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Wednesday May 19, 1971
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Sonny Siebert gained his seventh straight victory when the Red Sox broke away with five runs in the seventh and eighth innings to defeat the Yankees, 7-2. Siebert singled in the seventh and Reggie Smith homered to break a 2-2 tie. The Red Sox clinched the decision with three runs in the eighth, one on a homer by Billy Conigliaro and two on a double by Luis Aparicio. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 2

Game Played on Wednesday, May 19, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  1
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  x  -   7 11  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .271      Aparicio ss           4   0   1   2     0   1   .206
Munson c              3   0   1   0     2   1   .228      Smith rf              5   2   3   2     0   1   .333
White lf              4   0   0   1     0   2   .272      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   0   0     1   0   .310
Murcer cf             3   0   1   0     2   0   .374      Petrocelli 3b         2   0   1   2     3   0   .239
Cater 1b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .236      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Alou rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .238      Conigliaro cf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .269
Kenney 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .169      Josephson c           4   0   1   0     0   2   .233
Michael ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Griffin 2b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .283
Kline p               1   0   0   1     1   0   .211      Siebert p             2   1   2   0     0   0   .292
  Blefary ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .214        Lahoud ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .286
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gibbs ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Waslewski p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     6   5             Totals               33   7  11   7     5   6

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 21,077
Left on Base: Yankees 12, Red Sox 9
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Michael, Aparicio
Doubles: Petrocelli (6), Aparicio (8)
Triples: Griffin (2)
Home Runs: Smith (6), Conigliaro (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Siebert (2), Aparicio (4)
Sacrifice Flies: White (8)
GIDP: Kenney (5), Yastrzemski (3)
Hit by Pitch: Michael (1,by Siebert)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kline                   6     6   2   1   2   6   0  26   1.94
McDaniel L(2-4)         1     2   2   2   1   0   1   6   3.93
Waslewski               1     3   3   3   2   0   1   8   3.86
Totals                  8    11   7   6   5   6   2  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(7-0)          8     8   2   2   4   3   0  36   1.69
Lyle SV(7)              1     0   0   0   2   2   0   5   1.26
Totals                  9     8   2   2   6   5   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Siebert (1)
Wild Pitches: Kline 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Lou DiMuro


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke made an out to third; Munson flied out to
right; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio struck out; Smith singled to right;
Yastrzemski reached on an error by Michael (assist by Clarke)
[Smith to second]; Petrocelli doubled [Yastrzemski scored, Smith
scored (unearned)]; Scott struck out; Conigliaro flied out to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer singled to center; Cater flied out to right;
Alou popped to third in foul territory; Kenney forced Murcer
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox
2.

RED SOX 2ND: Josephson was called out on strikes; Griffin was
called out on strikes; Siebert singled to center; Aparicio flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael made an out to shortstop; Kline grounded
out (pitcher to first); Clarke walked; Munson singled to
shortstop [Clarke to third (error by Aparicio), Munson to
second]; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (second
to first); Petrocelli walked; Scott forced Petrocelli (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer popped to first in foul territory; Cater
singled to center; Alou singled to left [Cater to second];
Kenney grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alou to second, Cater to
third]; Michael was hit by a pitch; Kline walked [Cater scored,
Alou to third, Michael to second]; Clarke grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Conigliaro grounded out (second to first);
Josephson singled to center; Griffin singled to center
[Josephson to second]; Siebert out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Griffin to second, Josephson to third]; Aparicio flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Munson walked; White forced Munson (second to
shortstop); Murcer flied out to left; Cater flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at
second]; Petrocelli walked; Kline threw a wild pitch [Petrocelli
to second]; Kline threw a wild pitch [Petrocelli to third];
Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Alou singled to shortstop; Kenney grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Alou out at second];
Michael lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox
2.

RED SOX 6TH: Conigliaro made an out to second; Josephson was
called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 7TH: BLEFARY BATTED FOR KLINE; Blefary singled to right;
Clarke singled to center [Blefary to third]; Munson struck out;
White hit a sacrifice fly to right [Clarke to second, Blefary
scored]; Murcer was walked intentionally; Cater forced Murcer
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox
2.

RED SOX 7TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); Siebert
singled to left; Aparicio out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Siebert to second]; Smith homered [Siebert scored];
Yastrzemski lined to shortstop; Petrocelli walked; Scott forced
Petrocelli (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Alou grounded out (third to first); Kenney lined to
center; Michael singled to center; GIBBS BATTED FOR MCDANIEL;
Gibbs flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red
Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: WASLEWSKI REPLACED GIBBS (PITCHING); Conigliaro
homered; Josephson popped to catcher in foul territory; Griffin
tripled to center; LAHOUD BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Lahoud walked;
Aparicio doubled to left [Lahoud scored, Griffin scored]; Smith
grounded out (second to first) [Aparicio to third]; Yastrzemski
was walked intentionally; Petrocelli forced Yastrzemski (third
to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 7.

YANKEES 9TH: LYLE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Clarke was called
out on strikes; Munson walked; White made an out to second;
Murcer walked [Munson to second]; Cater struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 7.



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