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August 7, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 12 14 0
Red Sox 8 15 5
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 12 14 0
Red Sox 8 15 5

George Scott Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .267
OBP .750 .324
At Bats 4 405
Hits 3 108
• Singles 2 75
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 18
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 3 57

Fred Scherman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 14
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Fenway Park - August 7, 1971
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Out
Fred Scherman
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Ed Brinkman
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
George Scott
Rico Petrocelli
Carl Yastrzemski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 12 14 0 11
Boston Red Sox 8 15 5 7
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Sonny Siebert
Save Fred Scherman
Game Winning RBI Dick McAuliffe
Attendance 25,857
Time of Game 3 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 9 Fred Scherman now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Aparicio scores.
Bottom 9 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Aparicio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Northrup hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out. McAuliffe moves to third.
Top 9 Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Timmermann scores. McAuliffe moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Timmermann moves to second.
Top 9 Timmermann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio.
Bottom 8 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Tatum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Northrup scores. There goes Freehan trying to get to third. Smith throws the ball in to Petrocelli, who tags Freehan for the out.
Top 8 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Northrup moves to second.
Top 8 Northrup takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Conigliaro strikes out.
Bottom 7 Montgomery hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Tatum now pitching. Billy Conigliaro now playing right field. Kaline hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. Northrup scores. Freehan scores. Brinkman goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Timmermann strikes out.
Top 7 Brinkman is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rodriguez strikes out.
Top 7 Freehan hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Yastrzemski. Northrup moves to third. Freehan moves to second.
Top 7 Northrup hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lahoud strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Al Kaline now playing right field. Willie Horton now playing left field. Tom Timmermann now pitching. Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cash is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Top 6 Ken Brett now pitching. Al Kaline pinch hits for Gates Brown. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. McAuliffe scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field. Smith picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Northrup scores. Freehan scores. Brinkman goes all the way around to score. McAuliffe moves to third.
Top 6 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Joe Niekro. Jones hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Northrup moves to third. Freehan moves to second.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cal Koonce now pitching. Freehan takes first base on ball four. Northrup moves to second.
Top 6 Northrup takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lahoud scores. Siebert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Siebert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Lahoud moves to second.
Bottom 5 Montgomery hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lahoud hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott moves to third.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. McAuliffe moves to third.
Top 5 Brown takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to second.
Top 5 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin misplays the ball. That's an error on Griffin.
Top 5 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Freehan hits a line drive into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lahoud tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Montgomery hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lahoud moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lahoud hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Lahoud reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 McAuliffe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brinkman strikes out.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lahoud who is chasing the ball. Rodriguez reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Siebert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cash strikes out.
Top 1 Horton strikes out.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.