy
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Fanzone vs. Abernathy
Fanzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Satriano vs. Abernathy
Satriano hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Abernathy
George Thomas pinch hits for Chuck Hartenstein.
Thomas takes first base on ball four. Fanzone moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Schofield vs. Abernathy
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/12/1970, game 2 -- Kansas City at Boston (N) Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Kelly P, rf 3 0 0 0 Schofield D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Rojas C, 2b 4 1 0 0 Smith R, cf 4 1 1 2 Otis A, cf 4 0 1 1 Yastrzemski C, 1b 4 0 1 0 Piniella L, lf 4 1 1 0 Conigliaro T, rf 4 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, c 4 0 1 0 Petrocelli R, ss 4 0 1 0 Oliver B, 1b 3 1 1 1 Conigliaro B, lf 4 1 2 0 Schaal P, 3b 4 0 1 1 Fanzone C, 3b 3 0 1 1 Severson R, ss 3 1 1 0 Satriano T, c 3 0 0 0 Johnson B, p 2 0 0 0 Koonce C, p 2 0 0 0 Abernathy T, p 1 0 0 0 Andrews M, ph 1 0 0 0 Brett K, p 0 0 0 0 Hartenstein C, p 0 0 0 0 Thomas G, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 4 6 3 33 3 7 3 Kansas City 002 100 001 -- 4 Boston 000 002 100 -- 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Johnson B 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 Abernathy T (W) 2.1 0 0 0 2 2 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Koonce C 7.0 4 3 2 1 1 Brett K (L) 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 Hartenstein C 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Fanzone C DP -- Boston 1 LOB -- Kansas City 5, Boston 7 2B -- Conigliaro B 2, Piniella L 3B -- Otis A HR -- Oliver B, Smith R CS -- Kelly P SH -- Johnson B, Satriano T WP -- Koonce C T -- 2:33 A -- 23450
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