Helping himself to victory, Tom Burgmeier doubled in the 13th inning and scored the winning run for the Royals, who defeated the Red Sox, 5-4, for their 10th straight triumph over the baffled Bosox this season. After reaching second on his two-bagger, Burgmeier advanced to third when Freddie Patek bunted safely. Sparky Lyle, replacing Luis Tiant, walked Joe Keough to load the bases and Gail Hopkins then singled to chase Burgmeier across the plate. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    24, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox      1  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   4 12  0
Royals       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 16  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kennedy 2b            7   1   2   0     0   2   .284      Patek ss              7   1   3   0     0   2   .279
Aparicio ss           7   0   3   2     0   0   .222      Keough cf             5   0   1   1     2   1   .264
Yastrzemski lf        6   0   2   1     0   0   .260      Hopkins 1b            6   1   2   1     1   0   .288
Smith cf              6   0   0   0     1   0   .291      Piniella lf           6   1   1   0     0   2   .266
Petrocelli 3b         5   1   1   0     2   3   .252      Oliver rf             6   1   2   2     0   1   .247
Scott 1b              4   0   0   1     1   1   .262      Schaal 3b             5   0   2   0     1   0   .263
Lahoud rf             4   0   1   0     2   0   .227      Kirkpatrick c         2   0   1   1     1   0   .217
Montgomery c          6   1   2   0     0   1   .259        Otis ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .307
Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .135        Martinez c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .133
  Fiore ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .137      Knoop 2b              5   0   0   0     1   1   .189
  Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Drago p               3   0   2   0     0   1   .133
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Harrison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Peters ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .268        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Tiant p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .176        Burgmeier p         2   1   1   0     0   0   .263
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               50   4  12   4     7  10             Totals               51   5  16   5     6   8

Time of Game: 3:45   Attendance:  9,963
Left on Base: Red Sox 16, Royals 16
DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 2
Errors: Patek, Knoop 2
Doubles: Kennedy (12), Schaal (22), Oliver (10), Martinez (1), Burgmeier (2)
Triples: Kennedy (5), Petrocelli (2), Lahoud (2), Yastrzemski (2), Patek (7), Oliver (2)
Stolen Bases: Montgomery (1), Patek (44)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (6), Yastrzemski (5)
GIDP: Smith (13), Scott (19), Piniella (9)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 5     8   4   4   3   3   0  26   4.54
Lee                     1.2   2   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.52
Bolin                   2.1   2   0   0   0   2   0   9   4.02
Tiant L(0-7)            3     3   1   1   0   2   0  11   5.23
Lyle                    0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.89
Totals                 12    16   5   5   6   8   0  57

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago                   7     9   4   4   6   5   0  36   2.89
York                    2.2   2   0   0   1   3   0  11   2.77
Burgmeier W(5-6)        3.1   1   0   0   0   2   0  12   1.67
Totals                 13    12   4   4   7  10   0  59

Wild Pitches: Drago (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


RED SOX 1ST: Kennedy tripled to right; Aparicio reached on an
error by Patek [Kennedy scored (RBI), Aparicio to first];
Yastrzemski flied out to left; Smith grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Aparicio to second]; Drago threw a wild pitch [Aparicio
to third]; Petrocelli walked; Scott walked [Petrocelli to
second]; Lahoud made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; Keough
walked; Hopkins forced Keough (pitcher to second) [Patek to
third]; Piniella was called out on strikes; Oliver forced
Hopkins (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Montgomery singled to center; Montgomery stole
second; Lonborg struck out; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Aparicio singled to center [Montgomery scored];
Yastrzemski singled to center [Aparicio to third]; Smith
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to third; Kirkpatrick grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Schaal to second]; Knoop flied to
right in foul territory; Drago was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Petrocelli tripled to center; Scott hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Petrocelli scored]; Lahoud tripled to right;
Montgomery grounded out (third to first); Lonborg was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek tripled to left; Keough grounded out (second
to first) [Patek scored]; Hopkins walked; Piniella singled to
right [Hopkins to second]; Oliver tripled to left [Hopkins
scored, Piniella scored]; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to
first); Kirkpatrick singled to left [Oliver scored]; Knoop flied
out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
singled to center; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Knoop
(assist by Patek) [Aparicio to second, Yastrzemski to first];
Smith grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Drago singled to left; Patek was called out on
strikes; Keough flied out to right; Hopkins grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
was called out on strikes; Lahoud walked; Montgomery struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Oliver flied out to
left; Schaal doubled to right; Kirkpatrick was walked
intentionally; Knoop flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Royals 4.

RED SOX 6TH: FIORE BATTED FOR LONBORG; Fiore walked; Kennedy
doubled to right [Fiore to third]; Aparicio lined to shortstop;
Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fiore scored, Kennedy
to third]; Smith lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: LEE REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Drago singled to
right; Patek struck out; Keough grounded out (second to first)
[Drago to second]; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli walked; Scott grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Petrocelli out at second];
Lahoud walked; Montgomery singled to left [Lahoud to third]; Lee
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Piniella made an out to second; Oliver doubled to
left; Schaal was walked intentionally; OTIS BATTED FOR
KIRKPATRICK; Otis flied out to right [Oliver to third]; Knoop
walked [Schaal to second]; HARRISON BATTED FOR DRAGO; BOLIN
REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Harrison made an out to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING C ); YORK REPLACED
HARRISON (PITCHING); Kennedy struck out; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yastrzemski tripled to center; Smith
walked; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Keough
singled to center; Hopkins made an out to third; Piniella struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Scott flied out to right; Lahoud grounded out
(first to pitcher); Montgomery flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Oliver struck out; Schaal lined to left; Martinez
doubled to left; Knoop lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 10TH: PETERS BATTED FOR BOLIN; Peters flied out to
right; Kennedy was called out on strikes; Aparicio singled to
center; BURGMEIER REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); Yastrzemski flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 10TH: TIANT REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); Burgmeier
grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek grounded out (second to
first); Keough was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 11TH: Smith flied out to right; Petrocelli struck out;
Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 11TH: Hopkins singled to right; Piniella grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Hopkins out at second]; Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Royals 4.

RED SOX 12TH: Lahoud flied out to left; Montgomery grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tiant singled to center; Kennedy reached on
an error by Knoop [Tiant to second, Kennedy to first]; Aparicio
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 12TH: Schaal made an out to shortstop; Martinez flied out
to right; Knoop struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 4.

RED SOX 13TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 13TH: Burgmeier doubled; Patek singled [Burgmeier to
third]; LYLE REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Keough walked [Patek to
second]; Hopkins singled to right [Burgmeier scored, Patek to
third, Keough to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Royals 5.