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July 8, 1974

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Royals	5	9	0
Red Sox	0	3	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Royals	5	9	0
Red Sox	0	3	3

Cecil Cooper Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.273
OBP	.333	.320
At Bats	3	242
Hits	1	66
• Singles	1	47
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	16
RBI’s	0	24

Steve Busby Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
10	8	0

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Fenway Park - July 8, 1974

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Out

Steve Busby

Buck Martinez

Tony Solaita

Frank White

George Brett

Freddie Patek

Hal McRae

Amos Otis

Al Cowens

Cecil Cooper

Doug Griffin

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Kansas City Royals	5	9	0	11
Boston Red Sox	0	3	3	3
Winning Pitcher	Steve Busby
Losing Pitcher	Dick Drago
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	George Brett
Attendance	19,012
Time of Game	2 hours 24 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Griffin takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 Miller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Buck Martinez now catching. Dick McAuliffe pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. McAuliffe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Cowens hits a line drive into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Solaita is walked intentionally.

Top 9 McRae hits a line drive into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Otis moves to second.

Top 9 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third.

Bottom 8 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Frank White now playing second base. Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McRae. Evans reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Brett hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Yastrzemski strikes out.

Bottom 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Hal McRae now playing left field. Al Cowens now playing right field. Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Healy hits a line drive into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Solaita moves to second.

Top 7 Solaita hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out.

Bottom 6 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Blackwell hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Otis hits a line drive towards short. Burleson catches it and throws to second to double up Brett.

Top 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson misplays the ball. That's an error on Burleson. Healy moves to third. Brett moves to second.

Top 6 Patek bunts, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Brett takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli juggles the ball. That's an error on Petrocelli. Healy moves to second.

Bottom 5 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Solaita hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Solaita reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Mayberry scores. McRae goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 McRae takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to third. Mayberry moves to second.

Top 5 Mayberry is walked intentionally.

Top 5 The ball gets by Blackwell for a passed ball. Otis moves to second.

Top 5 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores.

Top 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to second.

Top 5 Patek takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.

Bottom 4 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Griffin hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Busby scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out.

Bottom 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Healy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Solaita hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Carbo strikes out.

Top 3 McRae hits a line drive towards the mound. Drago catches it and throws to first to double up Mayberry.

Top 3 Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to third. Otis moves to second.

Top 3 Otis takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Rojas bunts towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. Patek moves to second.

Top 3 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Healy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 There goes Healy. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.

Top 2 Healy takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Pinson strikes out.

Top 2 There goes Solaita. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.

Top 2 Solaita takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita scoops it up and throws to first, with Busby covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 Griffin hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 McRae is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to second.

Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Rojas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Patek strikes out.

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