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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