Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
June 2, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1971 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 1, New York Yankees 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 3 1
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Conigliaro cf 3 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 0 1 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 0 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 1 3 2
Gibbs c 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 1 0 0
Murcer cf 3 2 2 2
Ellis 1b 4 0 2 1
Lyttle rf 4 0 0 0
Kenney 3b 4 0 1 0
Baker ss 2 1 0 0
Bahnsen p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Boston 000 000 001162
New York 101 111 10x681
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (9-1) 5.0 5 4 3 4 3
  Lee   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Moret   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
5
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bahnsen  W (3-6) 9.0 6 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
0
2

  E–Conigliaro (2), Josephson (3), Ellis (3).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Boston Petrocelli 2 (12,off Bahnsen 2), New York Kenney (3,off Siebert); Ellis (5,off Siebert).  3B–New York Clarke (4,off Lee).  HR–New York Murcer 2 (10,5th inning off Siebert 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Lee 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bahnsen (1,off Siebert).  IBB–Murcer (10,by Siebert).  SB–White (4,2nd base off Siebert/Josephson); Clarke 2 (7,2nd base off Siebert/Josephson 2).  WP–Siebert (3).  IBB–Siebert (2,Murcer).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:21.  A–9,306.
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