Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
May 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 0, Minnesota Twins 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 3 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Conigliaro cf 4 0 1 0
Josephson c 3 0 1 0
Kennedy 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Gagliano 3b 0 0 0 0
Culp p 2 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 1 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
Holt cf,rf 2 0 2 1
Alyea lf 3 0 1 0
  Powell cf 0 0 0 0
Renick 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 6 1
Boston 000 000 000070
Minnesota 000 100 00x162
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  L (3-2) 7.0 6 1 1 1 4
  Bolin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
1
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (3-4) 9.0 7 0 0 0 11
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
11

  E–Carew (5), Mitterwald (2).  DP–Boston 1, Minnesota 1.  3B–Minnesota Carew (1,off Culp).  SH–Blyleven (1,off Culp).  SB–Smith (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Mitterwald); Griffin (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Mitterwald).  CS–Griffin (1,2nd base by Blyleven/Mitterwald); Tovar (3,2nd base by Culp/Josephson).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:02.  A–8,643.
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