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Monday May 31, 1971
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Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 4 (Game 2)

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

Royals       0  0  4    0  1  0    0  1  3  -   9 12  3
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  2  -   4 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   2   1   0     1   0   .243      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .261
Schaal 3b             4   2   1   0     1   0   .291      Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .305
Otis cf               4   4   3   3     1   0   .296      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Oliver 1b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .247      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Rojas 2b              5   1   1   3     0   0   .316      Scott 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .287
Paepke rf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .271      Conigliaro cf         4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
  Keough ph,rf        2   0   0   1     0   0   .218      Kennedy ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .346
Savage lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  Kirkpatrick ph,lf   2   0   1   1     0   0   .254      Peters p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .296
May c                 3   0   1   0     1   0   .273        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Drago p               3   0   1   0     0   2   .111        Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
  Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .429

Totals               38   9  12   9     5   4             Totals               36   4  10   2     0   6

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 31,110
Left on Base: Royals 7, Red Sox 5
DP: Royals 2, Red Sox 2
Errors: Schaal 3, Kennedy
Doubles: Schaal (8), Peters (2), Conigliaro (16)
Home Runs: Rojas (2), Otis (9)
Stolen Bases: Otis (14)
GIDP: Savage (2), Conigliaro (5), Smith (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(5-1)            7     7   2   2   0   4   0  26   2.42
Burgmeier SV(3)         2     3   2   0   0   2   0  10   1.37
Totals                  9    10   4   2   0   6   0  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters L(5-4)           7     9   6   6   2   3   2  31   5.50
Bolin                   1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.27
Brett                   1     2   3   3   2   0   0   7   4.23
Totals                  9    12   9   9   5   4   2  43

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; Schaal
reached on an error by Kennedy; Otis grounded out (third to
first) [Schaal to second]; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Smith was
called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to left [Yastrzemski
out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas flied out to left; Paepke singled to right;
Savage flied out to right; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
reached on an error by Schaal; Conigliaro grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Drago was called out on strikes; Patek singled to
center; Schaal doubled to center [Patek to third]; Otis singled
to left [Schaal to third, Patek scored]; Otis stole second;
Oliver made an out to second; Rojas homered [Schaal scored, Otis
scored]; Paepke grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first);
Montgomery grounded out (pitcher to first); Peters lined to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Savage lined to right; May singled to left; Drago
singled to right [May to third]; Patek flied into a double play
(left to catcher) [May out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin lined to center; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal flied out to right; Otis homered; Oliver
lined to center; Rojas grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli singled to center; Scott struck out;
Conigliaro singled to left [Petrocelli to second]; Kennedy
singled to left [Petrocelli scored, Conigliaro to third, Kennedy
out at second (left to second)]; Montgomery grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Paepke walked; Savage grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Paepke out at second]; May flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Peters doubled; Griffin singled to center [Peters
scored]; Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Griffin out at second]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Drago was called out on strikes; Patek lined to
center; Schaal flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli reached on an error by Schaal; Scott was
called out on strikes; Conigliaro lined to right; Kennedy
singled to center [Petrocelli to second]; Montgomery was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis walked; Oliver singled to left [Otis to
second]; BOLIN REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); Rojas made an out to
third; KEOUGH BATTED FOR PAEPKE; Keough popped to third in foul
territory; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR SAVAGE; Kirkpatrick singled to
right [Oliver to third, Otis scored]; May walked [Kirkpatrick to
second]; KNOOP BATTED FOR DRAGO; Knoop struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 6, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: KEOUGH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KIRKPATRICK
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BURGMEIER REPLACED KNOOP
(PITCHING); THOMAS BATTED FOR BOLIN; Thomas was called out on
strikes; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Smith singled
to second; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
6, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 9TH: BRETT REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Patek walked;
Schaal walked [Patek to second]; Otis singled to center [Schaal
to second, Patek scored]; Oliver singled to center [Otis to
third, Schaal scored]; Rojas made an out to first; Keough
grounded out (second to first) [Oliver to second, Otis scored];
Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 9, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Petrocelli popped to third in foul territory; Scott
singled to left; Conigliaro doubled to right [Scott to third];
Kennedy flied out to right; Montgomery reached on an error by
Schaal [Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), Conigliaro scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Montgomery to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR
BRETT; Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 9, Red Sox 4.



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