| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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