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Wednesday April 14, 1971
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The Senators, who were held scoreless on two hits through six innings and trailed by five runs, rallied in the seventh to edge the Red Sox, 6-5. A walk and singles by Joe Foy, Frank Howard and Richie Scheinblum produced the first two tallies and chased Mike Nagy.

After committing an error that loaded the bases, Bobby Bolin walked Tommy McCraw and Elliott Maddox on eight straight pitches to force in two more runs. One out later, Tim Cullen singled off Bill Lee to drive in the tying and winning markers. [The Sporting News]


Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Game Played on Wednesday, April 14, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Red Sox      0  2  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    6  0  x  -   6  7  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Aparicio ss           5   0   1   1     0   1   .276      Unser cf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .333
Smith rf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .233        Billings ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   0     1   1   .269        Ragland 2b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Petrocelli 3b         4   2   2   0     1   1   .273      Cullen 2b,ss          4   0   1   2     0   0   .212
Scott 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .308      Epstein 1b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .344
Josephson c           4   0   1   1     0   0   .280        Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Conigliaro cf         2   1   0   0     2   0   .125        Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Griffin 2b            1   0   0   1     0   0   .200        Janeski p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lahoud ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .667      Foy 3b                3   1   1   0     1   0   .400
  Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Howard lf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .229
Nagy p                3   1   1   1     0   1   .333      Scheinblum rf         3   1   1   1     1   0   .133
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      French c              3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrah ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McCraw ph,1b        1   1   0   1     1   0   .400
  Fiore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Shellenback p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Flood ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Allen ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Maddox ph,cf        0   1   0   1     2   0   .211

Totals               34   5  10   5     4   6             Totals               28   6   7   6     9   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  4,286
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Senators 7
DP: Red Sox 4, Senators 1
Errors: Bolin
Doubles: Nagy (1), Petrocelli (1), French (1)
Triples: Yastrzemski (1)
Stolen Bases: Howard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (1)
GIDP: Cullen 2 (2), Foy (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nagy                    6     5   4   4   5   1   0  24   6.00
Bolin L(0-1)            0     0   2   1   2   0   0   3  27.00
Lee                     0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Tatum                   0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   6.00
Brett                   1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5  12.46
Totals                  8     7   6   5   9   3   0  37

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shellenback             3     7   4   4   2   2   0  18   7.88
Grzenda                 3     2   1   1   1   0   0  11   2.70
Knowles W(2-0)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Pina                    1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.59
Riddleberger            0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1  12.00
Janeski SV(1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.91
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   6   0  40

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio grounded out (second to first); Smith
struck out; Yastrzemski tripled to center; Petrocelli walked;
Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied to left in foul territory; Cullen
flied out to right; Epstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Senators 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Conigliaro walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Conigliaro to second]; Nagy doubled to center
[Conigliaro scored]; Aparicio singled to right [Nagy scored,
Aparicio to second (on throw)]; Smith grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Foy flied out to right; Howard walked; Scheinblum
lined to second; Howard stole second; French walked; Harrah
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Senators 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski singled to pitcher; Petrocelli singled
to second [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott singled to center
[Petrocelli to third, Yastrzemski scored]; Josephson singled to
left [Scott to second, Petrocelli scored]; Conigliaro forced
Scott (third unassisted) [Josephson to second]; Griffin forced
Conigliaro (third to second) [Josephson to third]; Nagy struck
out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: FLOOD BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Flood grounded out
(second to first); Unser walked; Cullen grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Senators 0.

RED SOX 4TH: GRZENDA REPLACED FLOOD (PITCHING); Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (third to
first); Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Senators 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Epstein singled to center; Foy grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Epstein out at
second]; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Senators 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli doubled to left; Scott singled to right
[Petrocelli to third, Scott to second (on throw)]; Josephson
grounded out (third to first); Conigliaro was walked
intentionally; Griffin sacrifice flied into a double play (right
to second) [Petrocelli scored, Scott out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Scheinblum walked; French was called out on
strikes; Harrah flied into a double play (center to first)
[Scheinblum out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Senators 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Nagy grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 0.

SENATORS 6TH: ALLEN BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Allen flied out to
center; Unser singled to right; Cullen grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 0.

RED SOX 7TH: KNOWLES REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
struck out; Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Scott grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators
0.

SENATORS 7TH: Epstein walked; Foy singled to left [Epstein to
second]; Howard singled to center [Foy to second, Epstein
scored]; Scheinblum singled to center [Howard to second, Foy
scored]; BOLIN REPLACED NAGY (PITCHING); On a bunt French
reached on an error by Bolin [Scheinblum to second, Howard to
third]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR HARRAH; McCraw walked [Howard scored,
Scheinblum to third, French to second]; MADDOX BATTED FOR
KNOWLES; Maddox walked [Scheinblum scored, French to third,
McCraw to second]; LEE REPLACED BOLIN (PITCHING); BILLINGS
BATTED FOR UNSER; Billings forced French (third to catcher)
[Maddox to second, McCraw to third]; Cullen singled to left
[Billings to second, Maddox scored, McCraw scored (unearned)];
Epstein was called out on strikes; TATUM REPLACED LEE
(PITCHING); Foy walked [Billings to third, Cullen to second];
Howard flied out to right; 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Senators 6.

RED SOX 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MADDOX STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PINA REPLACED EPSTEIN (PITCHING); RAGLAND
REPLACED BILLINGS (PLAYING 2B); CULLEN CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Josephson flied out to center; Conigliaro grounded
out (shortstop to first); LAHOUD BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Lahoud
singled to center; FIORE BATTED FOR TATUM; Fiore lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 6.

SENATORS 8TH: KENNEDY REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); BRETT
REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Scheinblum popped to first in foul
territory; French doubled to center; McCraw flied out to center;
Maddox was walked intentionally; Ragland struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Aparicio struck out; Smith struck out; RIDDLEBERGER
REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked; JANESKI REPLACED
RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING); Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Senators 6.



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