On the verge of victory, Jim Lonborg was knocked out in the ninth inning in his first start since his recall from the minors, but the Red Sox erupted for four runs in the 10th and defeated the Orioles, 8-4. Duane Josephson hit two homers and Carl Yastrzemski and Billy Conigliaro rapped one apiece to stake Lonborg to a 4-2 lead going into the ninth.

Brooks Robinson, who hit a two-run homer in the fifth, started the Orioles' rally with a single after two out and scored on a double by Davey Johnson. After Sparky Lyle and Ken Tatum, following Lonborg, each walked a man to load the bases, the tying run scored on a wild pitch.

In the 10th, Luis Aparicio was safe on an error and scored the tie-breaking run on a single by Reggie Smith and double by Rico Petrocelli. A walk and three singles added the extra tallies. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Friday, May       21, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  1    1  0  0    2  0  0    4  -   8 10  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  2    0  -   4  6  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Aparicio ss           4   1   0   0     1   1   .194      Buford lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Smith rf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .322      Blair cf              5   0   0   0     0   3   .226
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   1   1     1   0   .323      Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .198
Petrocelli 3b         5   1   2   1     0   2   .248      F. Robinson rf        5   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Scott 1b              3   1   0   0     2   0   .288      B. Robinson 3b        4   2   3   2     0   0   .286
Conigliaro cf         5   1   1   1     0   2   .258      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .290
Josephson c           5   2   3   4     0   0   .240      Hendricks c           2   0   0   0     1   1   .173
Griffin 2b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .280        Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .282
Lonborg p             3   0   0   0     1   1   .250        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tatum p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .278
                                                            Motton ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dalrymple ph,c      0   0   0   0     1   0   .125
                                                          Dobson p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .056
                                                            Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Shopay ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Salmon ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .063

Totals               40   8  10   8     5   6             Totals               35   4   6   3     4   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 17,528
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 1
Errors: F. Robinson, Salmon
Doubles: Petrocelli (7), Johnson (7)
Home Runs: Josephson 2 (5), Yastrzemski (6), Conigliaro (6), B. Robinson (4)
GIDP: Scott (4)
Hit by Pitch: Powell (2,by Lonborg)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 8.2   6   4   4   1   6   1  33   3.09
Lyle                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   1.26
Tatum W(2-2)            1.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   2.33
Totals                 10     6   4   4   4   6   1  40

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  6     5   4   4   3   3   4  25   3.14
Dukes                   2     0   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.57
Watt                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.35
Hall L(2-3)             0     1   2   0   0   0   0   2   4.15
Richert                 0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   3   5.40
Hardin                  0.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.15
Totals                 10    10   8   4*  5   6   4  45

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (1)
Wild Pitches: Tatum (1)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio flied out to right; Smith popped to first;
Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (second to first); Blair struck
out; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli singled to left; Scott grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Petrocelli out at
second]; Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: F. Robinson flied out to left; B. Robinson singled
to third; Johnson lined into a double play (second to first) [B.
Robinson out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Orioles 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Josephson homered; Griffin grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lonborg struck out; Aparicio grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger
flied out to center; Dobson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 4TH: On a bunt Smith grounded out (pitcher to first);
Yastrzemski homered; Petrocelli struck out; Scott walked;
Conigliaro grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Buford struck out; Blair flied out to left; Powell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffin popped to shortstop; Lonborg flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: F. Robinson singled to center; B. Robinson homered
[F. Robinson scored]; Johnson flied out to center; Hendricks
walked; Belanger flied out to center; Dobson flied out to right;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Aparicio walked; Smith flied out to right;
Yastrzemski walked [Aparicio to second]; Petrocelli popped to
shortstop; Scott forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: On a bunt Buford made an out to first; Blair struck
out; Powell was hit by a pitch; F. Robinson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Conigliaro homered; Josephson homered; DUKES
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Griffin flied out to left; Lonborg
walked; Aparicio struck out; Smith reached on an error by F.
Robinson [Lonborg to second]; Yastrzemski popped to third in
foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: B. Robinson grounded out (first unassisted);
Johnson grounded out (third to first); Hendricks struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli struck out; Scott lined to left;
Conigliaro flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger struck out; SHOPAY BATTED FOR DUKES; On a
bunt Shopay singled to third; Buford forced Shopay (third to
second); Blair struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Orioles 2.

RED SOX 9TH: WATT REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Josephson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffin lined to left; Lonborg
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Powell flied out to center; F. Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson singled to left; Johnson
doubled to left [B. Robinson scored]; LYLE REPLACED LONBORG
(PITCHING); RETTENMUND BATTED FOR HENDRICKS; Rettenmund walked;
MOTTON BATTED FOR BELANGER; TATUM REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING);
DALRYMPLE BATTED FOR MOTTON; Dalrymple walked [Johnson to third,
Rettenmund to second]; SALMON BATTED FOR WATT; Tatum threw a
wild pitch [Dalrymple to second, Rettenmund to third, Johnson
scored]; Salmon flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 10TH: HALL REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); DALRYMPLE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SALMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
Aparicio reached on an error by Salmon; Smith singled to right
[Aparicio to third]; RICHERT REPLACED HALL (PITCHING);
Yastrzemski popped to third in foul territory; Petrocelli
doubled to left [Smith to third, Aparicio scored (unearned)];
Scott was walked intentionally; HARDIN REPLACED RICHERT
(PITCHING); Conigliaro struck out; Josephson singled [Scott to
third, Petrocelli scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher),
Smith scored (unearned)]; Griffin singled to center [Josephson
to second, Scott scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)];
Tatum singled to left [Griffin to second, Josephson out at home
(left to catcher)]; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 10TH: Buford flied out to center; Blair flied out to
left; Powell walked; F. Robinson forced Powell (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Orioles 4.