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Red Sox 6 @ Royals 7
Royals Stadium
August 7, 1973

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 7, 1973 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Red Sox with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 7, 1973 
Visiting Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 7 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 13
Runs: 7
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherDoug Bird  
Losing PitcherCraig Skok  
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Game Winning RBILou Piniella 

Game Info

DateAugust 7, 1973 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Red Sox 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Pole  
Home Starting PitcherDick Drago  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance22,181 
Time of Game3 hours 37 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Jim Evans
2B: Joe Brinkman
3B: Hank Morgenweck

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tommy Harper  Left Fielder 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Reggie Smith  Center Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  First Baseman 
Orlando Cepeda  DH 
Rico Petrocelli  Third Baseman 
Carlton Fisk  Catcher 
Rick Miller  Right Fielder 
Doug Griffin  Second Baseman 
Eddie Kasko  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Cookie Rojas  Second Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Rick Reichardt  DH 
Ed Kirkpatrick  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Kurt Bevacqua  Third Baseman 
Fran Healy  Catcher 
Jack McKeon  Manager 

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Red Sox 6 @ Royals 7
Royals Stadium
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/7/1973 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Harper T, lf          4  1  3  2   Patek F, ss           5  2  1  2   
Aparicio L, ss        5  0  1  1   Rojas C, 2b           5  2  2  0   
Smith R, cf           3  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            6  0  2  3   
Evans D, rf           2  0  0  0   Mayberry J, 1b        6  0  1  0   
Yastrzemski C, 1b     5  1  3  0   Reichardt R, dh       6  1  2  1   
Cepeda O, dh          5  1  1  0   Kirkpatrick E, rf     3  0  1  0   
Petrocelli R, 3b      4  1  1  1   McRae H, ph-rf        3  0  1  0   
Fisk C, c             5  0  0  0   Piniella L, lf        5  1  1  1   
Miller R, rf-cf       5  1  2  0   Bevacqua K, 3b        5  1  3  0   
Griffin D, 2b         5  1  1  2   Healy F, c            2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  6 12  6                        46  7 15  7

Boston           001 500 000 00 --  6
Kansas City      100 302 000 01 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pole D                3.1  6  4  4  3  2
Pattin M              2.1  6  2  2  1  2
Skok C (L)            5.0  3  1  1  2  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drago D               3.2  7  6  6  1  0
Garber G*             2.1  3  0  0  0  0
Bird D (W)            5.0  2  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Bevacqua K
DP -- Kansas City 3
LOB -- Boston 6, Kansas City 13
2B -- Harper T, Piniella L
3B -- Griffin D, Reichardt R
HR -- Patek F
SB -- Rojas C, Harper T
CS -- Patek F
WP -- Pole D
T -- 3:37
A -- 22181

    

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