Sonny Siebert, who had won nine straight games for the Red Sox this season and 11 in a row dating back to 1970, was stopped on his streak by the Yankees, 6-1. Bobby Murcer hit two homers, one off Siebert and another off reliever Bill Lee. Horace Clarke collected three hits, scored one run and drove in two. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      2, 1971 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  2
Yankees      1  0  1    1  1  1    1  0  x  -   6  8  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Clarke 2b             5   1   3   2     0   0   .258
Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .309      Gibbs c               4   0   0   0     1   1   .173
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   0   0     0   0   .283      White lf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .281
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   3   1     0   0   .260      Murcer cf             3   2   2   2     1   0   .358
Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Ellis 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .321
Conigliaro cf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Lyttle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .155      Kenney 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .220
Josephson c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .214      Baker ss              2   1   0   0     2   1   .222
Siebert p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Bahnsen p             3   1   0   0     0   2   .091
  Peters ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .321
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     0   2             Totals               32   6   8   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  9,306
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Yankees 8
DP: Red Sox 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Conigliaro, Josephson, Ellis
Doubles: Petrocelli 2 (12), Kenney (3), Ellis (5)
Triples: Clarke (4)
Home Runs: Murcer 2 (10)
Stolen Bases: White (4), Clarke 2 (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Bahnsen (1)
GIDP: Smith (4), Lahoud (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(9-1)          5     5   4   3   4   3   1  25   1.97
Lee                     2     3   2   2   1   2   1  10   3.60
Moret                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.00
Totals                  8     8   6   5   5   7   2  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen W(3-6)          9     6   1   0   0   2   0  32   3.88
Totals                  9     6   1   0   0   2   0  32

Wild Pitches: Siebert (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - John Rice


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith
singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first)
[Smith to second]; Petrocelli lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Gibbs made
an out to shortstop; White walked; White stole second [White to
third (error by Josephson)]; Murcer reached on an error by
Conigliaro [White scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Ellis flied out
to center; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott flied out to right; Conigliaro struck out;
Aparicio lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Lyttle made an out to third; Kenney doubled to
center; Baker flied out to left; Bahnsen was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Josephson grounded out (third to first); Siebert
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke singled to center; Clarke stole second;
Gibbs flied out to right; White was called out on strikes;
Murcer was walked intentionally; Ellis doubled to left [Murcer
to third, Clarke scored]; Lyttle grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Yastrzemski
flied out to center; Petrocelli doubled to left; Scott flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Kenney grounded out (second to first); Baker
walked; Bahnsen out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Baker to second]; Siebert threw a wild pitch [Baker to third];
Clarke singled to left [Baker scored]; Clarke stole second;
Gibbs walked; White grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Josephson flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer homered; Ellis flied out to left; Lyttle
struck out; Kenney grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 6TH: PETERS BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Peters singled to right;
Griffin flied out to center; Smith grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Peters out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: LEE REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); Baker walked; On a
bunt Bahnsen forced Baker (pitcher to shortstop); Clarke tripled
to right [Bahnsen scored]; Gibbs lined to second; White flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 5.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first);
Petrocelli singled to third; Scott struck out; Conigliaro flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer homered; Ellis singled to center; Lyttle
made an out to second; Kenney was called out on strikes; Baker
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Josephson singled to center; LAHOUD BATTED FOR LEE;
Lahoud grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Josephson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: MORET REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Bahnsen struck
out; Clarke grounded out (second to first); Gibbs was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith
flied out to center; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Ellis
[Yastrzemski to second]; Petrocelli doubled to center
[Yastrzemski scored (unearned)]; Scott flied out to left; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 6.