Boston Red Sox 4 – 5 Kansas City Royals
28 May 1973 · KAN06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Luis Aparicio | 1 in 107 games |
| 14 | final score 5–4 | 1 in 23 games | |
| 12 | 4 hits | Rick Miller | 1 in 138 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
Box score
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Miller | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Reggie Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carlton Fisk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Orlando Cepeda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rico Petrocelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tommy Harper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Aparicio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kennedy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Pattin | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Bolin | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Veale | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Newhauser | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kansas City Royals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hovley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cookie Rojas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amos Otis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| John Mayberry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Schaal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hal McRae | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Freddie Patek | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Lou Piniella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carl Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Kansas City Royals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Drago | 6.1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Norm Angelini | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Bird | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |