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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 15, 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 August 15, 1971 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 15, 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 | August 15, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Hedlund |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Culp |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 22,453 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Jim Honochick 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Jim Odom |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Joe Keough | Right Fielder |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Gail Hopkins | First Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Center Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Dennis Paepke | Catcher |
| Mike Hedlund | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| George Scott | First Baseman |
| Joe Lahoud | Right Fielder |
| Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
| Ray Culp | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 15, 1971
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Culp
Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Culp
Rojas hits a line drive into right field. Lahoud 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--
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins is hit by the pitch. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Hedlund
Griffin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Paepke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Hedlund
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hedlund
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paepke vs. Culp
Paepke hits a fly ball into center 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: -2-
Hedlund vs. Culp
Hedlund strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Hedlund
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Hedlund
Petrocelli strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Hedlund
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lahoud vs. Hedlund
Lahoud hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Culp
Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Culp
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Keough moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Hedlund
Montgomery takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Culp vs. Hedlund
Culp bunts towards the mound. Hedlund fields it and throws to first for the out. Montgomery moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Hedlund
Griffin hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Montgomery scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aparicio vs. Hedlund
Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Hedlund
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. Hedlund
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lahoud who is chasing the ball. Schaal reaches third base with a triple. Kirkpatrick goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Paepke vs. Culp
Paepke hits a fly ball towards right. Lahoud catches it and throws to home to double up Schaal. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Hedlund
Petrocelli strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Hedlund
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Hedlund
Lahoud strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hedlund vs. Culp
Hedlund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Culp
There goes Patek. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keough vs. Culp
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, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Culp
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Hedlund
Montgomery hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culp vs. Hedlund
Culp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Hedlund
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, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hopkins moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out. Hopkins moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal 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, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paepke vs. Culp
Paepke hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hedlund vs. Culp
Hedlund hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Hedlund
Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hedlund
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Hedlund
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Hedlund
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field. Piniella picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Piniella. Yastrzemski moves to third. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Scott vs. Hedlund
Scott hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Culp
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Culp
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Hedlund
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops it up and throws to first, with Hedlund covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Hedlund
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Hedlund
Gary Peters pinch hits for Ray Culp.
Peters hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Hedlund
Griffin hits a line drive into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Lee
Bill Lee now pitching. Bob Oliver pinch hits for Gail Hopkins.
Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Lee
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Lee
Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaal vs. Lee
There's a wild pitch. Kirkpatrick moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaal vs. Lee
Schaal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kirkpatrick scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paepke vs. Lee
Paepke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Burgmeier
Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Bob Oliver now playing first base.
Aparicio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Burgmeier
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Aparicio moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Burgmeier
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Petrocelli vs. Burgmeier
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgmeier vs. Lee
Burgmeier strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lee
Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keough vs. Lee
Keough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Lee
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to home to get Patek. Keough moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Lee
Oliver hits a line drive into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Burgmeier
Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Kirkpatrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Burgmeier
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Joe Lahoud.
Gagliano hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Burgmeier
Montgomery hits a fly ball into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/15/1971 -- Kansas City at Boston (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Patek F, ss 5 0 1 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 1 1
Keough J, rf 5 0 3 0 Aparicio L, ss 4 0 2 0
Rojas C, 2b 5 0 0 0 Smith R, cf 4 0 0 0
Hopkins G, 1b 2 1 1 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver B, ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Petrocelli R, 3b 4 0 1 0
Piniella L, lf 4 0 1 0 Scott G, 1b 3 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick E, cf 2 3 1 0 Lahoud J, rf 3 0 0 0
Schaal P, 3b 4 1 3 5 Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0
Paepke D, c 4 0 0 0 Montgomery B, c 3 1 1 0
Hedlund M, p 3 0 0 0 Culp R, p 1 0 0 0
Burgmeier T, p 1 0 0 0 Peters G, ph 1 0 0 0
Lee B, p 0 0 0 0
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37 5 10 5 32 1 6 1
Kansas City 000 103 010 -- 5
Boston 001 000 000 -- 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund M (W) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
Burgmeier T (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Culp R (L) 7.0 7 4 4 1 3
Lee B 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
E -- Aparicio L 2, Piniella L
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Boston 7
2B -- Kirkpatrick E, Griffin D, Aparicio L
3B -- Schaal P
HR -- Schaal P
SB -- Patek F
SH -- Culp R
HBP -- by Culp R (Hopkins G)
WP -- Lee B
T -- 2:11
A -- 22453
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