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The Red Sox, after losing 11 straight times to the Royals, finally won the last meeting between the two clubs, 7-0. Ray Culp posted the shutout on a six-hitter. The Red Sox, after picking up a run in the first inning on two walks and a single by Doug Griffin, erupted for four in the fifth, three scoring on a homer by Reggie Smith. Rico Petrocelli and Joe Lahoud hit successive triples and Mike Fiore doubled for the last two tallies in the sixth. [The Sporting News] Boston Red Sox 7, Kansas City Royals 0Game Played on Thursday, August 26, 1971 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumRed Sox 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 - 7 11 0
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2
Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Griffin 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .256 Patek ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .282
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .220 Keough rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .260 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .305
Smith cf 5 1 2 3 0 0 .290 Hopkins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Petrocelli 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .251 Piniella lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266
Lahoud rf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .229 Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Fiore 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .145 Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Montgomery c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Kirkpatrick c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .216
Culp p 3 0 0 0 1 3 .133 Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Oliver ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Wright p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .091
Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
May ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .243
Totals 38 7 11 7 4 5 Totals 33 0 6 0 0 5
Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 9,216
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Royals 6
DP: Red Sox 0, Royals 0
Errors: Schaal, Kirkpatrick
Doubles: Fiore (1)
Triples: Petrocelli 2 (4), Lahoud (3)
Home Runs: Smith (26)
Stolen Bases: Lahoud (2), Patek (46)
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Culp W(14-12) 9 6 0 0 0 5 0 33 3.20
Totals 9 6 0 0 0 5 0 33
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wright L(3-6) 4.1 5 5 5 4 1 1 23 3.38
Butler 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.55
Nelson 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 8 5.88
Abernathy 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.59
Totals 9 11 7 7 4 5 1 42
Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak
RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski singled to center;
Smith singled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Keough grounded
out (shortstop to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Royals 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Lahoud walked; Fiore made an out to shortstop;
Montgomery flied to right in foul territory; Culp walked [Lahoud
to second]; Griffin singled to center [Lahoud scored, Culp to
second]; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Hopkins flied out to left; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schaal made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli reached on
an error by Schaal [Petrocelli to first]; Lahoud forced
Petrocelli (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox
1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick
was called out on strikes; Wright singled to left; Patek singled
to shortstop [Wright to second]; Keough grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
RED SOX 4TH: Fiore grounded out (shortstop to first); Montgomery
lined to right; Culp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox
1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis made an out to shortstop; Hopkins grounded out
(shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
RED SOX 5TH: Griffin popped to first in foul territory; Aparicio
walked; Yastrzemski walked [Aparicio to second]; Smith homered
[Aparicio scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli tripled to
center; BUTLER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Lahoud singled to
second [Petrocelli scored]; Lahoud stole second [Lahoud to third
(error by Kirkpatrick)]; Fiore made an out to second; Montgomery
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox
5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Schaal lined to left; Knoop lined to center;
Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
RED SOX 6TH: Culp struck out; Griffin singled to left; Aparicio
singled to right [Griffin to second]; Yastrzemski forced
Aparicio (first to shortstop) [Griffin to third]; Smith forced
Yastrzemski (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red
Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: MAY BATTED FOR BUTLER; May struck out; Patek singled
to left; Patek stole second; Keough struck out; Otis struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
RED SOX 7TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NELSON REPLACED
KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Petrocelli tripled to center; Lahoud
tripled to right [Petrocelli scored]; Fiore doubled to right
[Lahoud scored]; Montgomery grounded out (second to first)
[Fiore to third]; Fiore was picked off third (catcher to third
to catcher); Culp struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Hopkins flied out to right; Piniella flied out to
right; Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 0.
RED SOX 8TH: Griffin was called out on strikes; Aparicio
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Knoop flied out to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR NELSON;
Oliver singled to center; May popped to third in foul territory;
Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7,
Royals 0.
RED SOX 9TH: ABERNATHY REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); Smith
grounded out (first unassisted); Petrocelli struck out; Lahoud
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: Keough singled to center; Otis forced Keough (first
to shortstop); Hopkins made an out to first; Piniella singled to
right [Otis to third]; Schaal forced Piniella (third to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 0.
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