Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, May 23, 1971 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Shopay rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Smith cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .323 Blair pr,cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .238 Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .313 Buford lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .291 Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Rettenmund cf,rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .190 Josephson c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 B. Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Thomas rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .091 DaVanon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Griffin 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .270 Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Siebert p 3 1 1 2 0 1 .296 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 F. Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Dalrymple c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .100 Motton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 McNally p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Totals 29 2 3 2 3 6 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 3 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 40,267 Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Orioles 6 DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 1 Doubles: Rettenmund (2), B. Robinson (3) Home Runs: Siebert (3) Stolen Bases: Buford (6) GIDP: Petrocelli (4), B. Robinson (5) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Siebert W(8-0) 8.1 5 1 1 3 2 0 32 1.62 Lyle SV(8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.20 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 3 0 34 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally L(6-3) 7 3 2 2 3 5 1 26 2.81 Hall 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.38 Totals 9 3 2 2 3 6 1 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice RED SOX 1ST: Red Sox Manager Eddie Kasko and coach Eddie Popowski ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; Yastrzemski singled to second; Petrocelli popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Shopay popped to third in foul territory; Buford grounded out (first to pitcher); Rettenmund walked; Powell grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 2ND: Scott grounded out (third to first); Josephson struck out; Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson popped to shortstop; Johnson flied out to center; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Siebert struck out; Aparicio flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dalrymple struck out; McNally grounded out (shortstop to first); Shopay grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 4TH: Smith singled to left; Yastrzemski walked [Smith to second]; Petrocelli grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smith to third, Yastrzemski out at second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Buford singled to center; Buford stole second; Rettenmund grounded out (second to first) [Buford to third]; Powell walked; B. Robinson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 5TH: Josephson flied out to right; Thomas walked; Griffin forced Thomas (second to shortstop); Siebert homered [Griffin scored]; Aparicio flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Dalrymple grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 0. RED SOX 6TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli walked; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: McNally struck out; On a bunt Shopay singled; BLAIR RAN FOR SHOPAY; Buford singled to right [Blair to third]; Rettenmund doubled to left [Buford to third, Blair scored]; Powell reached on a fielder's choice [Buford out at home (first to third to catcher to third to first)]; B. Robinson flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. RED SOX 7TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RETTENMUND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Josephson popped to shortstop; Thomas struck out; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Belanger flied out to center; Dalrymple walked; MOTTON RAN FOR DALRYMPLE; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR MCNALLY; Hendricks popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. RED SOX 8TH: HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HALL REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Siebert flied out to center; Aparicio struck out; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 8TH: Blair grounded out (second to first); Buford flied out to left; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski flied out to center; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson doubled; DAVANON RAN FOR B. ROBINSON; LYLE REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to center [DaVanon to third]; F. ROBINSON BATTED FOR BELANGER; F. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Orioles 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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