The Red Sox gained their seventh straight victory when Rico Petrocelli homered with two men on base in the ninth inning to beat the Tigers, 8-7. Luis Aparicio was hit by a pitch, Reggie Smith singled and Carl Yastrzemski struck out before Petrocelli came through with his game-winning poke. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 7
Game Played on Thursday, July      1, 1971 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  1  0    0  2  3  -   8 12  2
Tigers       3  0  1    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   7 13  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kennedy 2b,ss         5   0   2   0     0   0   .333      McAuliffe 2b          5   0   1   1     0   1   .199
Aparicio ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .186      Kaline rf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .330
  Hunter pr,2b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Northrup cf,lf        5   1   2   1     0   0   .286
Smith rf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .287      Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     1   1   .279        Stanley cf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Petrocelli 3b         5   2   2   3     0   0   .239      Cash 1b               5   2   2   1     0   2   .294
Scott 1b              3   2   1   2     2   1   .262      Rodriguez 3b          5   1   3   0     0   1   .246
Conigliaro cf         3   1   2   0     2   0   .282      Freehan c             3   0   2   3     1   0   .273
Montgomery c          4   0   0   1     0   1   .286      Brinkman ss           4   1   0   0     0   0   .208
Siebert p             2   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Gilbreth p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .333
  Fiore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .103        Chance p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Scherman p          1   1   1   0     0   0   .300
  Gagliano ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .583
  Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               36   8  12   8     5   3             Totals               40   7  13   7     2   9

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance: 16,961
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Tigers 9
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 3
Errors: Aparicio, Siebert, Chance
Doubles: Petrocelli (15), Conigliaro (22), Kaline (12), Northrup (17), Rodriguez (11), Cash (9)
Home Runs: Scott (12), Petrocelli (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Aparicio (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Freehan (1)
GIDP: Montgomery 2 (2), Yastrzemski (6), Kaline (8)
Hit by Pitch: Aparicio (1,by Scherman)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 5     9   5   5   1   3   0  26   2.84
Brett                   2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   3.32
Tatum                   0.2   3   2   2   1   1   0   6   4.03
Lee W(5-2)              1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.18
Totals                  9    13   7   7   2   9   0  43

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gilbreth                5.1   7   3   3   4   1   1  25   2.51
Chance                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.41
Scherman L(6-3)         3     4   5   5   1   1   1  14   2.73
Totals                  9    12   8   8   5   3   2  43

Hit by Pitch: Scherman (4)
Wild Pitches: Gilbreth (1)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
flied out to right; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Kaline doubled
to left; Northrup doubled to right [Kaline scored]; Horton
struck out; Cash singled to right [Northrup scored]; Rodriguez
singled to right [Cash to second]; Freehan singled to left [Cash
scored, Rodriguez to second]; Brinkman forced Rodriguez (third
to shortstop); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski lined to center; Petrocelli doubled to
left; Scott homered [Petrocelli scored]; Conigliaro walked;
Montgomery grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Conigliaro out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Gilbreth struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (first
unassisted); Kaline walked; Northrup grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Siebert singled to right; Kennedy singled to left
[Siebert to second]; Aparicio out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Siebert to third, Kennedy to second]; Smith grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli forced
Kennedy (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Horton flied out to center; Cash grounded out (first
to pitcher); Rodriguez doubled to left; Freehan singled to
center [Rodriguez scored]; Brinkman reached on an error by
Aparicio [Freehan to second, Brinkman to first]; Gilbreth struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott was called out on strikes; Conigliaro singled
to center; Montgomery grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Conigliaro out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe reached on an error by Siebert (assist by
Scott) [McAuliffe to first]; Kaline grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; Northrup
singled to center; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Siebert singled to center; Gilbreth threw a wild
pitch [Siebert to second]; Kennedy grounded out (second to
first) [Siebert to third]; Aparicio singled to left [Siebert
scored]; Smith popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Cash doubled; Rodriguez grounded out (second to
first) [Cash to third]; Freehan hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Cash scored]; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli flied out to left; Scott walked; CHANCE
REPLACED GILBRETH (PITCHING); Conigliaro walked (walk was
charged to Gilbreth) [Scott to second]; Montgomery was called
out on strikes; FIORE BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Fiore grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: BRETT REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Chance was called
out on strikes; McAuliffe struck out; Kaline lined to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Kennedy singled to left;
Aparicio reached on an error by Chance [Kennedy to second,
Aparicio to first]; SCHERMAN REPLACED CHANCE (PITCHING); Smith
forced Aparicio (shortstop to second) [Kennedy to third];
Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup made an out to second; Stanley made an out
to second; Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Scott
walked; Conigliaro doubled to left [Scott to third]; Montgomery
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Scott scored]; GAGLIANO
BATTED FOR BRETT; Gagliano singled to left [Conigliaro scored,
Gagliano to second (on throw)]; Kennedy made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: TATUM REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Freehan walked; Brinkman forced Freehan (shortstop to
second); Scherman singled to left [Brinkman to second];
McAuliffe singled to right [Brinkman scored, Scherman to
second]; Kaline singled to left [Scherman scored, McAuliffe to
second]; LEE REPLACED TATUM (PITCHING); Northrup grounded out
(first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 7.

RED SOX 9TH: Aparicio was hit by a pitch; HUNTER RAN FOR
APARICIO; Smith singled to left [Hunter to second]; Debut
game for Buddy Hunter; Yastrzemski was called out on
strikes; Petrocelli homered [Hunter scored, Smith scored]; Scott
popped to first in foul territory; Conigliaro made an out to
second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 9TH: HUNTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); KENNEDY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Stanley struck out; Cash struck out;
Rodriguez singled to left; Freehan forced Rodriguez (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 7.