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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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