The Athletics smashed four homers among their 16 hits and outslugged the Red Sox, 12-8. Dick Green belted two homers and Joe Rudi and Angel Mangual rapped one apiece in the A's attack. The Red Sox had round-trippers by Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski among their 11 hits. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 12, Boston Red Sox 8
Game Played on Saturday, May       29, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park
A's          0  3  0    1  1  4    0  2  1  -  12 16  1
Red Sox      3  0  0    0  4  1    0  0  0  -   8 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   1   2     0   1   .243      Griffin 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .262
Rudi lf               4   1   2   3     0   2   .247      Smith rf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .313
Jackson rf            3   0   2   1     1   1   .275      Yastrzemski lf        3   3   1   1     2   0   .305
  Blefary rf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   2   4     0   1   .260
Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .264      Scott 1b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .288
Bando 3b              5   1   3   1     0   1   .290      Conigliaro cf         3   1   2   1     0   1   .286
Monday cf             2   0   0   1     0   1   .207      Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Mangual ph,cf       3   1   1   1     0   0   .241      Josephson c           3   0   1   2     1   1   .221
Duncan c              4   3   2   0     1   0   .231      Lonborg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Green 2b              3   4   3   3     1   0   .243        Brett p             3   0   2   0     0   1   .250
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Nagy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
x  Webster ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patterson p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Locker p            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000        Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .296
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35  12  16  12     4   8             Totals               35   8  11   8     4   5

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance: 22,572
Left on Base: A's 4, Red Sox 6
DP: A's 3, Red Sox 4
Errors: Campaneris, Josephson
Doubles: Duncan (5), Rudi (10), Jackson (9), Smith (11), Petrocelli (10), Conigliaro (14)
Triples: Bando (1)
Home Runs: Green 2 (7), Rudi (6), Mangual (2), Petrocelli (9), Yastrzemski (8)
Caught Stealing: Epstein (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Fingers (4), Epstein (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rudi (2), Conigliaro (2)
GIDP: Mangual (4), Griffin (2), Aparicio (4), Lahoud (1)
Hit by Pitch: Petrocelli (1,by Patterson)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   3.55
Patterson               3.1   3   2   2   2   2   1  15   4.97
Locker                  1.2   4   3   3   0   2   1   9   4.21
Fingers W(2-4)          3     1   0   0   1   0   0  10   3.55
Totals                  9    11   8   8   4   5   2  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 1.2   5   3   1   0   1   0  11   5.29
Brett                   3.1   4   3   3   1   4   3  13   3.38
Nagy L(1-3)             0     1   3   3   2   0   1   3   6.63
Moret                   2.1   3   2   2   1   3   0   9   7.71
Bolin                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.43
Lyle                    1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   1.83
Totals                  9    16  12  10   4   8   4  43

Hit by Pitch: Patterson (2)

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi
was called out on strikes; Jackson singled to left; Epstein
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin singled to left; Smith doubled [Griffin to
third]; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Petrocelli doubled
to left [Yastrzemski to third, Smith scored, Griffin scored];
Scott was called out on strikes; Conigliaro hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Petrocelli to third, Yastrzemski scored]; Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando tripled to center; Monday grounded out
(first unassisted) [Bando scored]; Duncan doubled to left; Green
singled to left [Duncan to third]; WEBSTER BATTED FOR DOBSON;
Webster reached on catcher's interference by Josephson [Green to
second]; Campaneris forced Webster (shortstop to second) [Green
to third, Duncan scored (unearned)]; Rudi doubled to right
[Campaneris to third, Green scored (unearned)]; BRETT REPLACED
LONBORG (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: PATTERSON REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Josephson
struck out; Brett singled to left; Griffin forced Brett (third
to second); Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Epstein singled to right; Bando struck out while
Epstein was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Monday
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli was hit by a pitch
[Yastrzemski to second]; Scott lined to center; Conigliaro
struck out; Aparicio forced Yastrzemski (third unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Green
homered; Patterson lined to right; Campaneris grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Josephson flied out to left; Brett singled to left;
Griffin grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Brett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Red
Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi homered; Jackson walked; Epstein struck out;
Bando flied into a double play (left to first) [Jackson out at
first]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith walked; Yastrzemski forced Smith (second
unassisted); Petrocelli homered [Yastrzemski scored]; LOCKER
REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Scott singled to left; Conigliaro
doubled [Scott to third]; Aparicio made an out to shortstop;
Josephson singled to center [Conigliaro scored, Scott scored];
Brett struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: MANGUAL BATTED FOR MONDAY; Mangual homered; NAGY
REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Duncan walked; Green homered [Duncan
scored]; Locker walked; MORET REPLACED NAGY (PITCHING);
Campaneris struck out; Rudi was called out on strikes; Jackson
doubled to left [Locker scored, Jackson out at third (shortstop
to third)]; Reggie Jackson ejected by 2B umpire Dave
Phillips; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BLEFARY
REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Griffin grounded out (third to
first); Smith flied out to left; Yastrzemski homered; Petrocelli
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein was called out on strikes; Bando singled
to right; Mangual grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 9, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); Scott grounded
out (shortstop to first); Conigliaro singled to center; Aparicio
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Conigliaro out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 9,
Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan singled to left; Green walked [Duncan to
second]; Fingers out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Green to second, Duncan to third]; BOLIN REPLACED MORET
(PITCHING); Campaneris singled to left [Green to third, Duncan
scored]; Rudi sacrifice flied into a double play to center
[Green scored, Campaneris out at third (center to pitcher to
third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 11, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Josephson walked; LAHOUD BATTED FOR BOLIN; Lahoud
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Josephson out at second]; Griffin reached on an error by
Campaneris; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 11, Red Sox 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Blefary singled
to right; Epstein out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Blefary to second]; Bando singled to left [Blefary scored];
Mangual lined to right; Duncan flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 12, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski lined to center; Petrocelli made an out
to first; Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 12, Red Sox 8.