A sacrifice fly by Jim Holt in the ninth inning scored Rich Reese and gave the Twins a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox. Reese led off with a triple, forcing the Red Sox to issue intentional passes to Leo Cardenas and Jim Nettles to load the bases. Sonny Siebert then retired George Mitterwald on a short fly, but Holt batted for Jim Kaat and smashed a long fly to center field. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Monday, July      26, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  5  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kennedy 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .309      Tovar lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Aparicio ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .220      Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Smith rf              4   0   3   1     0   1   .288      Oliva rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .359
Yastrzemski lf        3   0   1   0     1   1   .263      Killebrew 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .258
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Reese 1b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .201
Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .271      Cardenas ss           2   0   0   0     2   0   .285
Conigliaro cf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Nettles cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Montgomery c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Mitterwald c          4   1   2   1     0   1   .250
Siebert p             4   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
                                                            Holt ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .257

Totals               35   1   7   1     2   4             Totals               30   2   5   2     5   3

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 12,681
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Twins 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Aparicio, Scott, Killebrew
Doubles: Smith (22)
Triples: Reese (3)
Home Runs: Mitterwald (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Holt (1)
Hit by Pitch: Aparicio (2,by Kaat)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(14-5)         8.2   5   2   2   5   3   1  36   2.81
Totals                  8.2   5   2   2   5   3   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(8-8)             9     7   1   1   2   4   0  38   3.32
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Kaat (6)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Kennedy lined to first; Aparicio was hit by a
pitch; Smith singled to right [Aparicio to second]; Yastrzemski
struck out; Petrocelli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew lined
to left; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Scott flied out to center; Conigliaro grounded out
(third to first); Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew struck out; Reese singled to right; Reese
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Scott [Reese to
second]; Cardenas lined to shortstop; Nettles reached on an
error by Aparicio [Reese to third, Nettles to first]; Mitterwald
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Siebert struck out; Kennedy grounded out (second to
first); Aparicio singled to center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Kaat flied out to center; Tovar singled to left;
Carew flied out to left; Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski singled to center; Petrocelli grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski to second]; Scott walked;
Conigliaro lined to center; Montgomery forced Scott (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew flied out to right; Reese flied out to
center; Cardenas walked; Nettles popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Siebert grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Kennedy singled; Aparicio struck out; Smith doubled to left
[Kennedy scored]; Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli forced
Yastrzemski (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald singled to left; Kaat lined into a double
play (right to first) [Mitterwald out at first]; Tovar flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Conigliaro
flied out to right; Montgomery lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Carew lined to center; Oliva grounded out (first
unassisted); Killebrew walked; Reese walked [Killebrew to
second]; Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Twins 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Siebert grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio singled to center;
Smith singled to right [Aparicio to third]; Yastrzemski grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Nettles lined to right; Mitterwald homered; Kaat
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli flied out to center; Scott flied out to
right; Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Oliva struck
out; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Montgomery grounded out (shortstop to first);
Siebert reached on an error by Killebrew [Siebert to first];
Kennedy flied out to right; Aparicio made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Reese tripled to right; Cardenas was walked
intentionally; Nettles was walked intentionally [Cardenas to
second]; Mitterwald flied out to left; HOLT BATTED FOR KAAT;
Holt hit a sacrifice fly to center [Reese scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 2.