Baltimore Orioles 10, Boston Red Sox 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, September 28, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Orioles      1  1  0    0  3  1    0  4  x  -  10 17  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Buford lf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .290
Beniquez ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Shopay rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Gagliano lf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .338        F. Robinson ph      0   1   0   0     1   0   .282
Smith cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .285        Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   2     0   0   .249      Powell 1b             5   1   3   3     0   1   .255
Cooper 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Rettenmund cf,rf      5   0   2   1     0   0   .321
Miller rf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .407      Hendricks c           4   1   2   2     1   0   .252
Josephson c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .284
Culp p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .118        Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .110
  Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Salmon 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .173
  Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Belanger ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .266
  Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      McNally p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .162
                                                            DaVanon 2b          1   1   1   2     0   0   .211

Totals               33   2   9   2     1   3             Totals               37  10  17   9     2   5

Time of Game: 2:04
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Josephson
Doubles: Gagliano (5), Johnson (26), Belanger (19), DaVanon (4), Powell (19)
Home Runs: Hendricks (9)
Stolen Bases: Belanger (10)
Caught Stealing: Shopay (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Culp (17), Shopay (2), McNally (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (9)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp L(14-16)           6    12   6   5   0   3   1  29   3.60
Brett                   2     5   4   4   2   2   0  12   5.34
Totals                  8    17  10   9   2   5   1  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally W(21-5)         7     8   2   2   1   3   0  29   2.89
Dobson SV(1)            2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.90
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   3   0  36

Wild Pitches: Brett (3)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dave Phillips


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Beniquez singled to
right; Gagliano singled to left [Beniquez to third]; Smith
walked [Gagliano to second]; Petrocelli hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Beniquez scored, Gagliano to third, Smith to second];
Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to second; Shopay singled to left
[Buford to third]; Shopay was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Powell lined to shortstop; Rettenmund singled to left
[Buford scored]; Hendricks grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Miller singled to left; Josephson flied out to
center; Culp out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Miller
to second]; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson doubled to left; Salmon flied out to left;
Belanger singled to second [Johnson to third]; Belanger stole
second [Johnson scored (error by Josephson) (unearned)]; McNally
struck out; Buford popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Gagliano doubled to left; Smith struck out; Petrocelli singled
to left [Gagliano scored]; Cooper made an out to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Shopay flied out to right; Powell singled to right;
Rettenmund forced Powell (third to second); Hendricks singled to
right [Rettenmund to third]; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Miller popped to third in foul territory; Josephson
struck out; Culp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Salmon made an out to second; Belanger flied out to
center; McNally struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Orioles 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
singled to left; Gagliano singled to center [Beniquez to
second]; Smith forced Gagliano (third to second) [Beniquez to
third]; Petrocelli flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford singled to right; Shopay out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Buford to second]; Powell singled to
center [Buford scored]; Rettenmund flied out to left; Hendricks
homered [Powell scored]; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Cooper made an out to shortstop; Miller singled to
center; Josephson flied into a double play (center to first)
[Miller out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles
5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Salmon struck out; Belanger singled to left;
McNally out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to
second]; Buford singled to left [Belanger scored]; Shopay
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Orioles 6.

RED SOX 7TH: SCOTT BATTED FOR CULP; Scott grounded out (pitcher
to first); Griffin lined to shortstop; Beniquez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: BRETT REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Powell was called
out on strikes; Rettenmund flied out to center; Hendricks
walked; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Orioles 6.

RED SOX 8TH: DOBSON REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); DAVANON
REPLACED MCNALLY (PLAYING 2B); Gagliano grounded out (third to
first); Smith flied out to center; Petrocelli made an out to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Salmon singled to center; Belanger doubled to left
[Salmon to third]; DaVanon doubled to left [Salmon scored,
Belanger scored]; Buford grounded out (second to first) [DaVanon
to third]; F. ROBINSON BATTED FOR SHOPAY; F. Robinson was walked
intentionally; Powell doubled [DaVanon scored, F. Robinson
scored, Powell out at third (right to second to third)];
Rettenmund singled to left; Brett threw a wild pitch [Rettenmund
to second]; Hendricks grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 10.

RED SOX 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED F. ROBINSON (PLAYING CF); RETTENMUND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cooper grounded out (second to
first); Miller singled to right; Josephson flied out to left;
OGLIVIE BATTED FOR BRETT; Oglivie grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 10.