New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 12

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Michael ss 5 1 1 1
Munson c 5 1 1 0
Murcer cf 5 2 3 1
White lf 4 1 2 1
Alou 1b 5 1 3 3
Cater 3b 4 1 1 0
Swoboda rf 5 0 4 0
Hansen 2b 3 0 0 0
  Clarke 2b 2 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 1 1
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Blomberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Kekich p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 16 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 2b,ss 4 3 3 0
Aparicio ss 5 3 4 0
  Hunter pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Smith cf,rf 3 1 1 3
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 2
  Tatum p 1 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 5 2 2 4
Scott 1b 5 1 3 2
Lahoud rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Josephson c 5 0 0 0
Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Conigliaro cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 16 12
New York 500 101 0007160
Boston 320 016 00x12160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   5.1 10 7 7 1 2
  McDaniel  L (3-8) 0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Kekich   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
12
12
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   0.1 4 5 5 0 1
  Bolin  W (3-2) 5.2 9 2 2 0 5
  Tatum  SV (8) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
0
8

  E–None.  2B–New York Cater (8,off Peters); Alou (13,off Tatum), Boston Scott (9,off Stottlemyre); Lahoud (4,off Jones).  3B–New York Swoboda (1,off Bolin), Boston Petrocelli (1,off McDaniel).  HR–New York Michael (2,1st inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out); Alou (4,1st inning off Peters 2 on, 1 out); Murcer (15,4th inning off Bolin 0 on, 2 out), Boston Smith (16,1st inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 0 out); Petrocelli (13,5th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out); Scott (14,6th inning off McDaniel 1 on, 2 out); Lahoud (8,6th inning off McDaniel 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–White (4,by Peters); Cater (1,by Tatum); Smith (4,by Stottlemyre).  HBP–Stottlemyre (4,Smith); Peters (3,White); Tatum (5,Cater).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:47.  A–23,364.
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