Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
June 11, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1971 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Kansas City Royals 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 5 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 0 0
Scott 1b 3 1 2 2
Conigliaro cf 4 0 0 0
Montgomery c 3 0 1 0
  Peters ph 1 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 1 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 0 0
Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 0 0
Kirkpatrick lf 3 2 2 1
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 3
Harrison 1b 3 0 1 1
Keough rf 3 0 0 0
May c 2 1 1 0
Dal Canton p 3 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 6 5
Boston 000 300 000380
Kansas City 410 001 00x660
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (0-1) 1.0 3 5 5 3 0
  Brett   5.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Lee   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
5
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton  W (6-2) 7.1 7 3 3 2 4
  Abernathy  SV (12) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Kansas City May (8,off Tiant); Harrison (2,off Brett).  3B–Kansas City Rojas (1,off Tiant).  HR–Boston Smith (11,4th inning off Dal Canton 0 on, 1 out); Scott (8,4th inning off Dal Canton 1 on, 2 out), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (4,6th inning off Brett 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brett (1,off Dal Canton).  SF–Harrison (1,off Tiant).  IBB–May (3,by Brett).  SB–Patek (14,2nd base off Tiant/Montgomery).  WP–Tiant (1).  IBB–Brett (3,May).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:25.  A–15,827.
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