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September 8, 1971

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Bottom 11 R H E
Red Sox 1 5 0
Yankees 1 8 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Red Sox 1 5 0
Yankees 2 8 1

John Ellis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .233
OBP .500 .324
At Bats 3 180
Hits 1 42
• Singles 1 29
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 21
RBI’s 0 23

Bobby Bolin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 6
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Yankee Stadium - September 8, 1971
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Out
Bobby Bolin
Carlton Fisk
George Scott
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
Juan Beniquez
Carl Yastrzemski
Reggie Smith
Ben Oglivie
John Ellis
Danny Cater
Roy White

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 1 5 0 6
New York Yankees 2 8 1 9
Winning Pitcher Roger Hambright
Losing Pitcher Bobby Bolin
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Ellis
Attendance 6,154
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.

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Bottom 11 Swoboda bunts in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. Cater moves to second.
Bottom 11 Cater bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. White moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 11 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Jake Gibbs now catching. Roger Hambright now pitching. Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 There goes Clarke. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Griffin applying the tag.
Bottom 10 Clarke hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Bobby Bolin now pitching. Jake Gibbs pinch hits for Jack Aker. Gibbs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Cecil Cooper pinch hits for Roger Moret. Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Fisk strikes out.
Top 10 Jerry Kenney now playing shortstop. Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oglivie for the out.
Bottom 9 Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Frank Baker. Blomberg 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 9 Ellis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Swoboda is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Cater bunts towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Griffin covering, for the out. White moves to second.
Bottom 9 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Scott strikes out.
Top 9 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first, with Aker covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aker juggles the ball. That's an error on Aker.
Top 8 Jack Aker now pitching. Moret hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Hansen pinch hits for Mel Stottlemyre. Hansen hits a line drive into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Swoboda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first, with Stottlemyre covering, for the out.
Top 7 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 6 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stottlemyre strikes out.
Top 6 Petrocelli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Griffin scores.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Griffin moves to third.
Top 6 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Griffin hits a line drive off the glove of Baker, and into shallow left field. Griffin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Baker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Scott who tags Ellis trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Swoboda moves to third.
Bottom 5 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moret hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fisk strikes out.
Top 5 Oglivie hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moret fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scott strikes out.
Top 4 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 3 Stottlemyre bunts towards the mound. Moret catches it and throws to first to double up Baker.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Ellis takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Top 3 Beniquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Griffin hits a line drive into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moret hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cater hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Oglivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Clarke hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a popup towards first. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields it and throws to first for the out.