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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