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Friday June 11, 1971
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Luis Tiant had a disastrous debut in a Boston uniform, giving up four runs in the first inning, as the Red Sox lost to the Royals 6-3. The former Twins' pitcher walked three of the first four batters he faced to load the bases and Cookie Rojas cleared the sacks with a triple. Chuck Harrison followed with a sacrifice fly to score Rojas. Tiant had been at Louisville (International) before joining the Red Sox. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 6, Boston Red Sox 3

Game Played on Friday, June 11, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Royals       4  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6  6  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   1   .259
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .156      Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .271
Smith rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .311      Otis cf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .299
Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Kirkpatrick lf        3   2   2   1     1   0   .272
Petrocelli 3b         3   1   0   0     1   0   .249      Rojas 2b              4   1   1   3     0   1   .310
Scott 1b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .292      Harrison 1b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .375
Conigliaro cf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Keough rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Montgomery c          3   0   1   0     0   1   .250      May c                 2   1   1   0     1   0   .280
  Peters ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .314      Dal Canton p          3   0   1   0     0   1   .074
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brett p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Fiore ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .045

Totals               34   3   8   3     2   5             Totals               27   6   6   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 15,827
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Royals 3
DP: Red Sox 2, Royals 0
Doubles: May (8), Harrison (2)
Triples: Rojas (1)
Home Runs: Smith (11), Scott (8), Kirkpatrick (4)
Stolen Bases: Patek (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Brett (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrison (1)
GIDP: Patek (2), Rojas (5)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(0-1)            1     3   5   5   3   0   0   9  45.00
Brett                   5     3   1   1   2   5   1  18   3.82
Lee                     2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.18
Totals                  8     6   6   6   5   5   1  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(6-2)       7.1   7   3   3   2   4   2  31   3.03
Abernathy SV(12)        1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.01
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   5   2  37

Wild Pitches: Tiant (1)

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Haller


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
flied out to left; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek walked; Patek stole second; Schaal flied out
to right; Tiant threw a wild pitch [Patek to third]; Otis
walked; Kirkpatrick walked [Otis to second]; Rojas tripled to
left [Kirkpatrick scored, Otis scored, Patek scored]; Harrison
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rojas scored]; Keough grounded
out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Royals 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Scott singled to
center; Conigliaro made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 4.

ROYALS 2ND: May doubled to left; On a bunt Dal Canton singled to
pitcher [May to third]; BRETT REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Patek
grounded into a double play (second to first) [May scored (no
RBI), Dal Canton out at second]; Schaal walked; Otis lined to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 5.

RED SOX 3RD: Montgomery grounded out (third to first); Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick singled to second; Rojas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kirkpatrick out at
second]; Harrison struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Royals 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
homered; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Petrocelli walked; Scott
homered [Petrocelli scored]; Conigliaro flied out to right; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Keough grounded out (third to first); May flied out
to right; Dal Canton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Royals 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery singled to left; Brett out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Montgomery to second];
Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek struck out; Schaal flied out to left; Otis
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith singled to right; Yastrzemski lined to left;
Petrocelli flied out to left; Scott walked [Smith to second];
Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals
5.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick homered; Rojas was called out on
strikes; Harrison doubled to left; Keough struck out; May was
walked intentionally; Dal Canton forced May (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Montgomery struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR BRETT;
Lahoud was called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: LEE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Patek grounded out
(third to first); Schaal grounded out (third to first); Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Royals 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Aparicio singled to left; Smith struck out;
Yastrzemski singled to center [Aparicio to second]; ABERNATHY
REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Petrocelli forced Yastrzemski
(shortstop to second) [Aparicio to third]; Scott popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Rojas
grounded out (third to first); Harrison popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 6.

RED SOX 9TH: Conigliaro grounded out (pitcher to first); PETERS
BATTED FOR MONTGOMERY; Peters was called out on strikes; FIORE
BATTED FOR LEE; Fiore singled to right; Griffin flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 6.



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