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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

1973-08-18 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 20065 · 83°F · 2:33

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 8–5. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 4th. Dick Pole earned the win and Bobby Bolin picked up the save. Amos Otis went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Pole L: Paul Splittorff SV: Bobby Bolin

Umpires — HP: Art Frantz · 1B: Ron Luciano · 2B: Dave Phillips · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Schaal	5	0	4	1	0	0
Cookie Rojas	5	1	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis	4	1	3	2	0	0
John Mayberry	4	1	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rick Reichardt	3	0	0	0	0	1
Fran Healy	4	0	2	1	0	1
Bobby Floyd	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	1	1	0	0	0	0
Gail Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	4	1	1	0	1	1
Mario Guerrero	5	2	2	1	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	2	2	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	2	0	0	0	2	0
Danny Cater	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Montgomery	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Griffin	4	2	2	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Miller	4	1	2	3	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	3.2	5	2	0
Barry Raziano	1.2	3	1	0
Doug Bird	2.2	2	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Pole	8.0	12	1	2
Bobby Bolin	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Schaal: S1
Cookie Rojas: E6.1-2
Amos Otis: 8/L.2-3
John Mayberry: 3(B)2(3)/DP

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: 9
Mario Guerrero: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: 7

Top 2

Hal McRae: S9
Lou Piniella: 54(1)3/GDP
Rick Reichardt: 6/L

Bot 2

Orlando Cepeda: W
Danny Cater: 8
Bob Montgomery: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Fran Healy: K
Bobby Floyd: W
Paul Schaal: S9/G.1-3
Cookie Rojas: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Doug Griffin: 6/P
Dwight Evans: 53
Rick Miller: 9

Top 4

Amos Otis: S7/G
John Mayberry: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Hal McRae: 31.2-3
Lou Piniella: S9.3-H
Rick Reichardt: 13

Bot 4

Tommy Harper: S7
Mario Guerrero: S5.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: S9/G.2-H;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: E5.2-H;1-3
Danny Cater: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Bob Montgomery: 9
Doug Griffin: D/78.1-3
Dwight Evans: IW
Rick Miller: D7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Tommy Harper: IW
Mario Guerrero: 13

Top 5

Fran Healy: S8/G
Bobby Floyd: 64(1)/FO
Paul Schaal: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Carl Yastrzemski: 4/P
Orlando Cepeda: 8
Danny Cater: S8
Bob Montgomery: 9

Top 6

Cookie Rojas: S8/G
Amos Otis: HR/7.1-H
John Mayberry: 3/G
Hal McRae: 9
Lou Piniella: 53

Bot 6

Doug Griffin: S5.B-2(E5/TH1)
Dwight Evans: 3/SH.2-3
Rick Miller: D/89.3-H
Tommy Harper: SB3
Tommy Harper: 6/P
Mario Guerrero: S9.3-H
Carl Yastrzemski: SB2
Carl Yastrzemski: S9.2-H;B-2(THH)
Orlando Cepeda: IW
Danny Cater: 53

Top 7

Rick Reichardt: K
Fran Healy: 53
Bobby Floyd: 63

Bot 7

Bob Montgomery: 6/P
Doug Griffin: 8
Dwight Evans: 43

Top 8

Paul Schaal: S/78
Cookie Rojas: 54(1)3/GDP
Amos Otis: S9
John Mayberry: 63

Bot 8

Rick Miller: 6/P
Tommy Harper: K/C
Mario Guerrero: 53

Top 9

Hal McRae: S/78
Lou Piniella: S7.1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Fran Healy: S7.3-H;1-2
Gail Hopkins: 8
Paul Schaal: S8/G.2-H;1-2
Cookie Rojas: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Freddie Patek ejected by HP umpire Art Frantz arguing strike call on an attempted bunt; Patek claimed he pulled the bat back
Debut game for Barry Raziano

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