Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
August 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 9, Boston Red Sox 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 2 3 2
Rudi lf 4 0 1 1
Jackson rf 2 1 1 1
  Blefary rf 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 3
  Hegan 1b 1 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 1
  Brown 3b 1 0 0 0
Mangual cf 5 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 2 2 1
Green 2b 3 2 1 0
Segui p 3 2 1 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 3 1 1 1
Lahoud rf 4 0 0 0
Montgomery c 3 0 0 0
Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Tatum p 2 1 1 1
  Fiore ph 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Oakland 240 002 1009120
Boston 000 010 100270
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Segui  W (8-5) 9.0 7 2 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brett  L (0-2) 1.0 7 6 6 1 2
  Tatum   6.0 4 3 3 5 2
  Lee   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1, Boston 2.  2B–Oakland Bando (20,off Brett), Boston Yastrzemski (18,off Segui).  3B–Oakland Green (1,off Tatum).  HR–Oakland Duncan (13,7th inning off Tatum 0 on, 1 out), Boston Tatum (1,5th inning off Segui 0 on, 2 out); Scott (19,7th inning off Segui 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Rudi (10,off Tatum).  IBB–Jackson (5,by Tatum).  SB–Campaneris (25,2nd base off Brett/Montgomery); Griffin (7,2nd base off Segui/Duncan).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Brett/Montgomery).  IBB–Tatum (6,Jackson).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:42.  A–23,827.
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