Jul 25, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Boston 51-46 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 1971 Minnesota 41-57 4 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 - 11 12 1 Boston AB R H BI W K Ave Minnesota AB R H BI W K Ave Kennedy SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .235 Tovar LF 4 2 1 0 1 1 .273 Gagliano 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Carew 2B 4 2 3 2 1 0 .296 Smith,R CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 .282 Oliva RF 4 1 2 4 1 0 .334 Yastrzemski LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .203 Killebrew 3B 4 0 2 2 0 2 .237 Petrocelli 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 .287 Reese 1B 4 1 0 1 0 0 .215 Scott 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .253 Cardenas SS 4 1 1 2 0 0 .253 Lahoud RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .231 Nettles CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 .222 Josephson C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Mitterwald C 2 2 0 0 2 1 .236 Tiant P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .063 Blyleven P 2 1 1 0 0 0 .131 Bolin P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 31 11 12 11 6 4 Koonce P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 3 9 3 1 11 Boston IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Tiant L(4-2) 5.1 9 10 10 5 4 112 5.70 Bolin 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 21 5.23 Koonce 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 26 5.52 8.0 12 11 11 6 4 159 Minnesota IP H R ER W K Ct ERA Blyleven W(9-13) 9.0 9 3 3 1 11 120 3.29 9.0 9 3 3 1 11 120 E-Tovar(6) 2B-Yastrzemski(12) Killebrew(13) Oliva(28) Tovar(19) HR-Petrocelli(13) Smith,R(22) Cardenas(11) SB-Lahoud(2) Nettles(1) CS-Petrocelli Carew SH-Blyleven 2 WP-Tiant LOB-Boston 4 Minnesota 4 DP-Minnesota 1 GWRBI-Oliva Game MVP:Tony Oliva Metropolitan Stadium, Time 3:06, 82ø, 5mph Out to LCF Was: Maddox hit for Riddleberger in the 4th Allen hit for Grzenda in the 5th McCraw hit for Pina in the 7th Harrah hit for Gogolewski in the 9th CWS: Alvarado moved to 2B in the 9th Richard moved to CF in the 9th E-Randle(9) Morales 2(7) Reichardt(6) 2B-Casanova(7) Randle(7) Kelly(2) Jul 25, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1971 Boston 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 1971 Minnesota 4 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 - 11 12 1 1971 Boston Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Kennedy SS 1>P5 3>K S 8>S 2 Gagliano 2B G53 K L6 G643/dp 3 Smith,R CF K HR K S 4 Yastrzemski LF 2>D K2u 6>L3 K 5 Petrocelli 3B HR 4>S+e7,B2 K 9>F8 6 Scott 1B K K F7 S 7 Lahoud RF L9 W 7>F8 G46/fo,B1 8 Josephson C S CS3(25)G63 G53 F8 9 Tiant P L5 5>K Bolin P K Koonce P 1971 Minnesota Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Tovar LF 1>D G63 K IBB F7 2 Carew 2B S,23 IBB G31,12 S,3H,2H,13 S 3 Oliva RF G43,12,3H D,2H,13,1H S,23,3H/46 CS2(26)IBB F8 4 Killebrew 3B S,23 K 5>K D,3H,1H 5 Reese 1B G46/fo,B1,3H 3>G63 F8 F8 6 Cardenas SS HR F9 G53 7>F9 7 Nettles CF S/94 S 6>W F9 8 Mitterwald C 2>W SB2 K WP,12 W F7 9 Blyleven P B54,12 4>S B34,23,12 8>G53 Boston IN OUT Tiant AB1-1 AB4-1 Bolin AB4-2 AB4-5 Koonce AB4-6 End Minnesota IN OUT Blyleven AB1-1 End