Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
May 28, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 1 1 1
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 1
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 1 1 1
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 2 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 2 2 3
Scott 1b 4 0 3 1
Conigliaro cf 4 0 1 0
Josephson c 3 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 0
Siebert p 3 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Oakland 100 000 101360
Boston 200 001 01x490
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (10-2) 7.2 8 4 4 2 7
  Locker   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (9-0) 8.2 6 3 3 1 6
  Bolin  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Oakland Epstein (3,off Siebert).  HR–Oakland Jackson (9,1st inning off Siebert 0 on, 2 out); Duncan (6,7th inning off Siebert 0 on, 1 out); Bando (7,9th inning off Siebert 0 on, 1 out), Boston Petrocelli 2 (8,1st inning off Blue 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Petrocelli (2,by Blue).  SB–Jackson (8,2nd base off Siebert/Josephson).  IBB–Blue (1,Petrocelli).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:15.  A–35,714.
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