With a helping hand from Darold Knowles in the 10th inning, Vida Blue gained his 21st victory when the Athletics defeated the Red Sox, 5-3. Blue was tagged for two homers. Doug Griffin connected with a man on base in the eighth and Rico Petrocelli tied the score with a solo swat in the ninth. Oakland Athletics 5, Boston Red Sox 3Game Played on Wednesday, August 11, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway ParkA's 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .250 Griffin 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .248 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Aparicio ss 5 0 3 0 0 0 .219 Jackson rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .267 Smith cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .302 Davis 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .324 Yastrzemski lf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .259 Hegan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Petrocelli 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .252 Bando 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Tenace c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .306 Conigliaro rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Hendrick cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Montgomery c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .286 Mangual cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Siebert p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Green 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Gagliano ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375 Blue p 4 1 2 0 0 1 .123 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Josephson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bolin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Totals 39 5 11 4 2 9 Totals 37 3 9 3 3 10 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 30,481 Left on Base: A's 6, Red Sox 7 DP: A's 1, Red Sox 2 Doubles: Jackson (23), Smith (26), Conigliaro (24) Home Runs: Davis (3), Griffin (3), Petrocelli (21) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (24) Caught Stealing: Aparicio (3) GIDP: Green (10), Hendrick (4), Smith (10) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(21-4) 9 9 3 3 3 9 2 38 1.62 Knowles SV(6) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.56 Totals 10 9 3 3 3 10 2 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Siebert 8 9 3 3 1 7 1 32 3.13 Tiant 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.19 Moret L(0-1) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 5 4.70 Bolin 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.11 Totals 10 11 5 5 2 9 1 41 Wild Pitches: Moret (1), Bolin (3) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom ATHLETICS 1ST: 2 hour rain delay before start of game; Campaneris singled to shortstop; Rudi flied out to right; Campaneris stole second; Jackson struck out; Davis homered [Campaneris scored]; Bando flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Aparicio singled to left; Smith doubled to center [Aparicio to third]; Yastrzemski struck out; Petrocelli walked; Scott struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace singled to left; Hendrick flied out to right; Green grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Conigliaro made an out to second; Montgomery struck out; Siebert singled to right; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: On a bunt Blue singled; Campaneris struck out; Rudi struck out; Jackson singled to right [Blue to third]; Davis singled to left [Blue scored, Jackson to second]; Bando flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio made an out to first; Smith struck out; Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Tenace singled to left; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Tenace out at second]; Green struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: MANGUAL REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING CF); Petrocelli struck out; Scott made an out to third; Conigliaro flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Blue singled to pitcher; Campaneris lined to center; Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first) [Blue to second]; Jackson was walked intentionally; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery struck out; Siebert grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando singled to left; Tenace was called out on strikes; Mangual struck out; Green forced Bando (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Aparicio flied out to right; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Blue was called out on strikes; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli popped to third in foul territory; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 8TH: HEGAN REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 1B); Montgomery flied out to center; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Gagliano walked; Griffin homered [Gagliano scored]; Aparicio singled to left; Aparicio was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Smith struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: TIANT REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Tenace made an out to second; Mangual flied out to center; Green struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski popped to third in foul territory; Petrocelli homered; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Conigliaro doubled to left; Montgomery was walked intentionally; JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR TIANT; Josephson made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Red Sox 3. ATHLETICS 10TH: MORET REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); Blue grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris singled to left; Moret threw a wild pitch [Campaneris to second]; Rudi walked; Jackson doubled to left [Campaneris scored, Rudi to third]; Hegan reached on a fielder's choice [Rudi out at home (third to catcher), Jackson to third]; BOLIN REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Bolin threw a wild pitch [Jackson scored, Hegan to second]; Bando struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 10TH: Griffin singled to center; Aparicio singled to right [Griffin to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Griffin to third, Aparicio out at second]; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 3. |
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