The Royals shocked the Red Sox, 7-3 and 9-4, to become the first visiting club to sweep a doubleheader in Boston since the Kansas City Athletics turned the trick August 24, 1966. Amos Otis hit a three-run homer and Paul Schaal socked a two-run double to pace the Royals to victory in the opener.

Otis added a solo swat and two singles for three more RBIs and Cookie Rojas hit for the circuit with two men on base as the Royals displayed more of their power in the nightcap. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, May 31, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Royals       1  3  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   7 10  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   3  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   1   0   0     1   0   .243      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .261
Schaal 3b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .293      Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .306
Otis cf               4   1   1   3     1   1   .285      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Kirkpatrick lf        4   0   2   1     0   1   .250      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   2   .255
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .319      Scott 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .287
Oliver 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Conigliaro cf         3   1   3   0     1   0   .299
Keough rf             3   1   0   0     2   1   .222      Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .154
May c                 3   1   2   1     2   1   .270      Josephson c           3   0   0   1     1   0   .216
Dal Canton p          3   1   1   0     0   1   .048      Culp p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Abernathy p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lee p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lahoud ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .321
                                                            Koonce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               35   7  10   7     7   6             Totals               31   3   7   3     4   6

Time of Game: 2:38
Left on Base: Royals 11, Red Sox 6
DP: Royals 2, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Schaal (7), Oliver (4), Rojas (11), Kirkpatrick (6), May (6), Conigliaro (15), Lahoud (3)
Home Runs: Otis (8), Scott (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Dal Canton (4), Lee (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Kirkpatrick (2)
GIDP: Scott (7), Josephson (11)
Hit by Pitch: Oliver (1,by Culp)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(5-2)       7.1   7   3   3   3   3   1  30   2.52
Abernathy SV(10)        1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   1.78
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   6   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp L(5-4)             1.2   3   4   4   2   3   0  11   4.54
Lee                     3.2   5   3   3   4   3   1  20   3.27
Moret                   2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0  10   3.60
Koonce                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   7.15
Totals                  9    10   7   7   7   6   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Culp (1)
Wild Pitches: Culp (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Schaal singled to center [Patek to
third]; Otis struck out; Kirkpatrick hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Patek scored]; Rojas struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Smith was
called out on strikes; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Oliver was hit by a pitch; Keough walked [Oliver to
second]; May singled to left [Keough to second, Oliver scored];
Culp threw a wild pitch [May to second, Keough to third]; Dal
Canton was called out on strikes; Patek flied out to left;
Schaal doubled to left [May scored, Keough scored]; LEE REPLACED
CULP (PITCHING); Otis was walked intentionally; Kirkpatrick
popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli walked; Scott grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Petrocelli out at second];
Conigliaro singled to center; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
doubled to right; Keough struck out; May was walked
intentionally; Dal Canton made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Josephson walked; Lee out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Josephson to second]; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek lined to right; Schaal grounded out (second to
first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Rojas doubled to right;
Oliver flied out to right; Keough walked; May was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Conigliaro doubled to center; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Conigliaro to third]; Josephson grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Conigliaro scored]; Lee singled to
right; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Dal Canton singled to left; Patek flied out to
center; Schaal walked [Dal Canton to second]; Otis homered [Dal
Canton scored, Schaal scored]; Kirkpatrick singled to left;
MORET REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Rojas lined to left; Oliver
forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 7, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first unassisted); Petrocelli was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Keough grounded out (second to first); May walked;
Dal Canton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [May to
second]; Patek grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Scott homered; Conigliaro singled to center;
Aparicio lined to left; Josephson grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Conigliaro out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Schaal flied out to center; Otis grounded out (third
to first); Kirkpatrick doubled to left; Rojas flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: LAHOUD BATTED FOR MORET; Lahoud doubled to right;
Griffin singled to center [Lahoud scored]; Smith struck out;
Yastrzemski walked [Griffin to second]; ABERNATHY REPLACED DAL
CANTON (PITCHING); Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Scott
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 3.

ROYALS 9TH: KOONCE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Oliver grounded
out (shortstop to first); Keough grounded out (first
unassisted); May doubled to left; Abernathy grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Conigliaro walked; Aparicio flied out to left;
Josephson grounded out (catcher to first) [Conigliaro to
second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR KOONCE; Gagliano was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Red Sox 3.
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