With Paul Schaal driving in all their runs, the Royals gained a 5-1 victory to extend the losing streak of the Red Sox to seven games. It also was the ninth straight time that the Royals had defeated the Red Sox this season. Schaal tripled behind a walk to Ed Kirkpatrick in the fourth inning, homered with two men on base in the sixth and accounted for his fifth RBI of the game with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Sunday, August 15, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Royals       0  0  0    1  0  3    0  1  0  -   5 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .259
Keough rf             5   0   3   0     0   0   .257      Aparicio ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .223
Rojas 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Smith cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Hopkins 1b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .298      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Oliver ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   2   .254
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Kirkpatrick cf        2   3   1   0     2   0   .220      Lahoud rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Schaal 3b             4   1   3   5     0   0   .266        Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .349
Paepke c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Montgomery c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .268
Hedlund p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .089      Culp p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .145
  Burgmeier p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Peters ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
                                                            Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               37   5  10   5     2   4             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 22,453
Left on Base: Royals 8, Red Sox 7
DP: Royals 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Piniella, Aparicio 2
Doubles: Kirkpatrick (10), Griffin (14), Aparicio (17)
Triples: Schaal (5)
Home Runs: Schaal (7)
Stolen Bases: Patek (39)
Sacrifice Hits: Culp (15)
GIDP: Rojas (11)
Hit by Pitch: Hopkins (3,by Culp)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund W(10-6)         7     5   1   1   2   4   0  28   2.95
Burgmeier SV(12)        2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.69
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   4   0  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp L(13-11)           7     7   4   4   1   3   1  30   3.32
Lee                     2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   2.40
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   4   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Culp (3)
Wild Pitches: Lee (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Keough singled to center; Rojas
lined to right; Hopkins was hit by a pitch [Keough to second];
Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin popped to catcher in foul territory;
Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Kirkpatrick doubled to left; Schaal made an out to
second; Paepke flied out to center; Hedlund struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (third to first);
Petrocelli struck out; Scott walked; Lahoud flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to shortstop; Keough singled to right;
Rojas grounded out (third to first) [Keough to second]; Hopkins
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Montgomery walked; Culp out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Montgomery to second]; Griffin doubled
[Montgomery scored]; Aparicio singled to center [Griffin to
third]; Smith struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick
walked; Schaal tripled to right [Kirkpatrick scored]; Paepke hit
into a double play (right to catcher) [Schaal out at home]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli struck out; Scott flied out to right;
Lahoud struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Hedlund grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
reached on an error by Aparicio [Patek to first]; Patek stole
second; Keough grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Montgomery flied out to right; Culp grounded out
(shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Hopkins singled to right; Piniella singled to left
[Hopkins to second]; Kirkpatrick forced Piniella (first to
shortstop) [Hopkins to third]; Schaal homered [Hopkins scored,
Kirkpatrick scored]; Paepke flied out to right; Hedlund flied
out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Aparicio flied out to center; Smith flied out to
left; Yastrzemski singled to center; Petrocelli singled to left
[Yastrzemski to third (error by Piniella), Petrocelli to
second]; Scott lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4,
Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
reached on an error by Aparicio [Keough to first]; Rojas
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Keough out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Red Sox
1.

RED SOX 7TH: Lahoud grounded out (first to pitcher); Montgomery
singled to center; PETERS BATTED FOR CULP; Peters flied out to
right; Griffin lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 8TH: LEE REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); OLIVER BATTED FOR
HOPKINS; Oliver flied out to right; Piniella flied out to
center; Kirkpatrick walked; Lee threw a wild pitch [Kirkpatrick
to second]; Schaal singled to center [Kirkpatrick scored];
Paepke forced Schaal (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED HEDLUND (PITCHING); OLIVER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Aparicio doubled to left; Smith
flied out to right [Aparicio to third]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Burgmeier struck out; Patek singled to right; Keough
singled to right [Patek to third]; Rojas reached on a fielder's
choice [Patek out at home (pitcher to catcher), Keough to
second]; Oliver lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Scott flied out to center; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR
LAHOUD; Gagliano flied out to left; Montgomery flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Red Sox 1.
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