Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradford cf 3 1 1 0
  Hodge ph 0 0 0 0
Pinson rf 5 1 1 2
Fosse c 4 2 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 2
Harrelson 1b 4 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Lowenstein 2b 4 1 1 0
Brown ss 4 1 1 0
Hargan p 2 0 0 0
  Machemehl p 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy ss 4 1 1 0
Smith rf 3 2 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 3 4 3
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 2 2
Scott 1b 5 0 2 0
Josephson c 5 0 1 0
Conigliaro cf 3 1 2 3
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Culp p 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 0 1 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Cleveland 005 110 000790
Boston 101 041 02x9131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan   3.0 5 2 2 2 0
  Machemehl   2.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Austin   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Colbert  L (1-1) 2.2 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
6
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp   2.1 5 5 5 1 3
  Koonce   1.2 1 1 0 0 0
  Lee   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Lyle  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Bolin  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
3
6

  E–Petrocelli (4).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  PB–Josephson (3).  2B–Cleveland Bradford (2,off Culp); Pinson (3,off Culp); Fosse (3,off Culp), Boston Kennedy (1,off Machemehl); Yastrzemski (3,off Colbert).  3B–Cleveland Fosse (1,off Lee).  HR–Cleveland Nettles (2,3rd inning off Culp 1 on, 1 out), Boston Yastrzemski (3,3rd inning off Hargan 0 on, 2 out); Conigliaro (2,5th inning off Machemehl 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Kennedy (1,off Colbert).  SB–Lowenstein (1,2nd base off Koonce/Josephson).  WP–Hargan 2 (3).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:36.  A–12,524.
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