Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 12

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas lf 1 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 0
Scott 1b 4 1 2 1
Lahoud rf 4 0 1 1
Pavletich c 4 1 1 1
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 2 2 1
Blair cf 5 2 2 1
Robinson B. 3b 5 1 2 1
Robinson F. rf 4 2 2 5
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund lf 3 1 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 2 1 2
Etchebarren c 4 1 2 0
Palmer p 4 1 2 1
Totals 36 12 13 11
Boston 010 100 001380
Baltimore 300 720 00x12130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (4-3) 3.2 7 7 7 1 4
  Nagy   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Koonce   4.0 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (7-2) 9.0 8 3 3 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore Belanger 2 (9,off Peters 2).  HR–Boston Scott (5,2nd inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out); Pavletich (1,9th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore F Robinson 2 (4,1st inning off Peters 2 on, 1 out,4th inning off Nagy 1 on, 2 out); Johnson (5,5th inning off Koonce 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Blair 2 (5,2nd base off Peters/Pavletich,2nd base off Nagy/Pavletich); Belanger (1,Home off Nagy/Pavletich).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:09.
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