In a meeting of two injury-plagued pitchers, Nelson Briles gained his first victory of the season and Rick Wise went down to defeat as the Royals beat the Red Sox, 5-3. The Red Sox twice tied the score on homers by Rico Petrocelli and Cecil Cooper before the Royals broke a 3-3 deadlock with a run in the fourth inning on singles by Fran Healy, Fred Patek and Cookie Rojas. The Royals chased Wise in the fifth when Hal McRae doubled and John Mayberry walked. After Reggie Cleveland took over in relief, Tony Solaita singled to score McRae with an insurance run. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      6, 1974 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  2  1    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  3
Red Sox      0  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   1   0     1   1   .211      Harper lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .297      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .341
Otis cf               4   1   2   0     1   1   .280      Cooper dh             5   1   1   1     0   0   .272
McRae rf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .322      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   1   .316
  Cowens rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .298
Mayberry dh           3   1   1   0     2   1   .268      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   1   2     0   0   .282
Solaita 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .271      Miller cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Wohlford lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .281      Guerrero ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Healy c               3   1   2   1     1   0   .253        Carbo ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Burleson ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .322
Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blackwell c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McAuliffe ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                            Montgomery c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
                                                            Hughes pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                          Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  11   4     6   5             Totals               37   3  10   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 23,331
Left on Base: Royals 9, Red Sox 9
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Patek, Brett 2
Doubles: Solaita (6), McRae (18), Evans (8)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (12), Cooper (7)
Stolen Bases: Otis (13), McRae (6), Harper (18)
Caught Stealing: Patek 2 (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (3)
GIDP: Brett (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(1-2)           5.1   7   3   3   1   3   2  25   4.87
Fitzmorris SV(1)        3.2   3   0   0   0   0   0  14   3.48
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   3   2  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(3-4)             4.1  10   5   5   2   3   0  23   3.91
Cleveland               4.2   1   0   0   4   2   0  18   5.40
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   5   0  41

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Marty Springstead


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas was called out on
strikes; Otis singled to center; McRae flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper popped to catcher in foul territory; Griffin
singled to left; Cooper popped to shortstop; Yastrzemski struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to center; Solaita doubled
[Mayberry to third]; Wohlford walked; Healy singled to left
[Mayberry scored, Solaita to third, Wohlford to second]; Brett
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Solaita scored, Wohlford to third, Healy out at second]; Patek
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans doubled; Petrocelli homered [Evans scored];
Miller popped to shortstop; Guerrero reached on an error by
Brett; Blackwell lined to right; Harper flied out to right; 2 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to
third; Otis stole second; McRae singled to left [Otis scored];
McRae stole second; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted)
[McRae to third]; Solaita grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
homered; Yastrzemski walked; Evans flied out to center;
Petrocelli forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Healy
singled to shortstop; Brett popped to shortstop; Patek singled
to right [Healy to third]; Rojas singled to right [Healy scored,
Patek to third]; Patek was caught stealing home (catcher to
second to third); Cookie Rojas broke for 2B and signalled
Freddie Patek to go home; weak throw to 2B; Patek nailed diving
back to 3B; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Miller struck out; Guerrero singled to left;
Blackwell grounded out (third to first) [Guerrero to second];
Harper popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Red
Sox 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis struck out; McRae doubled to left; Mayberry
walked; CLEVELAND REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Solaita singled to
right [McRae scored, Mayberry to second]; Wohlford struck out;
Healy walked [Mayberry to third, Solaita to second]; Brett flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin was called out on strikes; Cooper popped to
shortstop; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek flied out to center; Rojas flied out to
center; Otis walked; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans singled to left; Petrocelli flied out to
left; Brett dropped a foul fly hit by Miller for an error;
Miller singled to center [Evans to second]; FITZMORRIS REPLACED
BRILES (PITCHING); CARBO BATTED FOR GUERRERO; Carbo singled to
second [Evans to third, Miller to second]; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR
BLACKWELL; McAuliffe lined into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Miller out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
5, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 7TH: BURLESON REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING SS); MONTGOMERY
REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PLAYING C ); Mayberry walked; Solaita flied
out to right; Wohlford popped to second; Healy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper singled to center; Harper stole second;
Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to
third]; Cooper grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); Patek walked;
Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans flied out to right; Petrocelli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Miller lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis flied out to center; McRae flied out to center;
Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: COWENS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING RF); Burleson
singled to center; Montgomery reached on an error by Patek
[Burleson to second]; HUGHES RAN FOR MONTGOMERY; Harper flied
out to left; Griffin flied out to center; Cooper flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 3.