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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 29, 1976
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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 29, 1976 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 29, 1976 |
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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 29, 1976 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Wise |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 26,747 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Lou DiMuro 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Wohlford | Left Fielder |
Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Hal McRae | DH |
John Mayberry | First Baseman |
Cookie Rojas | Third Baseman |
Bob Stinson | Catcher |
Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Frank White | Second Baseman |
Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
Denny Doyle | Second Baseman |
Fred Lynn | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Cecil Cooper | First Baseman |
Jim Rice | DH |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 29, 1976
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Wise
Wohlford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Wise
Cowens hits a popup towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Wise
Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Otis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Wise
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Leonard
Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Leonard
That's a pickoff. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Leonard
Doyle bunts towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Leonard covering. Safe. Burleson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lynn vs. Leonard
Lynn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Burleson scores. Doyle moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Leonard
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doyle tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Leonard
Fisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynn moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Leonard
Cooper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynn scores. Fisk moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Leonard
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Leonard
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas juggles the ball. That's an error on Rojas. Fisk scores. Cooper moves to third. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Hobson vs. Leonard
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Burleson vs. Leonard
Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Burleson reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores. Rice scores. Evans goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Leonard
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wise
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wise
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stinson vs. Wise
Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Patek vs. Wise
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Leonard
Lynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wohlford. Lynn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Leonard
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lynn moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fisk vs. Leonard
Fisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynn scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Cooper takes first base on ball four. Fisk moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Gura
Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Gura
Evans hits a line drive into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fisk tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hobson vs. Gura
Hobson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Gura
Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Wise
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Wise
Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Wise
Cowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Cowens reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Wise
Otis hits a line drive into right field. Evans picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Evans. Cowens scores. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Wise
Ruppert Jones pinch runs for Amos Otis.
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Gura
Ruppert Jones now playing center field. Cookie Rojas now playing second base. Jamie Quirk now playing third base. Frank White now playing shortsto
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Gura covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Gura
Lynn strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Gura
Bobby Darwin pinch hits for Carl Yastrzemski.
Darwin hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wise
Bobby Darwin now playing left field.
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wise
Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stinson vs. Wise
Stinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Stinson reaches second base with a double. Rojas moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Quirk vs. Wise
Quirk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Wise
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Darwin. White reaches second base with a double. Rojas scores. Stinson scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wohlford vs. Wise
Wohlford is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Gura
Dave Nelson now playing second base. Jamie Quirk now playing first base. Cookie Rojas now playing third base.
Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Gura
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fisk tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Gura
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Gura
Evans hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Gura
Hobson hits a line drive towards short. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Wise
Cowens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Wise
Jones hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Wise
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Wise
Nelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wise
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Gura
Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Gura
Bob Heise pinch runs for Rick Burleson.
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Gura
Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Darwin vs. Gura
Darwin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. House
Bob Heise now playing shortstop. Tom House now pitching.
Stinson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. House
Quirk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
White vs. House
White hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. House
Wohlford hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Bruno
Tom Bruno now pitching.
Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Bruno
Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rice vs. Bruno
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Fisk scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Bruno
Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. House
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. House
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. House
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. House
Nelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. House
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Bruno
Hobson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heise vs. Bruno
Heise hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Bruno
Doyle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Bruno
Lynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hobson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Darwin vs. Bruno
Darwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stinson vs. Kreuger
Rick Kreuger now pitching.
Stinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Kreuger
Quirk hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Kreuger
White hits a line drive into left field. Darwin picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Darwin. White moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wohlford vs. Kreuger
Wohlford hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Hall
Tom Hall now pitching.
Fisk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Hall
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Hall
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Kreuger
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Kreuger
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Darwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Kreuger
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/29/1976 -- Kansas City at Boston (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Wohlford J, lf 5 0 0 0 Burleson R, ss 4 1 3 3 Cowens A, rf 5 2 2 1 Heise B, pr-ss 1 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 2 0 2 1 Doyle D, 2b 5 1 1 0 Jones R, pr-cf 3 1 1 1 Lynn F, cf 5 2 3 1 McRae H, dh 5 0 1 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 1 0 0 1 Mayberry J, 1b 2 0 1 0 Darwin B, ph-lf 3 0 0 0 Nelson D, 2b 1 0 1 0 Fisk C, c 5 4 4 1 Rojas C, 3b-2b-3b 4 1 2 0 Cooper C, 1b 3 2 2 2 Stinson B, c 4 1 1 0 Rice J, dh 5 2 2 0 Patek F, ss 1 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 3 2 1 3 Quirk J, 3b-1b 3 0 0 0 Hobson B, 3b 4 1 2 3 White F, 2b-ss 4 1 3 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 6 14 6 39 15 18 14 Kansas City 001 221 000 -- 6 Boston 750 201 00x -- 15 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Leonard D (L) 1.1 9 9 6 0 1 Gura L 3.2 5 5 5 1 1 Bruno T 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 Hall T 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Wise R (W) 5.0 10 5 5 1 1 House T 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 Kreuger R 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Mayberry J, Rojas C, Evans D, Darwin B DP -- Kansas City 1, Boston 2 LOB -- Kansas City 7, Boston 4 2B -- Otis A, Burleson R, Lynn F, Cowens A, Stinson B, White F 3B -- Fisk C HR -- Hobson B, Evans D, Cowens A, Jones R, White F SF -- Yastrzemski C, Evans D, Cooper C T -- 2:50 A -- 26747
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