Reserve catcher Bob Montgomery, playing in his first game of the season, collected three singles and batted in the winning run in the sixth inning as the Red Sox defeated the Senators, 3-2. Billy Conigliaro, who doubled, scored on Montgomery's hit to break a 2-2 tie. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Washington Senators 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       26, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Senators     0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Red Sox      0  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   3 10  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   2   1     1   0   .277      Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .166
Foy 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Smith rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .311
Mincher 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   1   0     1   1   .319
Howard lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .304      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   1     0   0   .245
  Maddox pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .141      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Biittner rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .300      Conigliaro cf         4   2   2   0     0   1   .271
Casanova c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Griffin 2b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .270
Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .226      Montgomery c          4   0   3   1     0   0   .750
Cullen 2b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .165      Culp p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .136
  Allen ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Janeski p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   9   2     1   7             Totals               30   3  10   3     2   6

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 13,526
Left on Base: Senators 6, Red Sox 9
DP: Senators 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Biittner, Montgomery
Doubles: Howard (9), Harrah (7), Conigliaro 2 (12), Smith (10), Scott (7), Yastrzemski (10)
Stolen Bases: Biittner (1), Unser (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Janeski (2), Culp 2 (7), Griffin (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (4)
GIDP: Biittner (2), Scott (6)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Janeski L(1-4)          6     9   3   3   2   3   0  29   3.70
Shellenback             2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   4.63
Totals                  8    10   3   3   2   6   0  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp W(5-3)             9     9   2   2   1   7   0  35   4.15
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   7   0  35

Passed Balls: Montgomery (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied out to right; Foy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mincher grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio popped to catcher in foul territory; Smith
grounded out (first unassisted); Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Red Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Howard doubled to left; Biittner singled to center
[Howard scored]; Casanova flied out to left; Harrah flied out to
left; Biittner stole second [Biittner to third (error by
Montgomery)]; Cullen was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott grounded out (catcher to first); Conigliaro
doubled to right; Griffin singled to center [Conigliaro scored];
Montgomery singled to center [Griffin to third]; Culp struck
out; Aparicio grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Senators 1, Red Sox 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Janeski popped to shortstop; Unser singled to
center; Foy was called out on strikes; Unser stole second;
Mincher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith doubled to left; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Smith to third]; Petrocelli hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Smith scored]; Scott doubled to center; Conigliaro
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1,
Red Sox 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard struck out; Biittner grounded out (third to
first); Casanova singled to center; Montgomery allowed a passed
ball [Casanova to second]; Harrah lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Senators 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Montgomery
singled to left; Culp out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Montgomery to second]; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Red Sox 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Cullen singled to center; Janeski out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cullen to second]; Unser
singled to center [Cullen scored]; Foy flied out to center;
Mincher lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2,
Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith flied out to left; Yastrzemski doubled to
right [Yastrzemski to third (error by Biittner)]; Petrocelli
reached on a fielder's choice; Scott grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Petrocelli out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Howard flied out to right; Biittner singled to
center; Casanova struck out; Harrah doubled to center [Biittner
out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Conigliaro doubled to left; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Conigliaro to third];
Montgomery singled to right [Conigliaro scored]; Culp out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Montgomery to second];
Aparicio walked; Smith struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 2, Red Sox 3.

SENATORS 7TH: Cullen grounded out (first unassisted); MCCRAW
BATTED FOR JANESKI; McCraw struck out; Unser walked; Foy popped
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: SHELLENBACK REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
struck out; Petrocelli singled to center; Scott struck out;
Conigliaro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 3.

SENATORS 8TH: Mincher popped to shortstop; Howard singled to
second; MADDOX RAN FOR HOWARD; Biittner grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Griffin struck
out; Montgomery grounded out (pitcher to first); Culp lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 3.

SENATORS 9TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
was called out on strikes; ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN; Allen flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Red Sox 3.