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Red Sox
@ Royals
Municipal Stadium
August 26, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 26, 1971 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Culp |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Wright |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,216 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Don Denkinger 1B: Art Frantz 2B: Bill Deegan 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| Joe Lahoud | Right Fielder |
| Mike Fiore | First Baseman |
| Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
| Ray Culp | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Joe Keough | Right Fielder |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Gail Hopkins | First Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Paul Schaal | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Knoop | Second Baseman |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | Catcher |
| Ken Wright | Pitcher |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Royals
Municipal Stadium
August 26, 1971
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Wright
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Wright
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Wright
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Wright
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Petrocelli vs. Wright
Petrocelli hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Culp
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Culp
Otis strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Wright
Lahoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fiore vs. Wright
Fiore hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montgomery vs. Wright
Montgomery hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Culp vs. Wright
Culp takes first base on ball four. Lahoud moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffin vs. Wright
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lahoud scores. Culp moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aparicio vs. Wright
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Wright
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wright
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Wright
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schaal juggles the ball. That's an error on Schaal. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lahoud vs. Wright
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoop vs. Culp
Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Culp
Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wright moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keough vs. Culp
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
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fiore vs. Wright
Fiore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Wright
Montgomery hits a line drive into right field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culp vs. Wright
Culp strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Culp
Otis hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, 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
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Wright
Griffin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Wright
Aparicio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Wright
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Aparicio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Wright
Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Wright
Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Petrocelli reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lahoud vs. Butler
Bill Butler now pitching.
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Petrocelli scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fiore vs. Butler
There goes Lahoud. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fiore vs. Butler
Fiore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Knoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Montgomery vs. Butler
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoop vs. Culp
Knoop hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkpatrick vs. Culp
Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culp vs. Butler
Culp strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Butler
Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Butler
Aparicio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Butler
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins fields it and throws to second for the out. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Butler
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Culp
Jerry May pinch hits for Bill Butler.
May strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
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 -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keough vs. Culp
Keough strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Culp
Otis strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Nelson
Jerry May now catching. Roger Nelson now pitching.
Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Petrocelli reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lahoud vs. Nelson
Lahoud hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough who is chasing the ball. Lahoud reaches third base with a triple. Petrocelli scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fiore vs. Nelson
Fiore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keough. Fiore reaches second base with a double. Lahoud scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montgomery vs. Nelson
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fiore moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Culp vs. Nelson
May fires to third and they've got Fiore trapped. The throw back to May who tags Fiore for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culp vs. Nelson
Culp strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Nelson
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Nelson
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Nelson
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knoop vs. Culp
Knoop hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Culp
Bob Oliver pinch hits for Roger Nelson.
Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Culp
May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Culp
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Abernathy
Petrocelli strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Abernathy
Lahoud hits a line drive towards first. Hopkins reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. Culp
Keough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Culp
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fiore fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopkins vs. Culp
Hopkins hits a popup towards first. Fiore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Culp
Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schaal vs. Culp
Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1971 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Griffin D, 2b 5 0 2 1 Patek F, ss 4 0 2 0
Aparicio L, ss 4 1 1 0 Keough J, rf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 0 0
Smith R, cf 5 1 2 3 Hopkins G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli R, 3b 5 2 2 0 Piniella L, lf 4 0 1 0
Lahoud J, rf 4 2 2 2 Schaal P, 3b 4 0 0 0
Fiore M, 1b 4 0 1 1 Knoop B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Montgomery B, c 4 0 0 0 Kirkpatrick E, c 2 0 0 0
Culp R, p 3 0 0 0 Nelson R, p 0 0 0 0
Oliver B, ph 1 0 1 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0
Wright K, p 1 0 1 0
Butler B, p 0 0 0 0
May J, ph-c 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 7 11 7 33 0 6 0
Boston 010 040 200 -- 7
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Culp R (W) 9.0 6 0 0 0 5
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Wright K (L) 4.1 5 5 5 4 1
Butler B 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Nelson R 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Abernathy T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Schaal P, Kirkpatrick E
LOB -- Boston 8, Kansas City 6
2B -- Fiore M
3B -- Petrocelli R 2, Lahoud J
HR -- Smith R
SB -- Lahoud J, Patek F
T -- 2:07
A -- 9216
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