Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1973 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 1 1 1
Aparicio ss 4 0 2 2
Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 0 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
  Miller pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 2 3
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Carew 2b 5 1 1 0
Braun 3b 4 3 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 2 1 1
  Lis 1b 0 0 0 0
Oliva dh 4 2 3 2
Darwin rf 4 1 2 3
Hisle cf 2 0 1 1
Holt lf 3 0 1 1
Thompson ss 4 0 1 0
Roof c 4 0 1 1
Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 9
Boston 001 003 1016102
Minnesota 000 510 30x9121
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (1-5) 3.0 5 5 3 1 2
  Skok   3.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Bolin   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
9
7
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  W (4-1) 7.0 8 5 4 1 6
  Sanders  SV (4) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
6

  E–Yastrzemski (1), Evans (1), Thompson (6).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Minnesota Killebrew (2,off Pattin); Braun (6,off Skok).  3B–Boston Harper (3,off Sanders).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (6,6th inning off Kaat 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Aparicio (1,off Kaat); Holt (1,off Skok); Hisle (1,off Bolin).  IBB–Killebrew (2,by Skok).  SB–Harper 2 (7,2nd base off Kaat/Roof,3rd base off Kaat/Roof).  CS–Hisle (1,2nd base by Pattin/Fisk).  IBB–Skok (1,Killebrew).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:55.  A–7,285.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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