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May 15, 1971

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Red Sox 4 10 2

Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .274
OBP .400 .404
At Bats 4 73
Hits 1 20
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 10

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 5
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Fenway Park - May 15, 1971
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Single
Sparky Lyle
Duane Josephson
George Scott
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
Billy Conigliaro
Reggie Smith
Merv Rettenmund
Frank Robinson
Boog Powell
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Powell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Belanger scores. Powell moves to second.
Top 9 Powell takes first base on ball four. Belanger moves to second.
Top 9 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Blair hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Dukes strikes out.
Bottom 8 Josephson hits a fly ball into left field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Petrocelli hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Johnson strikes out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Rettenmund strikes out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Merv Rettenmund now playing left field. Paul Blair now playing center field. Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Ken Tatum. Lahoud hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Tatum now pitching. Robinson hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Powell takes first base on ball four. Belanger moves to second.
Top 7 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out. Etchebarren moves to third.
Top 7 Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Etchebarren moves to second.
Top 7 Dukes bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Etchebarren takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Tom Dukes now pitching. Conigliaro strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scott takes first base on ball four. Petrocelli moves to second.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Powell moves to second.
Top 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Powell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bobby Bolin now pitching. Belanger hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gagliano moves to third.
Bottom 5 Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Ken Brett. Gagliano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Gagliano reaches second base with a double. Josephson scores.
Bottom 5 Griffin bunts towards the mound. McNally fields it and throws to first for the out. Josephson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Josephson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Josephson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Buford hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McNally hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brett fields the ball and throws to third. Petrocelli drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Petrocelli. Smith fumbles the ball. That's an error on Smith. Etchebarren goes all the way around to score. McNally moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Etchebarren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Rettenmund hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Powell moves to second.
Top 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. Buford moves to third.
Top 4 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.
Top 4 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 McNally strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a fly ball towards cemter. Rettenmund catches it and throws to home to double up Griffin.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Griffin moves to third.
Bottom 3 Griffin hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rettenmund. Griffin reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Rettenmund moves to second.
Top 3 Ken Brett now pitching. Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rettenmund hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Powell strikes out.
Top 3 Belanger takes first base on ball four. Buford moves to second.
Top 3 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Josephson hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Etchebarren.
Bottom 2 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 McNally hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Etchebarren strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Petrocelli hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Nagy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out. Belanger moves to second.
Top 1 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.