Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 10, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 2 0
Rudi lf 5 1 2 1
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 5 2 2 3
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 3 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 1
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 4 1 2 1
Hunter p 3 1 1 0
  Epstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Smith cf 5 0 2 2
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 3 1
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Lahoud rf 4 1 2 2
Kennedy 3b 3 0 0 0
Josephson c 3 0 0 0
Peters p 1 0 1 0
  Tatum p 1 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 1 1 0
  Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Petrocelli ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Oakland 102 101 0016140
Boston 002 002 1005110
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   7.0 10 5 5 1 2
  Fingers  W (3-6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   4.1 10 4 4 1 2
  Tatum   2.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Tiant   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle  L (4-4) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 3.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (17,off Hunter); Smith (25,off Hunter).  3B–Oakland Rudi (3,off Tatum).  HR–Oakland Davis (2,3rd inning off Peters 1 on, 1 out); Green (11,4th inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out), Boston Lahoud (11,6th inning off Hunter 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bando (7,by Peters); Tenace (2,by Peters).  SH–Griffin (6,off Hunter); Kennedy (5,off Fingers).  IBB–Yastrzemski (11,by Hunter).  SB–Campaneris 2 (23,2nd base off Peters/Josephson,3rd base off Peters/Josephson); Jackson (12,2nd base off Peters/Josephson).  WP–Tatum (3).  HBP–Peters 2 (5,Bando,Tenace).  IBB–Hunter (6,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:38.
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