Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 30, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 2b 5 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 2 1 0 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 0
  Conigliaro cf 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 5 2 3 3
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 0 0
Scott 1b 5 1 1 2
Lahoud rf 2 0 1 0
Montgomery c 4 0 1 1
Peters p 4 0 1 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brown 1b 5 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 5 1 2 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 2 0
Freehan c 4 1 1 2
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 3 0
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 11 2
Boston 000 203 010690
Detroit 002 000 0024111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  W (8-5) 8.1 11 4 4 2 4
  Bolin  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (7-5) 5.0 5 5 5 2 4
  Chance   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Kilkenny   0.2 3 1 1 2 0
  Denehy   1.1 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
7
7

  E–Chance (3).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Smith (15,off Coleman), Detroit Taylor (3,off Peters); Rodriguez (10,off Peters).  HR–Boston Scott (11,4th inning off Coleman 1 on, 2 out); Yastrzemski (10,6th inning off Coleman 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Freehan (7,3rd inning off Peters 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Coleman (4,off Peters).  SB–Aparicio (2,2nd base off Denehy/Freehan).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:37.  A–20,528.
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