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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 31, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 31, 1971 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 31, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 31, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bruce Dal Canton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Culp |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Merle Anthony 3B: George Maloney |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Ed Kirkpatrick | Left Fielder |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Bob Oliver | First Baseman |
Joe Keough | Right Fielder |
Jerry May | Catcher |
Bruce Dal Canton | Pitcher |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
George Scott | First Baseman |
Billy Conigliaro | Center Fielder |
Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Duane Josephson | Catcher |
Ray Culp | Pitcher |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 31, 1971
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Culp
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Culp
Rojas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Dal Canton
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Dal Canton
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Dal Canton
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Culp
Oliver is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Culp
Keough takes first base on ball four. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Culp
May hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dal Canton vs. Culp
There's a wild pitch. Keough moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dal Canton vs. Culp
Dal Canton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Keough scores. May scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Lee
Bill Lee now pitching.
Otis is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Lee
Kirkpatrick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Dal Canton
Petrocelli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Dal Canton
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Dal Canton
Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Dal Canton
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lee
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojas for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Lee
Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Oliver reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keough vs. Lee
Keough strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Lee
May is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dal Canton vs. Lee
Dal Canton hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Dal Canton
Josephson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Dal Canton
Lee bunts towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Rojas covering, for the out. Josephson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Dal Canton
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Dal Canton
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Dal Canton covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lee
Patek hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Lee
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Lee
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Dal Canton
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Dal Canton
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Dal Canton
Scott hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Lee
Kirkpatrick strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lee
Rojas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Rojas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Lee
Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keough vs. Lee
Keough takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Lee
May is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Dal Canton
Conigliaro hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aparicio vs. Dal Canton
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Conigliaro moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Josephson vs. Dal Canton
Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Conigliaro scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Dal Canton
Lee hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Dal Canton
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dal Canton vs. Lee
Dal Canton hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Lee
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Lee
Schaal takes first base on ball four. Dal Canton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Lee
Otis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Lee
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Moret
Roger Moret now pitching.
Rojas hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Moret
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Dal Canton
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Dal Canton
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Dal Canton
Petrocelli is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Moret
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Moret
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dal Canton vs. Moret
Dal Canton bunts towards the mound. Moret fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Moret
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Patek for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Dal Canton
Scott hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Dal Canton
Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Dal Canton
Aparicio hits a line drive into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Josephson vs. Dal Canton
Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Moret
Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Moret
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Moret
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Moret
Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Dal Canton
Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Roger Moret.
Lahoud hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Lahoud reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Dal Canton
Griffin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lahoud scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Dal Canton
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Dal Canton
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Petrocelli is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Abernathy
Scott strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Koonce
Cal Koonce now pitching.
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Koonce
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keough for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Koonce
May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Abernathy vs. Koonce
Abernathy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koonce fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Abernathy
Conigliaro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Abernathy
Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Josephson vs. Abernathy
Josephson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May fields it and throws to first for the out. Conigliaro moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gagliano vs. Abernathy
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Cal Koonce.
Gagliano is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/31/1971, game 1 -- Kansas City at Boston (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Patek F, ss 4 1 0 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Schaal P, 3b 4 1 2 2 Smith R, rf 4 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 4 1 1 3 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, lf 4 0 2 1 Petrocelli R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Rojas C, 2b 5 0 1 0 Scott G, 1b 4 1 1 1 Oliver B, 1b 4 1 1 0 Conigliaro B, cf 3 1 3 0 Keough J, rf 3 1 0 0 Aparicio L, ss 4 0 0 0 May J, c 3 1 2 1 Josephson D, c 3 0 0 1 Dal Canton B, p 3 1 1 0 Culp R, p 0 0 0 0 Abernathy T, p 1 0 0 0 Lee B, p 1 0 1 0 Moret R, p 0 0 0 0 Lahoud J, ph 1 1 1 0 Koonce C, p 0 0 0 0 Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 7 10 7 31 3 7 3 Kansas City 130 003 000 -- 7 Boston 000 010 110 -- 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Dal Canton B (W) 7.1 7 3 3 3 3 Abernathy T (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Culp R (L) 1.2 3 4 4 2 3 Lee B 3.2 5 3 3 4 3 Moret R 2.2 1 0 0 1 0 Koonce C 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 DP -- Kansas City 2 LOB -- Kansas City 11, Boston 6 2B -- Schaal P, Oliver B, Rojas C, Conigliaro B, Kirkpatrick E, Lahoud J, May J HR -- Otis A, Scott G SH -- Lee B, Dal Canton B SF -- Kirkpatrick E HBP -- by Culp R (Oliver B) WP -- Culp R T -- 2:38 A -- 0
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