In a meeting of the league's premier pitchers, Sonny Siebert came out ahead of Vida Blue when the Red Sox defeated the Athletics, 4-3. The victory was the ninth straight for Siebert, while Blue was halted on his 10-game winning streak, principally because of the lefthander's inability to stop Rico Petrocelli, who drove in the first three Red Sox runs with a pair of homers.

Blue was removed in the eighth inning after giving up a single to Reggie Smith and walk to Petrocelli. After Bob Locker relieved, George Scott singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run. Reggie Jackson, Dave Duncan and Sal Bando homered to account for the A's scoring. Siebert's arm tightened and the righthander left the mound with two out in the ninth. Bobby Bolin struck out Duncan to end the game. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Friday, May 28, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway Park

A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   3  6  0
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   4  9  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .244      Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .162
Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Smith rf              3   2   2   0     1   0   .314
Jackson rf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .269      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .304
Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Petrocelli 3b         3   2   2   3     1   1   .253
Bando 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .281      Scott 1b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .291
Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Conigliaro cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .278
Duncan c              4   1   1   1     0   2   .224      Josephson c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Griffin 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Blue p                3   0   0   0     0   3   .147      Siebert p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               33   3   6   3     1   7             Totals               31   4   9   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 35,714
Left on Base: A's 4, Red Sox 5
DP: A's 2, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Epstein (3)
Home Runs: Jackson (9), Duncan (6), Bando (7), Petrocelli 2 (8)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (8)
GIDP: Conigliaro (4), Josephson (10)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(10-2)            7.2   8   4   4   2   7   2  31   1.31
Locker                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.38
Totals                  8     9   4   4   2   7   2  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(9-0)          8.2   6   3   3   1   6   3  33   1.77
Bolin SV(3)             0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.54
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   7   3  34

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi flied out to center; Jackson homered; Epstein doubled to
right; Bando grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio struck out; Smith singled to left;
Yastrzemski flied out to left; Petrocelli homered [Smith
scored]; Scott singled to right; Conigliaro struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday flied out to left; Duncan struck out;
Green grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

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

ATHLETICS 3RD: Blue struck out; On a bunt Campaneris singled;
Rudi singled to center [Campaneris to second]; Jackson forced
Rudi (second to shortstop) [Campaneris to third]; Epstein
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio struck out; Smith walked; Yastrzemski
struck out; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando lined to center; Monday flied out to left;
Duncan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott singled to left; Conigliaro grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Scott out at second];
Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Blue was
called out on strikes; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin made an out to shortstop; Siebert struck
out; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi lined to second; Jackson walked; Jackson
stole second; Epstein flied out to left; Bando flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski flied out to center; Petrocelli homered; Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Monday flied out to center; Duncan homered; Green
struck out; Blue was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Conigliaro singled to center; Josephson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Conigliaro out at
second]; Griffin singled to left; Siebert lined to right; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Aparicio made an out to first; Smith singled to
left; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted) [Smith to
second]; Petrocelli was walked intentionally; LOCKER REPLACED
BLUE (PITCHING); Scott singled to left [Smith scored, Petrocelli
to third, Scott to second (on throw)]; Conigliaro grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Epstein grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
homered; Monday popped to first in foul territory; BOLIN
REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Duncan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 4.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".