Duane Josephson and Carl Yastrzemski each hit a homer with a man on base, but the Red Sox also needed an unearned run to defeat the Twins, 5-4. Josephson connected in the second inning and after Yastrzemski followed suit in the sixth, Rico Petrocelli singled, advanced to third on a pair of infield outs and scored what proved to be the deciding run when Rick Renick fumbled a grounder by Josephson. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Tuesday, May       11, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  6  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   4  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Aparicio ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .212      Tovar rf              4   1   3   0     1   0   .309
Smith rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .313      Carew 2b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   1   2     0   1   .313      Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .336
Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .232      Alyea lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .314
Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Cardenas ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .268
Conigliaro cf         3   1   0   0     1   1   .289      Renick 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .333
Josephson c           4   1   1   2     0   0   .245      Holt cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .319
Griffin 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .223      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   1     0   1   .225
Peters p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Hall p                2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Lee p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Thompson ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .222
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               34   5   6   4     2   7             Totals               32   4   9   3     4   2

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  6,549
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Twins 7
DP: Red Sox 2, Twins 0
Errors: Renick
Doubles: Smith (8), Killebrew (9), Renick (2)
Triples: Tovar (1)
Home Runs: Josephson (3), Yastrzemski (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Holt (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Mitterwald (1)
GIDP: Carew (8), Alyea (3)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (2,by Williams)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters W(4-2)           5     9   4   4   1   2   0  24   4.63
Lee SV(1)               4     0   0   0   3   0   0  14   2.25
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   2   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall L(1-3)             6     6   5   4   1   4   2  26   3.94
Williams                3     0   0   0   1   3   0  11   3.55
Totals                  9     6   5   4   2   7   2  37

Hit by Pitch: Williams (4)
Wild Pitches: Peters (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio singled to third; Smith made an out to
first; Yastrzemski made an out to shortstop; Petrocelli made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar tripled to left; Carew struck out; Killebrew
doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Alyea made an out to second;
Cardenas made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Twins 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott struck out; Conigliaro walked; Josephson
homered [Conigliaro scored]; Griffin singled to center; On a
bunt Peters forced Griffin (pitcher to shortstop); Aparicio
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Renick flied out to center; Holt grounded out
(pitcher to first); Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski struck out; Petrocelli flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Hall flied out to right; Tovar singled to first;
Peters threw a wild pitch [Tovar to second]; Carew grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Tovar to third]; Killebrew grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Conigliaro
struck out; Josephson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Alyea flied out to left; Cardenas grounded out
(second to first); Renick doubled to left; Holt grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin struck out; Peters grounded out (second to
first); Aparicio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald singled to center; On a bunt Hall singled
[Mitterwald to second]; On a bunt Tovar singled to third [Hall
to second, Mitterwald to third]; Carew grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Hall to third, Mitterwald
scored (no RBI), Tovar out at second]; Killebrew flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Twins 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith doubled to left; Yastrzemski homered [Smith
scored]; Petrocelli singled to center; Scott grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Petrocelli to second]; Conigliaro
grounded out (second to first) [Petrocelli to third]; Josephson
reached on an error by Renick [Petrocelli scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Griffin popped to first in foul territory; 3 R (2 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Alyea walked; Cardenas singled to center [Alyea to
second]; Renick singled to center [Cardenas to second, Alyea
scored]; LEE REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); Holt out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Renick to second, Cardenas to third];
Mitterwald hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cardenas scored];
THOMPSON BATTED FOR HALL; Thompson walked; Tovar grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

RED SOX 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Lee struck
out; Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Smith struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: On a bunt Carew grounded out (catcher to first);
Killebrew walked; Alyea grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski flied out to center; Petrocelli walked;
Scott was hit by a pitch [Petrocelli to second]; Conigliaro
flied out to left; Josephson forced Petrocelli (third to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Renick
grounded out (third to first); Holt grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

RED SOX 9TH: On a bunt Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first);
Lee struck out; Aparicio lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); POWELL
BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Powell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Tovar walked; Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Twins 4.