| Ray Culp yielded only five hits and pitched the Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Yankees before an opening-day crowd of 34,517 at Fenway Park in near-freezing weather. Right fielder Reggie Smith helped save the game in the eighth inning. When Horace Clarke singled with the bases loaded, Danny Cater scored from third base, but Smith threw out Jim Lyttle, who also tried to cross the plate from second. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April 6, 1971 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 x - 3 11 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Munson c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 Smith rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 White lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500 Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Cater 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Scott 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Lyttle rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Josephson c 4 0 3 0 0 1 .750 Kenney 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Conigliaro cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Michael ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Tepedino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Baker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bahnsen p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Culp p 3 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Gibbs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 5 1 0 5 Totals 30 3 11 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 34,517 Left on Base: Yankees 4, Red Sox 7 DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 0 Errors: Kennedy Doubles: Smith (1), Yastrzemski (1) Stolen Bases: Munson (1) Caught Stealing: Smith (1) Sacrifice Hits: Conigliaro (1) Sacrifice Flies: Scott (1) GIDP: Yastrzemski (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen L(0-1) 7 8 2 2 2 5 0 28 2.57 Aker 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 9.00 Totals 8 11 3 3 2 5 0 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Culp W(1-0) 9 5 1 0 0 5 0 32 0.00 Totals 9 5 1 0 0 5 0 32 Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied to left; Munson struck out; White grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio singled to third [Aparicio out at second (third to first to second to first to shortstop)]; Smith singled to left; Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Lyttle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Scott struck out; Josephson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. YANKEES 3RD: Kenney flied to left; Michael flied out to right; Bahnsen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Culp was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. YANKEES 4TH: On a bunt Clarke popped to pitcher in foul territory; Munson singled to third; Munson stole second; White grounded out (second to first) [Munson to third]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith doubled to right; Yastrzemski doubled to left [Smith scored]; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 5TH: Cater grounded out (third to first); lights on at 2:32; Lyttle popped to second; Kenney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Josephson singled to left; Conigliaro popped to shortstop; Griffin walked [Josephson to second]; On a bunt Culp forced Josephson (pitcher to third) [Griffin to second]; Aparicio forced Culp (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 6TH: Michael lined to right; Bahnsen struck out; Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Smith singled to center; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. YANKEES 7TH: Munson popped to catcher in foul territory; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: Scott singled to left; Josephson singled to right [Scott to second]; Conigliaro out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Scott to third, Josephson to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Lahoud was walked intentionally; Culp forced Lahoud (shortstop to second) [Scott scored, Josephson to third]; Aparicio lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Red Sox 2. YANKEES 8TH: KENNEDY REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); Cater singled to center; Lyttle singled to center [Cater to second]; Kenney reached on an error by Kennedy [Cater to third, Lyttle to second]; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR MICHAEL; Tepedino made an out to shortstop; GIBBS BATTED FOR BAHNSEN; Gibbs struck out; Clarke singled to right [Cater scored (unearned), Lyttle out at home (right to catcher), Kenney to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: BAKER REPLACED TEPEDINO (PLAYING SS); AKER REPLACED GIBBS (PITCHING); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Yastrzemski singled to center; Petrocelli singled to right [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Yastrzemski scored]; Josephson singled to shortstop [Petrocelli to second]; Conigliaro forced Josephson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Red Sox 3. YANKEES 9TH: Munson singled to left; White struck out; Murcer forced Munson (second to shortstop); Cater flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Red Sox 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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