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 Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 0 0 0
Thomas rf 2 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 3 1 0 0
Siebert p 3 1 1 2
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shopay rf 3 0 1 0
  Blair pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Buford lf 4 0 2 0
Rettenmund cf,rf 3 0 1 1
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
  DaVanon pr 0 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Robinson F. ph 1 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 2 0 0 0
  Motton pr 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
McNally p 2 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Boston 000 020 000230
Baltimore 000 001 000150
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (8-0) 8.1 5 1 1 3 2
  Lyle  SV (8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (6-3) 7.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Hall   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (2,off Siebert); B Robinson (3,off Siebert).  HR–Boston Siebert (3,5th inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Buford (6,2nd base off Siebert/Josephson).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:02.  A–40,267.
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