Red Sox @ Twins
July 23, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 9 1
Twins 6 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 8 9 1
Twins 6 11 1

George Mitterwald Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .247
OBP .250 .326
At Bats 4 251
Hits 1 62
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 23

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 12
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Metropolitan Stadium - July 23, 1971
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Sparky Lyle
Bob Montgomery
George Scott
John Kennedy
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
Reggie Smith
Joe Lahoud
George Mitterwald

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 8 9 1 5
Minnesota Twins 6 11 1 11
Winning Pitcher Ray Culp
Losing Pitcher Steve Luebber
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Ray Culp
Attendance 19,505
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Danny Thompson pinch hits for Steve Braun. Thompson hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 George Thomas pinch hits for Jim Nettles. Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 9 Smith hits a fly ball towards right. Tovar settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Tovar. Lyle scores. Smith moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Aparicio is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Kennedy bunts towards the mound. Perranoski fields it and throws to first for the out. Lyle moves to second.
Top 9 Rich Reese now playing left field. Cesar Tovar now playing right field. Ron Perranoski now pitching. Lyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. Tovar scores. There goes Carew trying to get to home. Aparicio throws to Montgomery who tags Carew for the out.
Bottom 8 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reese tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Oliva hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tovar takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rich Reese pinch hits for Ray Corbin. Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Lahoud for the double play.
Top 8 Lahoud takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Braun strikes out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew scores. Oliva moves to third. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cardenas bunts towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carew moves to third. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bobby Bolin now pitching. Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 7 Oliva takes first base on ball four. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 7 Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ray Corbin now pitching. Aparicio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Holt pinch hits for Tom Hall. Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mitterwald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Culp takes first base on ball four. Lahoud moves to second.
Top 6 Montgomery hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scott tags and scores.
Top 6 Lahoud hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to third.
Top 6 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Braun hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carew scores. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carew moves to second.
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tovar tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tovar moves to third.
Bottom 5 Carew takes first base on ball four. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Yastrzemski is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Smith is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mitterwald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Braun hits a line drive towards first. Scott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Culp is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Montgomery strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 3 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Tom Hall now pitching. Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Scott hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Culp moves to second.
Top 3 Culp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Montgomery scores.
Top 3 Montgomery hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tovar. Montgomery reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Braun hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lahoud strikes out.
Top 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Braun fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy misplays the ball. That's an error on Kennedy.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Kennedy. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Kennedy steals second.
Top 1 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aparicio strikes out.
Top 1 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Luebber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.