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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Drago |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gary Peters |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 31,110 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Merle Anthony 2B: George Maloney 3B: Hank Soar |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Bob Oliver | First Baseman |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Dennis Paepke | Right Fielder |
| Ted Savage | Left Fielder |
| Jerry May | Catcher |
| Dick Drago | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| George Scott | First Baseman |
| Billy Conigliaro | Center Fielder |
| John Kennedy | Shortstop |
| Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
| Gary Peters | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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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. Peters
Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Peters
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy misplays the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Peters
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Peters
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Drago
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Drago
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Drago
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Savage throws the ball in to Rojas who tags Yastrzemski, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Peters
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Peters
Paepke hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Savage vs. Peters
Savage hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Peters
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Drago
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Drago
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Drago
Conigliaro 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 3
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drago vs. Peters
Drago is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Peters
Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Peters
Schaal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Conigliaro. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Otis vs. Peters
Otis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Patek scores. Schaal moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Oliver vs. Peters
There goes Otis. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Otis steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Peters
Oliver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rojas vs. Peters
Rojas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Peters
Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Drago
Kennedy 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: ---
Montgomery vs. Drago
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Drago
Peters hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Savage vs. Peters
Savage 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: ---
May vs. Peters
May hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drago vs. Peters
Drago hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Patek vs. Peters
Patek hits a fly ball towards left. Yastrzemski catches it and throws to home to double up May. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Drago
Griffin hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Drago
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Drago
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Peters
Schaal 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Peters
Otis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Peters
Oliver hits a line drive into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Peters
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Drago
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Drago
Scott strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Drago
Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Drago
Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Savage throws the ball in to Rojas who tags Kennedy, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Petrocelli scores. Conigliaro moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Montgomery vs. Drago
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Peters
Paepke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Savage vs. Peters
Savage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Peters
May hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Drago
Peters hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Otis. Peters reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Drago
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Peters scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Drago
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Drago
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drago vs. Peters
Drago is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Peters
Patek hits a line drive into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Peters
Schaal hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Drago
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Drago
Scott is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Drago
Conigliaro hits a line drive into right field. Paepke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Drago
Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Montgomery vs. Drago
Montgomery is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Peters
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Peters
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Rojas hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keough vs. Bolin
Joe Keough pinch hits for Dennis Paepke.
Keough hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Bolin
Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Ted Savage.
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Bolin
May takes first base on ball four. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Knoop vs. Bolin
Bobby Knoop pinch hits for Dick Drago.
Knoop strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Burgmeier
Joe Keough now playing right field. Ed Kirkpatrick now playing left field. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. George Thomas pinch hits for Bobby Bolin.
Thomas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Burgmeier
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Burgmeier
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Burgmeier
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Brett
Ken Brett now pitching.
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Brett
Schaal takes first base on ball four. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Brett
Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores. Schaal moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Brett
Oliver hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schaal scores. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Brett
Rojas hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keough vs. Brett
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. Otis scores. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirkpatrick vs. Brett
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Burgmeier
Petrocelli hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schaal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Burgmeier
Scott hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conigliaro vs. Burgmeier
Conigliaro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Conigliaro reaches second base with a double. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kennedy vs. Burgmeier
Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Montgomery vs. Burgmeier
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Schaal. Scott scores. Conigliaro scores. Montgomery moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gagliano vs. Burgmeier
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Ken Brett.
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/31/1971, game 2 -- Kansas City at Boston (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Patek F, ss 4 2 1 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 1 1
Schaal P, 3b 4 2 1 0 Smith R, rf 4 0 1 0
Otis A, cf 4 4 3 3 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver B, 1b 5 0 2 1 Petrocelli R, 3b 4 1 1 0
Rojas C, 2b 5 1 1 3 Scott G, 1b 4 1 1 0
Paepke D, rf 2 0 1 0 Conigliaro B, cf 4 1 2 0
Keough J, ph-rf 2 0 0 1 Kennedy J, ss 4 0 2 1
Savage T, lf 3 0 0 0 Montgomery B, c 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick E, ph-lf 2 0 1 1 Peters G, p 2 1 1 0
May J, c 3 0 1 0 Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0
Drago D, p 3 0 1 0 Thomas G, ph 1 0 0 0
Knoop B, ph 1 0 0 0 Brett K, p 0 0 0 0
Burgmeier T, p 0 0 0 0 Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 9 12 9 36 4 10 2
Kansas City 004 010 013 -- 9
Boston 000 011 002 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Drago D (W) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4
Burgmeier T (S) 2.0 3 2 0 0 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Peters G (L)* 7.0 9 6 6 2 3
Bolin B 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Brett K 1.0 2 3 3 2 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Kennedy J, Schaal P 3
DP -- Kansas City 2, Boston 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Boston 5
2B -- Schaal P, Peters G, Conigliaro B
HR -- Rojas C, Otis A
SB -- Otis A
T -- 2:34
A -- 31110
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