The Red Sox erupted for six runs in the first inning and Gary Peters, who batted in two tallies with a triple, coasted to an 8-1 victory over the Royals. Reggie Smith, who had a run-scoring single in the first, added to the Red Sox lead with a 430-foot homer over both fences in right field in the fourth. The blow was only the 15th to clear the back wall since Kansas City first entered the A. L. in 1955. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    22, 1970 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox      6  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   8 13  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            5   2   3   0     0   1   .243      Kelly rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .228
Smith cf              4   2   3   2     1   0   .321      Rojas 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .235
B. Conigliaro lf      4   1   1   0     1   1   .284        Monteagudo p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
T. Conigliaro rf      4   1   2   2     1   0   .271        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Petrocelli ss         3   0   0   1     1   1   .257        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Scott 3b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Pavletich 1b          4   1   0   0     1   1   .163      Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .307
Moses c               2   0   1   1     1   0   .265      Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .261
Peters p              4   0   1   2     0   0   .281      Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
                                                          Severson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
                                                          Martinez c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .000
                                                          Rooker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
                                                            Morehead p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .156
                                                            Rodriguez ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .238
                                                            Matchick 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .210

Totals               35   8  13   8     6   4             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  9,884
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Royals 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 2
Doubles: Andrews (21), Rojas (9)
Triples: Peters (1)
Home Runs: Smith (20)
Caught Stealing: T. Conigliaro (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (7), Moses (1)
GIDP: Peters (3), Smith (9)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters W(12-10)         9     6   1   1   2   7   0  34   4.10
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   7   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(7-14)          0.1   4   5   5   1   0   0   6   3.95
Morehead                5.2   7   3   3   4   4   1  27   3.59
Monteagudo              2     2   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.25
Wright                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.81
Totals                  9    13   8   8   6   4   1  43

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Frank Umont


RED SOX 1ST: Andrews doubled to left; Smith singled to left
[Andrews scored]; B. Conigliaro walked [Smith to second]; T.
Conigliaro singled to right [Smith scored, B. Conigliaro to
third]; Petrocelli hit a sacrifice fly to center [B. Conigliaro
scored]; Scott singled to right [T. Conigliaro to second];
MOREHEAD REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Pavletich walked [T.
Conigliaro to third, Scott to second]; Moses hit a sacrifice fly
to center [T. Conigliaro scored]; Peters tripled [Scott scored,
Pavletich scored]; Andrews struck out; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Kelly walked; Rojas lined into a double play (third
to first) [Kelly out at first]; Otis grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith singled to right; B. Conigliaro flied out to
right; T. Conigliaro flied out to right; Petrocelli lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella struck out; Oliver struck out; Schaal
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Pavletich
popped to first in foul territory; Moses walked; Peters flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Severson flied out to center; Martinez walked;
Morehead struck out; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 6, Royals 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
homered; B. Conigliaro struck out; T. Conigliaro walked; T.
Conigliaro was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas doubled; Otis grounded out (third to first);
Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Rojas to third]; Oliver
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Royals 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Scott singled
to center; Pavletich struck out; Moses flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal made an out to second; Severson grounded out
(second to first); Martinez grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Royals 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Peters grounded out (first to pitcher); Andrews
singled to left; Smith walked [Andrews to second]; B. Conigliaro
singled to shortstop [Andrews to third, Smith to second]; T.
Conigliaro singled to left [Andrews scored, Smith to third, B.
Conigliaro to second]; Petrocelli flied out to right; Scott
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 8,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MOREHEAD; Rodriguez singled to
shortstop; Kelly struck out; Rojas singled to center [Rodriguez
to second]; Otis singled to right [Rodriguez to third, Rojas to
second]; Piniella grounded out (second to first) [Rodriguez
scored, Rojas to third, Otis to second]; Oliver popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.

RED SOX 7TH: MONTEAGUDO REPLACED ROJAS (PITCHING); MATCHICK
REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING 2B); Pavletich grounded out (second
to first); Moses singled to third; Peters grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Moses out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal singled to left; Severson flied out to right;
Martinez struck out; Matchick flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Andrews singled to left; Smith grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Andrews out at
second]; B. Conigliaro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); TAYLOR BATTED
FOR MONTEAGUDO; Taylor flied out to left; Otis lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.

RED SOX 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); T. Conigliaro
made an out to shortstop; Petrocelli walked; Scott lined to
shortstop; Pavletich lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to center; Oliver popped to first
in foul territory; Schaal lined to left; Severson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Royals 1.