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Tuesday June 1, 1971
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Amos Otis, who homered in each half of the preceding day's doubleheader, hit for the circuit again as the Royals completed the sweep of the three-game series by defeating the Red Sox, 4-2. The Royals counted twice in the fifth inning on a double by Cookie Rojas, a hit batsman, single by Joe Keough and sacrifice fly by Jerry May. Otis homered after a single by Freddie Patek in the eighth to provide the Royals' winning margin. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 4, Boston Red Sox 2

Game Played on Tuesday, June 1, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Royals       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  2  0  -   4  8  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   1   1   0     0   3   .242      Griffin 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Schaal 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Smith rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .311
Otis cf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .295      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Kirkpatrick lf        3   0   1   0     1   0   .256      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Rojas 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .320      Scott 1b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .291
Oliver 1b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Conigliaro cf         4   0   0   0     0   2   .297
Keough rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .219      Aparicio ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .157
May c                 3   0   0   1     0   3   .263      Josephson c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Hedlund p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .043      Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .143
                                                            Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .310
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     1   8             Totals               32   2   7   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  9,816
Left on Base: Royals 6, Red Sox 4
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Griffin
Doubles: Rojas (12), Kirkpatrick (7)
Home Runs: Otis (10), Scott (7)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hedlund (3)
Sacrifice Flies: May (3)
GIDP: Otis (5)
Hit by Pitch: Oliver (2,by Lonborg)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(5-3)          9     7   2   2   1   3   1  33   2.50
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   3   1  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(1-1)          7.2   7   4   4   1   5   1  32   5.11
Bolin                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.22
Lyle                    1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   1.74
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   8   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (4)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; Schaal singled to
center; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Schaal out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin singled to third; Smith singled to right
[Griffin to third]; Yastrzemski hit into a double play (first to
catcher) [Smith to second, Griffin out at home]; Petrocelli
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick made an out to second; Rojas grounded
out (pitcher to first); Oliver popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott made an out to second; Conigliaro struck out;
Aparicio singled to center; Josephson lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Keough grounded out (second to first); May struck
out; Hedlund reached on an error by Griffin; Patek forced
Hedlund (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Lonborg grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin
singled to left; Smith flied out to right; Griffin was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

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

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski lined to right; Petrocelli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Scott singled to left; Conigliaro flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas doubled to left; Oliver was hit by a pitch;
Keough singled to center [Oliver to third, Rojas scored]; May
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oliver scored]; Hedlund out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Keough to second]; Patek struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Aparicio flied out to right; Josephson flied out to
left; Lonborg struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick doubled to left;
Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Smith
walked; Yastrzemski lined to center; Petrocelli forced Smith
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Red Sox
0.

ROYALS 7TH: Oliver flied out to center; Keough grounded out
(shortstop to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Conigliaro
struck out; Aparicio flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Hedlund struck out; Patek singled to right; Schaal
flied out to center; Otis homered [Patek scored]; Kirkpatrick
walked; Rojas singled to left [Kirkpatrick to second]; BOLIN
REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Oliver singled to left [Rojas to
second, Kirkpatrick to third]; Keough lined to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Josephson grounded out (first to pitcher); LAHOUD
BATTED FOR BOLIN; Lahoud flied out to right; Griffin flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); May struck out;
Hedlund struck out; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Smith singled to center; Yastrzemski made an out to
second; Petrocelli flied out to right; Scott homered [Smith
scored]; Conigliaro made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 2.



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