| The batting of Reggie Smith, who accounted for all Boston runs with a homer and two singles, enabled the Red Sox to defeat the Brewers, 4-2, for their sixth straight victory. Sonny Siebert, who pitched the first seven innings for the Red Sox, won his fifth game in a row. [The Sporting News] |
Boston Red Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Saturday, May 8, 1971 (Day game) at County Stadium
Red Sox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 10 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Hegan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Smith rf 5 1 3 4 0 0 .317 Theobald 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .322 Briggs rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .228 Walton lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .235 Conigliaro cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Voss cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .225 Fiore 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pena 3b,ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Josephson c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .247 Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .230 Harper pr,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .155 Siebert p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .211 Auerbach ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Lahoud ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .353 Wicker ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Tatum p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Krausse p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Savage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 37 4 10 4 5 4 Totals 32 2 6 2 2 9 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 11,684 Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Brewers 5 DP: Red Sox 0, Brewers 0 Doubles: Aparicio (6), Josephson (4), Petrocelli (4), Rodriguez (3) Home Runs: Smith (5), Voss (3) Stolen Bases: Theobald (1) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Siebert W(5-0) 7 5 1 1 2 7 0 27 1.89 Tatum SV(6) 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 2.76 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 9 1 34 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krausse L(1-3) 7 7 2 2 5 3 1 33 2.56 Sanders 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.22 Lopez 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.13 Totals 9 10 4 4 5 4 1 42 Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Russ Goetz RED SOX 1ST: Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Smith homered; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli walked; On a bunt Conigliaro singled to third [Petrocelli to second]; Fiore grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Hegan struck out; Theobald singled to left; Theobald stole second; Briggs reached on a fielder's choice [Theobald out at third (pitcher to shortstop)]; Walton made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Brewers 0. RED SOX 2ND: Josephson walked; Griffin singled to left [Josephson to third]; Siebert struck out; Aparicio made an out to first; Smith singled to right [Griffin to third, Josephson scored]; Yastrzemski walked [Smith to second]; Petrocelli flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Voss flied out to left; Pena singled to right; Rodriguez lined to center; Auerbach flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. RED SOX 3RD: Conigliaro flied out to left; Fiore grounded out (pitcher to first); Josephson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Krausse struck out; Hegan grounded out (second to first); Theobald lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. RED SOX 4TH: Griffin lined to center; Siebert was called out on strikes; Aparicio doubled to left; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Briggs flied out to center; Walton grounded out (catcher unassisted); Voss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Petrocelli popped to catcher in foul territory; Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Pena lined to right; Rodriguez lined to center; Auerbach flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. RED SOX 6TH: Fiore grounded out (first unassisted); Josephson doubled to left; Griffin reached on a fielder's choice [Josephson out at third (shortstop to third)]; Siebert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Krausse struck out; Hegan was called out on strikes; Theobald walked; Briggs singled to second [Theobald to second]; Walton singled to left [Theobald scored, Briggs to third, Walton out at second (left to shortstop to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 1. RED SOX 7TH: Aparicio grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to right; Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli doubled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Conigliaro was walked intentionally; Fiore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Voss flied out to left; Pena was called out on strikes; Rodriguez doubled; HARPER RAN FOR RODRIGUEZ; WICKER BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Wicker walked; SAVAGE BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Savage was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 1. RED SOX 8TH: HARPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PENA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ROOF REPLACED WICKER (PLAYING C ); SANDERS REPLACED SAVAGE (PITCHING); Josephson singled to center; Griffin forced Josephson (first to shortstop); LAHOUD BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Lahoud singled to right [Griffin to third]; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lahoud to second]; LOPEZ REPLACED SANDERS (PITCHING); Smith singled to left [Lahoud scored, Griffin scored]; Yastrzemski lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: TATUM REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); Hegan grounded out (third to first); Theobald grounded out (third to first); Briggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 1. RED SOX 9TH: Petrocelli made an out to third; Conigliaro flied out to right; Fiore was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 1. BREWERS 9TH: Walton struck out; Voss homered; Pena grounded out (first unassisted); Harper lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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