A four-run outburst in the first inning, including a homer by Fran Healy with a man on base, started the Royals off to a 10-3 victory over the Red Sox. Al Fitzmorris, who started for the Royals, got off in shaky style, giving up two runs to the Red Sox, but the Royals came back in their half against Juan Marichal.

Freddie Patek singled and scored on an infield hit by Cookie Rojas and wild throw by Mario Guerrero. Rojas took second on the error and crossed the plate on a single by Amos Otis before Healy smashed his homer. Rojas knocked in a run with a triple in the fifth and the Royals capped their scoring with five runs in the eighth, including a triple by Otis and double by John Mayberry. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 10, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     27, 1974 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  1
Royals       4  0  0    0  1  0    0  5  x  -  10 11  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Miller cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .242      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .271
Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .387      Rojas 2b              4   2   3   1     0   0   .324
Cooper 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266        Solaita ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Yastrzemski lf        3   1   0   0     1   0   .355        White 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Cater dh              4   0   1   2     0   0   .364      Otis cf               4   2   2   2     0   0   .283
Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .348      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .233
Montgomery c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .212      Healy c               4   2   2   3     0   0   .261
McAuliffe 3b,ss       3   0   0   0     1   0   .107      Wohlford lf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .353
Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Pinson rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Petrocelli ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      McRae dh              3   1   1   1     1   0   .304
  Hughes pr,3b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .200
Marichal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clemons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   8   2     2   1             Totals               33  10  11   9     3   2

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 11,841
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Royals 4
DP: Red Sox 0, Royals 2
Errors: Guerrero, Patek, Rojas
Doubles: Cater (1), Evans (1), McRae (6), Rojas (4), Mayberry (3), Healy (7)
Triples: Rojas (1), Otis (3)
Home Runs: Healy (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Schaal (2)
GIDP: Miller (2)
Hit by Pitch: Pinson (1,by Clemons)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(0-1)         7.1   9   7   7   0   1   1  30  10.13
Clemons                 0     2   3   3   1   0   0   4  27.00
Segui                   0.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   4   2.20
Totals                  8    11  10  10   3   2   1  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(2-0)       8     8   3   2   2   0   0  35   1.89
Bird                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   6.00
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   1   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Clemons (1)
Wild Pitches: Fitzmorris 2 (4)
Balks: Marichal (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Art Frantz


RED SOX 1ST: Miller flied out to left; Griffin singled to left;
Cooper grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to second];
Fitzmorris threw a wild pitch [Griffin to third]; Yastrzemski
walked; Cater doubled to left [Griffin scored, Yastrzemski
scored]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Marichal balked [Patek to
second]; Freddie Patek was picked off but a balk was called;
Tommy Harper ejected by 3B umpire Art Frantz from bench;
Rojas singled to shortstop [Patek scored (error by Guerrero) (no
RBI), Rojas to second]; Otis singled to center [Rojas scored];
Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Healy homered [Otis
scored]; Wohlford singled to center; Wohlford was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Pinson lined to right; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to first);
McAuliffe flied out to left; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae grounded out (third to first); Schaal grounded
out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller singled to right; Griffin lined into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Miller out at first]; Cooper
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Otis flied
out to left; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Cater
popped to second; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Healy popped to third; Wohlford struck out; Pinson
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Royals 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery flied out to left; McAuliffe reached on
an error by Rojas; Guerrero flied out to right; Miller singled
to center [McAuliffe to third]; Griffin forced Miller (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae doubled; Schaal flied out to right; Patek
flied out to center; Rojas tripled to center [McRae scored];
Otis popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Royals 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Cooper flied out to center; Yastrzemski flied out
to center; Cater grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to left; Healy flied out to left;
Wohlford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Royals 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Evans doubled; Montgomery lined to first; McAuliffe
flied out to center; PETROCELLI BATTED FOR GUERRERO; Petrocelli
reached on an error by Patek [Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
HUGHES RAN FOR PETROCELLI; Miller grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: HUGHES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MCAULIFFE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Pinson popped to second; McRae
grounded out (first unassisted); Schaal grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Cooper
singled to center; Fitzmorris threw a wild pitch [Cooper to
second]; Yastrzemski popped to third; Cater grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Rojas doubled;
Otis tripled to left [Rojas scored]; CLEMONS REPLACED MARICHAL
(PITCHING); Mayberry doubled to left [Otis scored]; Healy
doubled to right [Mayberry scored]; Wohlford was walked
intentionally; Pinson was hit by a pitch [Healy to third,
Wohlford to second]; SEGUI REPLACED CLEMONS (PITCHING); McRae
walked [Healy scored, Wohlford to third, Pinson to second];
Schaal lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Wohlford scored];
Patek walked [Pinson to third, McRae to second]; SOLAITA BATTED
FOR ROJAS; Solaita struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 10.

RED SOX 9TH: WHITE REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING 2B); Evans singled
to shortstop; Montgomery singled to shortstop [Evans to second];
McAuliffe walked [Evans to third, Montgomery to second]; BIRD
REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Hughes struck out; Miller
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 10.