Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
July 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 4, Boston Red Sox 9

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Braun 3b 4 0 1 0
Tovar rf 4 0 1 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 4 1 2 0
Carew 2b 4 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 2
Nettles cf 4 1 2 1
Holt lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Roof c 3 0 0 0
  Oliva ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Haydel p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 2b 5 2 2 0
Aparicio ss 4 3 4 0
Smith cf 3 1 1 3
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 2
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 2
Scott 1b 3 1 1 0
Lahoud rf 3 1 1 2
Montgomery c 4 0 2 0
Siebert p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Minnesota 000 000 004480
Boston 203 020 02x9131
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (7-12) 3.0 9 5 5 0 2
  Haydel   2.0 2 2 2 1 4
  Strickland   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Hall   1.0 1 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (13-4) 9.0 8 4 4 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
4

  E–Montgomery (3).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Killebrew 2 (14,off Siebert 2); Carew (10,off Siebert), Boston Yastrzemski (15,off Blyleven); Montgomery (4,off Blyleven).  HR–Minnesota Cardenas (12,9th inning off Siebert 1 on, 0 out); Nettles (3,9th inning off Siebert 0 on, 0 out), Boston Petrocelli (16,3rd inning off Blyleven 1 on, 2 out); Lahoud (9,5th inning off Haydel 1 on, 2 out); Smith (19,8th inning off Hall 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Blyleven (2,off Siebert).  SF–Smith (2,off Blyleven).  WP–Blyleven (4), Siebert (4).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:28.  A–29,293.
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