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Twins 8 @ Red Sox 9
Fenway Park
May 2, 1971

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins, played on May 2, 1971 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Twins with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateMay 2, 1971 
Visiting Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 8 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 9 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 19
Runs: 9
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 19
Winning PitcherKen Tatum  
Losing PitcherRon Perranoski  
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Game Winning RBIGeorge Thomas 

Game Info

DateMay 2, 1971 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMinnesota Twins 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherSteve Barber  
Home Starting PitcherSonny Siebert  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance23,163 
Time of Game3 hours 35 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Denkinger
1B: Art Frantz
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Nestor Chylak

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Center Fielder 
Steve Braun  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Rich Reese  First Baseman 
Brant Alyea  Left Fielder 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
George Mitterwald  Catcher 
Steve Barber  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Reggie Smith  Right Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  Left Fielder 
Rico Petrocelli  Third Baseman 
George Scott  First Baseman 
Billy Conigliaro  Center Fielder 
Don Pavletich  Catcher 
Doug Griffin  Second Baseman 
Sonny Siebert  Pitcher 
Eddie Kasko  Manager 

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Twins 8 @ Red Sox 9
Fenway Park
May 2, 1971

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         Game of 5/2/1971, game 2 -- Minnesota at Boston (D)

  Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Tovar C, cf-3b        4  1  1  0   Aparicio L, ss        5  1  1  1   
Braun S, 2b           4  2  1  1   Smith R, rf           6  2  4  3   
Oliva T, rf           5  2  3  1   Yastrzemski C, lf     2  2  1  0   
Killebrew H, 3b-1b    4  2  4  1   Petrocelli R, 3b      2  0  0  0   
Reese R, 1b           3  0  0  0   Scott G, 1b           5  1  2  1   
Renick R, ph          0  0  0  0   Conigliaro B, cf      4  1  2  1   
Holt J, ph-lf         2  0  1  2   Pavletich D, c        3  0  1  0   
Alyea B, lf           1  0  0  2   Kennedy J, pr         0  1  0  0   
Powell P, pr-cf       1  0  0  0   Tatum K, p            0  0  0  0   
Cardenas L, ss        3  0  0  1   Gagliano P, ph        0  0  0  0   
Mitterwald G, c       4  1  2  0   Griffin D, 2b         5  0  0  0   
Barber S, p           1  0  0  0   Thomas G, ph          1  0  1  1   
Corbin R, p           0  0  0  0   Siebert S, p          3  0  1  0   
Manuel C, ph          1  0  0  0   Lee B, p              0  0  0  0   
Williams S, p         1  0  0  0   Bolin B, p            0  0  0  0   
Hall T, p             0  0  0  0   Lahoud J, ph          0  1  0  0   
Perranoski R, p       1  0  0  0   Lyle S, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Josephson D, ph-c     1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  8 12  8                        37  9 13  7

Minnesota        010 101 401 --  8
Boston           200 000 412 --  9
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Barber S              2.1  3  2  1  5  1
Corbin R              1.2  1  0  0  0  1
Williams S            2.2  5  3  0  2  1
Hall T*               0.0  1  1  1  3  0
Perranoski R (L)      1.2  3  3  2  3  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Siebert S             6.1  8  6  5  2  4
Lee B+                0.0  1  1  1  1  0
Bolin B               0.2  1  0  0  0  0
Lyle S                1.0  0  0  0  0  2
Tatum K (W)           1.0  2  1  1  0  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Mitterwald G, Smith R, Cardenas L, Perranoski R
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Minnesota 7, Boston 19
2B -- Killebrew H, Mitterwald G 2, Oliva T 2, Smith R, Holt J, Pavletich D
3B -- Scott G
HR -- Smith R
SB -- Tovar C, Yastrzemski C, Conigliaro B 2
CS -- Alyea B, Scott G
SH -- Aparicio L, Petrocelli R
SF -- Cardenas L, Alyea B 2
HBP -- by Williams S (Lahoud J), by Tatum K (Braun S)
WP -- Williams S, Perranoski R
T -- 3:35
A -- 23163

    

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