Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
May 26, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Senators 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 0 2 1
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Howard lf 4 1 2 0
  Maddox pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Biittner rf 4 0 2 1
Casanova c 4 0 1 0
Harrah ss 4 0 1 0
Cullen 2b 3 1 1 0
  Allen ph 1 0 0 0
Janeski p 1 0 0 0
  McCraw ph 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 1
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Conigliaro cf 4 2 2 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 1
Montgomery c 4 0 3 1
Culp p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 10 3
Washington 010 010 000291
Boston 011 001 00x3101
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Janeski  L (1-4) 6.0 9 3 3 2 3
  Shellenback   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (5-3) 9.0 9 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
7

  E–Biittner (1), Montgomery (1).  DP–Washington 1, Boston 1.  PB–Montgomery (1).  2B–Washington Howard (9,off Culp); Harrah (7,off Culp), Boston Conigliaro 2 (12,off Janeski 2); Smith (10,off Janeski); Scott (7,off Janeski); Yastrzemski (10,off Janeski).  SH–Janeski (2,off Culp); Culp 2 (7,off Janeski 2); Griffin (4,off Janeski).  SF–Petrocelli (4,off Janeski).  SB–Biittner (1,2nd base off Culp/Montgomery); Unser (4,2nd base off Culp/Montgomery).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:01.  A–13,526.
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