The Red Sox posted their ninth straight victory, defeating the Royals, 9-3, for their longest winning streak since the club's pennant year of 1967. The Red Sox started the attack on Steve Busby when Bernie Carbo singled and Carl Yastrzemski homered in the first inning.

A single by Carlton Fisk, an error and doubles by Carbo and denny Doyle added three runs in the second. Jim Rice homered over Fenway Park's center field wall in the third. Bill Lee held the Royals to six hits. Harmon Killebrew drove in all their runs with a double and homer. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Friday, July      18, 1975 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  6  2
Red Sox      2  3  1    1  1  0    0  1  x  -   9 14  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Carbo rf              3   2   2   2     0   1   .279
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Evans ph,rf         2   1   1   0     0   1   .227
McRae lf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .315      Doyle 2b              2   0   2   2     0   0   .236
Killebrew dh          4   1   2   3     0   0   .222        Griffin ph,2b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .252      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   2     0   2   .307
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Montgomery 1b       1   0   0   1     0   0   .213
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Lynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .337
Wohlford rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Miller cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Rice lf               4   2   2   1     1   2   .292
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cooper dh             2   0   0   0     0   1   .361
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Beniquez ph,dh      2   0   2   0     0   0   .336
                                                          Fisk c                3   1   1   1     0   0   .290
                                                          Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
                                                          Burleson ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .278
                                                          Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     1   0             Totals               36   9  14   9     3  10

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 30,226
Left on Base: Royals 3, Red Sox 8
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: White, Otis
Doubles: Killebrew (9), McRae (26), Carbo (16), Doyle 2 (6), Burleson (15), Beniquez (6), Evans (10)
Triples: McRae (4)
Home Runs: Killebrew (11), Yastrzemski (11), Rice (15)
Stolen Bases: Lynn (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Doyle (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (1)
GIDP: Otis (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby L(11-8)           3.1   9   7   7   1   6   2  20   2.95
Mingori                 4.2   5   2   1   2   4   0  21   2.39
Totals                  8    14   9   8   3  10   2  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(11-6)             9     6   3   3   1   0   1  33   4.01
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   0   1  33

Passed Balls: Fisk (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: White lined to left; Brett grounded out (pitcher to
first); McRae grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Carbo singled; Doyle out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Carbo to second]; Yastrzemski homered [Carbo
scored]; Lynn walked; Rice struck out; Lynn stole second; Cooper
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry made an out to third; Otis grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk singled; Petrocelli was called out on strikes;
Burleson singled [Fisk to second]; Carbo doubled [Fisk scored,
Burleson scored]; Doyle doubled [Carbo scored]; Yastrzemski
struck out; Lynn struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas flied out to left; Wohlford flied out to
center; Healy lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice homered; over the wall to right of the
flagpole for only the 6th time; Cooper lined to right; Fisk
grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 6.

ROYALS 4TH: White popped to first in foul territory; Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled; Killebrew
doubled [McRae scored]; Fisk allowed a passed ball [Killebrew to
third]; Mayberry walked; Otis flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson doubled; Carbo struck out; Doyle doubled
[Burleson scored]; MINGORI REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING);
Yastrzemski struck out; Lynn grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 7.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Wohlford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Healy grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice singled; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR COOPER; Beniquez
doubled [Rice to third]; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rice
scored]; Petrocelli lined into a double play (third to first)
[Beniquez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red
Sox 8.

ROYALS 6TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); White flied to
center; Brett flied out to left; McRae doubled; Killebrew flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson singled; EVANS BATTED FOR CARBO; Evans
struck out; GRIFFIN BATTED FOR DOYLE; Griffin flied out to
center; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Red Sox 8.

ROYALS 7TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GRIFFIN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher);
Otis grounded out (third to first); Rojas grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Lynn struck out; Rice walked; Beniquez singled
[Rice to third]; Fisk popped to center; Petrocelli walked
[Beniquez to second]; Burleson lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 8.

ROYALS 8TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B); MILLER
REPLACED LYNN (PLAYING CF); Wohlford grounded out (third to
first); Healy grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red
Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans doubled to center [Evans to third (error by
Otis)]; Griffin popped to center; Montgomery reached on an error
by White [Evans scored (unearned) (RBI)]; Miller forced
Montgomery (shortstop to second); Rice struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 9.

ROYALS 9TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae tripled;
Killebrew homered [McRae scored]; Mayberry singled to pitcher;
Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mayberry out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Red
Sox 9.