Kansas City Royals 6, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, June 13, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Red Sox 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 9 0 Royals 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 6 8 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Beniquez rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .321 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Burleson ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Brett 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .288 Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .266 Otis cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .249 Rice lf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .292 McRae dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .300 Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Solaita 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .290 Lynn cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .349 Pinson rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .241 Evans dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Stinson c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .217 Carbo ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 White 2b,ss 3 1 1 3 0 1 .193 Petrocelli 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .197 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Montgomery c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Rojas ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Heise 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .103 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 5 9 5 2 1 Totals 30 6 8 6 3 3 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 25,311 Left on Base: Red Sox 1, Royals 4 DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 2 Doubles: Rice (11), Pinson (8) Home Runs: White (2), Solaita (5), Brett (4), Otis (5) Stolen Bases: Beniquez (4), McRae (6) Caught Stealing: Evans (4), Petrocelli (1), Yastrzemski (4) Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (1) GIDP: Lynn (1), Brett (4) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pole L(1-2) 7.1 7 6 6 2 2 4 30 4.10 Drago 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.78 Totals 8 8 6 6 3 3 4 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 0 4 4 4 1 0 0 5 5.19 Mingori 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 2.25 Bird W(4-2) 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 9 2.65 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 1 0 33 Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Russ Goetz RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez walked; Beniquez stole second; Burleson singled [Beniquez scored]; Yastrzemski singled [Burleson to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Rice singled [Burleson scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Lynn singled [Rice to second]; MINGORI REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Evans flied out to left [Rice to third]; Petrocelli hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rice scored]; Montgomery grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford walked; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wohlford out at second]; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 0. RED SOX 2ND: Heise flied out to left; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled; Solaita flied out to right; Pinson flied out to left; Stinson walked [McRae to second]; White homered [McRae scored, Stinson scored]; Patek made an out to first; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Rice lined to left; Lynn made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford made an out to third; Brett flied out to center; Otis popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. RED SOX 4TH: Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Montgomery flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Solaita struck out; Pinson doubled; Stinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. RED SOX 5TH: Heise flied out to left; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Burleson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: White struck out; Patek made an out to shortstop; Wohlford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 3. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski flied out to right; Rice doubled; Lynn singled [Rice scored]; Evans forced Lynn (shortstop to second); Evans was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Brett flied out to center; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 3. RED SOX 7TH: BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Petrocelli singled; Petrocelli was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Montgomery struck out; Heise popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Solaita homered; Pinson singled; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Pinson to second]; White flied out to center; ROJAS BATTED FOR PATEK; Rojas lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 4. RED SOX 8TH: ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Beniquez singled; Burleson lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Beniquez out at first]; Yastrzemski singled; Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett homered; Otis hit an inside the park homer to right; DRAGO REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); McRae singled; McRae stole second; Solaita struck out; Pinson was walked intentionally; Stinson popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 6. RED SOX 9TH: Rice walked; MILLER RAN FOR RICE; Lynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Miller out at second]; CARBO BATTED FOR EVANS; Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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