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Tuesday September 28, 1971
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Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 4 (Game 2)

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

Red Sox      1  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  2
Orioles      3  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  8  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kennedy 2b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Blair cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .262
Beniquez ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .302      Grich ss              4   1   0   0     0   0   .300
Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Rettenmund lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .320
Smith cf              3   1   1   2     0   0   .285      F. Robinson rf        2   2   0   0     1   1   .281
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .249      B. Robinson 3b        3   1   1   0     1   0   .271
Miller rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .367      Etchebarren c         4   0   2   1     0   1   .270
Oglivie lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .278      Salmon 1b             3   0   1   3     0   0   .179
Fisk c                4   0   2   1     0   0   .333      DaVanon 2b            3   1   2   0     1   1   .228
Peters p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Cuellar p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .103
  Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Richert p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     1   2             Totals               30   5   8   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 18,195
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Orioles 7
DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Smith, Oglivie, Rettenmund
Doubles: Oglivie (3), Blair (24), DaVanon (5)
Home Runs: Smith (30)
Caught Stealing: Beniquez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cuellar (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (5), Salmon (1)
GIDP: Salmon (3)
Hit by Pitch: F. Robinson (9,by Peters)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters L(14-11)         8     8   5   2   3   5   0  36   4.37
Totals                  8     8   5   2   3   5   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar                 7     8   4   3   1   1   1  30   3.08
Richert W(3-5)          2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.47
Totals                  9     9   4   3   1   2   1  37

Passed Balls: Fisk (1)
Hit by Pitch: Peters (6)
Wild Pitches: Peters (2)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez
singled to left; Scott reached on an error by Rettenmund
[Beniquez to third, Scott to second]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Beniquez scored (unearned)]; Petrocelli flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Blair grounded out (third to first); Grich reached
on an error by Oglivie [Grich to second]; Rettenmund grounded
out (third to first); F. Robinson walked; Peters threw a wild
pitch [F. Robinson to second, Grich to third]; B. Robinson
walked; Etchebarren singled to right [Grich scored (unearned),
F. Robinson to third, B. Robinson to second]; Salmon singled to
left [F. Robinson scored (unearned), B. Robinson scored
(unearned), Etchebarren to second]; DaVanon walked [Etchebarren
to third, Salmon to second]; Cuellar struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Miller walked; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first) [Miller to second]; Fisk singled to left [Miller scored];
Peters singled to left [Fisk to second]; Kennedy flied out to
right [Fisk to third]; Beniquez forced Peters (third to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Blair flied out to center; Grich flied out to
right; Rettenmund singled to center; F. Robinson struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Scott grounded out (second to first); Smith
homered; Petrocelli made an out to second; Miller flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: B. Robinson singled to left; Etchebarren struck
out; Salmon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [B. Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Orioles 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Oglivie doubled to right; Fisk singled to left
[Oglivie to third]; Peters struck out; Kennedy singled to left
[Oglivie scored, Fisk to second]; Beniquez forced Kennedy
(shortstop to second) [Fisk to third]; Scott made an out to
third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: DaVanon singled to right; Cuellar out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [DaVanon to second]; Fisk
allowed a passed ball [DaVanon to third]; Blair doubled to left
[DaVanon scored]; Grich made an out to shortstop; Rettenmund
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith popped to third in foul territory; Petrocelli
flied out to center; Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: F. Robinson flied out to center; B. Robinson flied
out to center; Etchebarren flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Fisk flied
out to left; Peters grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Salmon flied out to right; DaVanon struck out;
Cuellar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Orioles 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Kennedy flied out to left; Beniquez singled to
left; Beniquez was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Scott flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair flied out to left; Grich flied out to center;
Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Smith grounded
out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli singled to center; Miller
flied out to left; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: F. Robinson was hit by a pitch; B. Robinson flied
out to left; Etchebarren singled to center [F. Robinson to third
(error by Smith)]; Salmon hit a sacrifice fly to center [F.
Robinson scored]; DaVanon doubled to right [Etchebarren to
third]; Richert struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Orioles 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Fisk flied out to center; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR
PETERS; Gagliano was called out on strikes; Kennedy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Orioles 5.



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