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Sunday June 4, 1972
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Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 4, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium

Red Sox      0  2  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .250
Kennedy ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .259
Oglivie rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Piniella lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Scheinblum rf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .296
Gagliano 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Miller lf             2   2   1   1     1   0   .184      Taylor 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Montgomery c          4   0   2   1     0   0   .297      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Curtis p              3   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Hedlund p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                            Hansen ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
                                                            Splittorff p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
                                                            Rooker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               33   4   9   3     1   1             Totals               30   0   7   0     2   5

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 11,920
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Royals 5
DP: Red Sox 3, Royals 1
Errors: Gagliano, Piniella
Triples: Gagliano (1)
Caught Stealing: Patek (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Miller (1)
GIDP: Cater (7), Piniella (9), Rojas (8)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(2-0)           9     7   0   0   2   5   0  32   0.00
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   5   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund L(0-5)          2     6   2   2   0   0   0  11   4.02
Splittorff              6     3   2   2   1   1   0  21   2.86
Rooker                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.94
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   1   0  35

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Deegan


RED SOX 1ST: Harper popped to left; Kennedy singled to left;
Oglivie singled to right [Kennedy to third, Oglivie out at
second (right to shortstop)]; Ben Oglivie overslid 2B;
Cater popped to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Otis was called out on strikes;
Piniella singled to left [Patek out at third (left to third)];
Scheinblum singled to right [Piniella to second]; Rojas made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
singled to left; Griffin singled [Miller to second]; Montgomery
singled to left [Miller scored, Griffin scored (error by
Piniella), Montgomery to second]; On a bunt Curtis singled to
pitcher [Montgomery to third]; Harper popped to catcher in foul
territory; Kennedy lined to left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Taylor grounded out (second to first); Schaal lined
to center; May reached on an error by Gagliano [May to second];
HANSEN BATTED FOR HEDLUND; Hansen was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: SPLITTORFF REPLACED HANSEN (PITCHING); Oglivie
popped to third in foul territory; Cater flied out to right;
Gagliano grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; Otis singled to shortstop;
Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Miller walked; Griffin lined to center; Montgomery
singled to right [Miller to third]; Curtis grounded out (pitcher
unassisted) [Miller scored, Montgomery to second]; Harper flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum flied out to center; Rojas walked; Taylor
forced Rojas (pitcher to second to shortstop); Schaal lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Kennedy singled to third; Oglivie made an
out to second; Cater grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Kennedy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: May made an out to second; Splittorff struck out;
Patek singled to right; Patek was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Gagliano tripled to right; Miller hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Gagliano scored]; Griffin flied out to left;
Montgomery lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to left; Piniella lined to center;
Scheinblum singled to left [Otis to second]; Rojas lined into a
double play (second unassisted) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Curtis struck out; Harper flied out to left;
Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Taylor struck out; Schaal flied out to right; May
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Oglivie popped to catcher in foul territory; Cater
lined to left; Gagliano popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR SPLITTORFF; Hovley was called out
on strikes; Patek flied out to left; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 0.

RED SOX 9TH: ROOKER REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Miller grounded
out (first unassisted); Griffin grounded out (shortstop to
first); Montgomery lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to left; Scheinblum flied out to
center; Rojas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Royals 0.



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