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Luis Tiant gained his first victory of the season after seven defeats when Carl Yastrzernski singled a run across for the Red Sox in the ninth inning to beat the Orioles, 4-3. The Red Sox started with three runs in the first inning, one scored by Reggie Smith on the front end of a double steal with Rico Petrocelli. Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3Game Played on Tuesday, August 31, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway ParkOrioles 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Red Sox 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 1
Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Blair cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .255 Griffin 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .257
Rettenmund lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .309 Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .218
F. Robinson rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .287 Yastrzemski lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .260
Powell 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .239 Smith cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .290
B. Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Petrocelli 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .253
Etchebarren c 3 1 2 1 1 1 .273 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Lahoud rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .223
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Montgomery c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257
Palmer p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Peters p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Tiant p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Fiore ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .145
Totals 35 3 9 3 4 6 Totals 34 4 9 3 5 6
Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 26,040
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Red Sox 9
DP: Orioles 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Johnson, Belanger, Petrocelli
Doubles: Powell (15), Aparicio (19)
Home Runs: Etchebarren (7)
Stolen Bases: Smith (10), Petrocelli (2)
Caught Stealing: Peters (1)
GIDP: F. Robinson (19), Scott (22)
Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Palmer L(16-7) 8.2 9 4 4 5 6 0 39 2.82
Totals 8.2 9 4 4 5 6 0 39
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Peters 6.1 9 3 3 3 4 1 31 4.78
Tiant W(1-7) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 5.03
Totals 9 9 3 3 4 6 1 39
Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Haller
ORIOLES 1ST: Blair flied out to center; Rettenmund was called
out on strikes; F. Robinson walked; Powell grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: On a bunt Griffin singled; Aparicio doubled
[Griffin to third]; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Smith singled
to right [Griffin scored, Aparicio scored]; Petrocelli singled
to right [Smith to third]; Smith stole home and Petrocelli stole
second [Petrocelli to third (error by Johnson)]; Scott struck
out; Lahoud was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson made an out to third; Etchebarren
singled to center; Johnson was called out on strikes; Belanger
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 2ND: Montgomery popped to first in foul territory;
Peters made an out to shortstop; Griffin popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 3RD: Palmer made an out to second; Blair singled to
center; Rettenmund flied out to center; F. Robinson forced Blair
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio flied out to left; Yastrzemski flied out
to left; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles
0, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 4TH: Powell struck out; B. Robinson flied out to left;
Etchebarren homered; Johnson reached on an error by Petrocelli;
Belanger flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1,
Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli singled to left; Scott grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Petrocelli out at
second]; Lahoud walked; Montgomery forced Lahoud (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 5TH: Palmer grounded out (second to first); Blair
singled to left; Rettenmund flied out to right; F. Robinson
singled to left [Blair to second]; Powell doubled to center
[Blair scored, F. Robinson scored]; B. Robinson flied out to
right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 5TH: Peters walked; Griffin walked [Peters to second];
Peters was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to
second to shortstop); Aparicio forced Griffin (second to
shortstop); Yastrzemski singled to center [Aparicio to third];
Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Red
Sox 3.
ORIOLES 6TH: Etchebarren walked; Johnson singled to left
[Etchebarren to second]; Belanger was called out on strikes;
Palmer forced Etchebarren (center to third) [Johnson to second];
Blair forced Palmer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli struck out; Scott struck out; Lahoud
made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox
3.
ORIOLES 7TH: Rettenmund walked; F. Robinson singled to center
[Rettenmund out at third (center to third)]; Powell singled to
right [F. Robinson to second]; TIANT REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING);
B. Robinson struck out; Etchebarren was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 7TH: Montgomery singled to left; On a bunt Tiant struck
out; Griffin reached on an error by Belanger [Montgomery to
second]; Aparicio flied out to right; Yastrzemski struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson flied out to center; Belanger grounded out
(first unassisted); Palmer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 8TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
walked; Scott flied out to center; Lahoud grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 3.
ORIOLES 9TH: Blair walked; Rettenmund flied out to center; F.
Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Blair out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3,
Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 9TH: Montgomery popped to first in foul territory; FIORE
BATTED FOR TIANT; Fiore walked; Griffin singled to left [Fiore
to second]; Aparicio made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski
singled to left [Fiore scored, Griffin to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 4.
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