Bill Lee turned in a four-hit performance to earn his 16th victory, as the Red Sox stymied the Royals, 5-0. Fred Lynn capped the winners' scoring with a homer in the seventh after Carl Yastrzemski had walked. Boston scored once in the third on Dwight Evans' double, a sacrifice and single by Bob Heise.

Lynn doubled to open the sixth and scored on a throwing error. Rick Burleson's sacrifice fly plated Carlton Fisk, who had walked, stolen second and moved to third on an infield hit by Evans. The shutout was the fourth of the season for Lee. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    19, 1975 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   5  9  2
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cooper dh             5   0   0   0     0   0   .338      Cowens rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .266
Doyle 2b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .291      Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   0   0     2   1   .281      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Lynn cf               3   2   2   2     0   0   .333      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .288
Rice lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .298      McRae lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Fisk c                3   1   2   0     1   0   .323      Brett 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .290
Evans rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .267      Killebrew dh          3   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Burleson ss           1   0   0   1     1   0   .263      Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Heise 3b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .204      White ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   9   4     5   2             Totals               28   0   4   0     1   3

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 19,505
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Royals 3
DP: Red Sox 2, Royals 3
Errors: Heise, Lee, Mayberry
Doubles: Evans (17), Lynn (33), McRae (34)
Home Runs: Lynn (20)
Stolen Bases: Fisk (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (15), Rojas (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Burleson (5)
GIDP: Rice (15), Yastrzemski (12), Rojas (13)
Hit by Pitch: Lynn (3,by Fitzmorris)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(16-7)             9     4   0   0   1   3   0  30   3.71
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   3   0  30

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris L(12-10)     6.2   7   5   5   4   1   1  31   3.91
Pattin                  1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.59
McDaniel                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.97
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   2   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Fitzmorris (5)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to center; Doyle lined to right;
Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Cowens singled; Rojas out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Cowens to second]; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cowens was picked off second but was safe
on an error by Lee [Cowens to third]; Mayberry struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn was hit by a pitch; Rice grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Lynn out at
second]; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae reached on an error by Heise; Brett popped to
third in foul territory; Killebrew made an out to second;
Martinez forced McRae (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans doubled; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Evans to third]; Heise singled [Evans scored];
Cooper forced Heise (second to shortstop); Doyle singled [Cooper
to third]; Yastrzemski walked [Doyle to second]; Lynn grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals
0.

ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt White singled; Cowens flied into a double
play (shortstop to second) [White out at second]; Rojas grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice flied out to right; Fisk singled; Evans
grounded out (second to first) [Fisk to second]; Burleson
walked; Heise grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
made an out to first; McRae doubled; Brett singled to left
[McRae out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Doyle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Martinez grounded out
(third to first); White popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn doubled; Rice grounded out (third to first)
[Lynn scored (error by Mayberry) (no RBI)]; Fisk walked; Fisk
stole second; Evans singled [Fisk to third]; Burleson lined out
on a sacrifice fly to left [Fisk scored]; Heise lined to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; Rojas popped to first in
foul territory; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Cooper flied out to center; Doyle grounded out
(second to first); Yastrzemski walked; Lynn homered [Yastrzemski
scored]; PATTIN REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Rice struck out;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (second to
first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Royals 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Fisk singled; Evans flied out to left; Burleson
lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fisk out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first);
Martinez popped to first in foul territory; White grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 0.

RED SOX 9TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Heise walked;
Cooper forced Heise (shortstop to second); Doyle singled [Cooper
to third]; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Cowens walked; Rojas grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cowens out at second]; Otis made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Royals 0.