After six tries, Bill Lee succeeded in gaining his 13th victory when the Red Sox defeated the Royals, 4-3, with the aid of two unearned runs. The Red Sox earned their initial pair in the third inning. Dwight Evans walked, moved up on an infield out and scored on a single by Luis Aparicio, who took second on the throw and crossed the plate on a double by Danny Cater. However, an error by Lou Piniella in the sixth and another by Kurt Bevacqua in the seventh tainted the Red Sox' last two tallies. Fran Healy drove in all three Royal runs with a homer, double and single. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    19, 1973 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   3  9  3
Red Sox      0  0  2    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   4  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .276      Harper lf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .275
Rojas 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Aparicio ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .266
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .307      Yastrzemski 1b        2   0   0   0     3   0   .276
McRae rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Cepeda dh             3   0   0   0     2   0   .300
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Cater 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .298
  Hovley pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .263      Fisk c                3   1   1   0     1   1   .263
Bevacqua 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269      Miller cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .263
Reichardt dh          4   0   2   0     0   0   .255      Griffin 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Patek ss              3   1   0   0     0   0   .232      Evans rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .216
  Taylor ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mayberry ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Healy c               4   1   4   3     0   0   .283
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3   9   3     1   4             Totals               31   4   8   3     8   1

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 27,356
Left on Base: Royals 7, Red Sox 12
DP: Royals 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Piniella, Bevacqua, Healy
Doubles: Healy (14), Cater (9), Aparicio (14)
Home Runs: Healy (5)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (7), Evans (5), Harper (32)
Caught Stealing: Miller (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Aparicio (8)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris L(5-1)       5     5   3   2   5   1   0  25   1.93
Garber                  1.2   1   1   0   2   0   0   8   4.35
Hoerner                 1     2   0   0   1   0   0   6   6.64
Bird                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.75
Totals                  8     8   4   2   8   1   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(13-8)             8.1   8   3   3   1   3   1  34   2.74
Bolin SV(8)             0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.97
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   4   1  37

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Art Frantz


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal grounded out (third to first); Rojas grounded
out (third to first); Otis singled to left; McRae struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
flied out to center; Yastrzemski walked; Yastrzemski stole
second; Cepeda was walked intentionally; Cater flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua
grounded out (second to first); Reichardt singled to second; On
a bunt Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk flied out to right; Miller lined to shortstop;
Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy singled to left; Schaal forced Healy (second
unassisted); Rojas flied out to center; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Harper grounded out (third to first)
[Evans to second]; Aparicio singled to center [Evans scored,
Aparicio to second (on throw to home)]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted) [Aparicio to third]; Cepeda was walked
intentionally; Cater doubled to center [Aparicio scored, Cepeda
to third]; Fisk struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red
Sox 2.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to right; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bevacqua singled to right; Reichardt
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Miller popped to second; On a bunt Griffin singled
to first; Evans forced Griffin (third to second); Evans stole
second [Evans to third (error by Healy)]; Harper walked; Harper
stole second; Aparicio flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Healy
homered; Schaal lined to third; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Cepeda grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cater grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis lined to left; McRae lined to left; Piniella
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk singled to left [Fisk to second (error by
Piniella)]; Miller singled to center [Fisk scored (unearned)];
GARBER REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Miller was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Griffin grounded out
(pitcher to first); Evans popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Bevacqua walked; Reichardt popped to catcher in foul
territory; Patek forced Bevacqua (shortstop to second); Healy
doubled to center [Patek scored]; Schaal was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper singled; Aparicio out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski was walked
intentionally; Cepeda reached on an error by Bevacqua [Harper
scored (unearned), Yastrzemski to second]; Cater grounded out
(third to first) [Yastrzemski to third, Cepeda to second]; Fisk
was walked intentionally; HOERNER REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING);
Miller grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis flied out
to center; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Griffin singled to pitcher; Evans forced Griffin
(shortstop to second); Harper flied out to center; Aparicio
doubled to left [Evans to third]; Yastrzemski walked; BIRD
REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Cepeda grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Piniella singled to right; HOVLEY RAN FOR PINIELLA;
Bevacqua lined to left; Reichardt singled to center [Hovley to
third]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR PATEK; BOLIN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING);
MAYBERRY BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Mayberry popped to catcher; Healy
singled to left [Hovley scored, Reichardt to second]; Schaal
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Red Sox 4.