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September 9, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 12 14 1
Tigers 6 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 12 14 1
Tigers 6 8 0

Dick McAuliffe Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .207
OBP .250 .297
At Bats 4 426
Hits 1 88
• Singles 0 52
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 0 54

Jim Lonborg Season Stats

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7 7 0
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Tiger Stadium - September 9, 1971
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Out
Jim Lonborg
Duane Josephson
George Scott
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Rick Miller
Reggie Smith
Billy Conigliaro
Dick McAuliffe

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 12 14 1 5
Detroit Tigers 6 8 0 4
Winning Pitcher Jim Lonborg
Losing Pitcher Jack Whillock
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Scott
Attendance 13,775
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kevin Collins pinch hits for Bill Denehy. Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rick Miller now playing left field. John Young pinch hits for Ed Brinkman. Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Josephson hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Conigliaro takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denehy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Griffin scores. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 8 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Conigliaro scores. Josephson scores. Griffin moves to third.
Top 8 Griffin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lonborg hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Denehy now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Conigliaro moves to third. Josephson moves to second.
Top 8 Josephson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Conigliaro moves to second.
Top 8 Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Conigliaro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Petrocelli scores. Scott scores.
Top 8 Scott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Scott reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores. Petrocelli moves to third.
Top 8 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aparicio scores. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 8 Smith is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 8 Jack Whillock now pitching. Aparicio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg fields it and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez scores.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Rodriguez reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dalton Jones pinch hits for Joe Niekro. Jones hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards second. McAuliffe scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Lonborg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Josephson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Conigliaro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Brinkman hits a fly ball into right field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Northrup hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Freehan is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Scott hits a line drive into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Petrocelli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores.
Bottom 5 McAuliffe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski who is chasing the ball. McAuliffe reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Niekro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 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 4 Brinkman hits a line drive towards third. Petrocelli catches it and throws to first to double up Stanley.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lonborg hits a line drive towards short. Brinkman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Josephson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Conigliaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Joe Niekro now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Josephson scores. Griffin scores.
Top 2 Griffin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scott scores. Josephson moves to third. Griffin moves to second.
Top 2 Lonborg strikes out.
Top 2 Josephson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second.
Top 2 Conigliaro hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash scores. Freehan scores. Northrup moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. Brown scores. Cash moves to third. Freehan moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McAuliffe is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Petrocelli strikes out.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.