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August 24, 1971

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Top 2	R	H	E
Red Sox	1	2	0
Royals	0	1	1

Top 2	R	H	E
Red Sox	1	2	0
Royals	0	1	1

John Kennedy Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.287
OBP	1.000	.330
At Bats	1	244
Hits	1	70
• Singles	0	50
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	1	5
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	0	12
RBI’s	0	20

Dick Drago Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
15	7	0

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Municipal Stadium - August 24, 1971

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Out

Dick Drago

Ed Kirkpatrick

Gail Hopkins

Bobby Knoop

Paul Schaal

Freddie Patek

Lou Piniella

Joe Keough

Bob Oliver

John Kennedy

Bob Montgomery

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Lonborg strikes out.

Top 2 There goes Montgomery. The throw from Kirkpatrick and he is safe. Montgomery steals second.

Top 2 Montgomery hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Piniella is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Hopkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg fields it and throws to second for the out. Patek moves to third.

Bottom 1 Keough takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Patek steals second.

Bottom 1 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Lahoud hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Scott takes first base on ball four. Petrocelli moves to second.

Top 1 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to third.

Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out. Aparicio moves to second.

Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. Kennedy scores.

Top 1 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Kennedy reaches third base with a triple.

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