The three-hit pitching of Ray Culp, who struck out 11, made it easy for the Red Sox to defeat the Athletics, 5-1. Culp was deprived of a shutout when Dave Duncan homered in the eighth inning. The Red Sox had a two-run smash by Duane Josephson. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      8, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Red Sox      0  0  1    2  1  0    1  0  0  -   5  7  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     1   0   .157      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Smith rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .308      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .266
Yastrzemski lf        2   1   1   1     1   0   .301      Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   3   .261
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   1     1   0   .253      Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .285
Scott 1b              3   0   1   1     0   2   .284      Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Conigliaro cf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Duncan c              3   1   1   1     0   1   .234
Josephson c           4   1   1   2     0   0   .231      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Culp p                3   1   0   0     1   0   .179      Odom p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .077
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Blefary ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   7   5     4   4             Totals               30   1   3   1     1  11

Time of Game: 1:53   Attendance: 11,115
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, A's 3
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 0
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: Yastrzemski (12)
Triples: Smith (1)
Home Runs: Josephson (6), Duncan (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (2), Yastrzemski (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp W(7-4)             9     3   1   1   1  11   1  31   4.00
Totals                  9     3   1   1   1  11   1  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(1-2)             4.1   6   4   4   4   3   1  23   6.19
Segui                   1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.96
Knowles                 2     1   1   1   0   1   0   7   6.94
Patterson               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.61
Totals                  9     7   5   5   4   4   1  38

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Dave Phillips


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
walked; Smith made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris lined to left; Rudi lined to left;
Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics
0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli flied out to left; Scott singled to
center; Conigliaro forced Scott (pitcher to second); Josephson
lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Bando made an out to second;
Monday grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Culp walked; Griffin was called out on strikes;
Aparicio singled to right [Culp to third, Aparicio to second
(error by Jackson)]; Smith struck out; Yastrzemski was walked
intentionally; Petrocelli walked [Culp scored, Aparicio to
third, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan struck out; Green grounded out (third to
first); Odom flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Conigliaro singled to left; Josephson homered
[Conigliaro scored]; Culp made an out to shortstop; Griffin
flied out to center; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Rudi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith flied out to left; Yastrzemski doubled to
center; Petrocelli singled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; SEGUI
REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Scott hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Yastrzemski scored]; Conigliaro flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Epstein singled to center; Bando walked [Epstein
to second]; Monday forced Bando (shortstop to second) [Epstein
to third]; Duncan flied out to center; Green popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); Culp
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: WEBSTER BATTED FOR SEGUI; Webster struck out;
Campaneris struck out; Rudi singled to left; Jackson struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 7TH: KNOWLES REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Smith tripled; Yastrzemski hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Smith scored]; Petrocelli flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein struck out; Bando flied out to center;
Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Athletics 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Scott struck out; Conigliaro flied out to left;
Josephson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan homered; Green popped to catcher in foul
territory; BLEFARY BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Blefary lined to first;
Campaneris flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Athletics 1.

RED SOX 9TH: PATTERSON REPLACED BLEFARY (PITCHING); Culp lined
to first; Griffin flied out to right; Aparicio grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: On a bunt Rudi made an out to catcher; Jackson
made an out to shortstop; Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Athletics 1.