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August 31, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 3 9 2
Red Sox 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 3 9 2
Red Sox 4 9 1

Carl Yastrzemski Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .259
OBP .250 .385
At Bats 4 452
Hits 1 117
• Singles 1 81
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 95
RBI’s 0 64

Jim Palmer Season Stats

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16 6 0
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Fenway Park - August 31, 1971
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Single
Jim Palmer
Andy Etchebarren
Boog Powell
Davey Johnson
Brooks Robinson
Mark Belanger
Merv Rettenmund
Paul Blair
Frank Robinson
Carl Yastrzemski
Doug Griffin
Mike Fiore

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 3 9 2 9
Boston Red Sox 4 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Luis Tiant
Losing Pitcher Jim Palmer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Carl Yastrzemski
Attendance 26,040
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fiore scores. Griffin moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Aparicio hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Griffin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Fiore moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mike Fiore pinch hits for Luis Tiant. Fiore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Montgomery hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blair takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Belanger for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger misplays the ball. That's an error on Belanger. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tiant bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Etchebarren is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Luis Tiant now pitching. Robinson strikes out.
Top 7 Powell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 7 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Rettenmund trying to get to third. Smith throws the ball in to Petrocelli, who tags Rettenmund for the out.
Top 7 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lahoud hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli strikes out.
Top 6 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards center field. Smith picks it up and throws to third to catch Etchebarrenfor the out. Johnson moves to second.
Top 6 Belanger is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Etchebarren moves to second.
Top 6 Etchebarren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to third.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 That's a pickoff.
Bottom 5 Griffin takes first base on ball four. Peters moves to second.
Bottom 5 Peters takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Powell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Powell reaches second base with a double. Blair scores. Robinson goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blair moves to second.
Top 5 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lahoud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli juggles the ball. That's an error on Petrocelli.
Top 4 Etchebarren hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Griffin fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Palmer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Griffin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Peters hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Montgomery hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Etchebarren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Robinson hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lahoud is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. The throw from Etchebarren and Johnson drops the ball. That's a double steal and an error.
Bottom 1 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Griffin scores. Aparicio scores.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. Griffin moves to third.
Bottom 1 Griffin bunts towards the mound. Palmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peters fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rettenmund is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.