Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 1, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1971 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Baltimore Orioles 8, Boston Red Sox 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 1 1 0 1
  Motton lf 2 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 1 3 1
Powell 1b 4 1 1 1
Rettenmund rf 5 1 2 3
Hendricks c 5 0 2 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 1 2 0
Belanger ss 5 1 2 0
Cuellar p 4 2 2 1
Totals 40 8 15 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
Smith cf 3 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Gagliano rf 4 0 1 0
Montgomery c 3 0 0 0
Culp p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Baltimore 250 000 0108150
Boston 001 000 001261
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (17-7) 9.0 6 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  L (14-13) 1.2 6 7 7 1 0
  Lee   3.1 4 0 0 1 3
  Tatum   3.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Lyle   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
4
4

  E–Montgomery (4).  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore Blair 2 (19,off Culp,off Tatum); Hendricks 2 (9,off Culp,off Lee); Cuellar (1,off Tatum), Boston Aparicio (20,off Cuellar); Yastrzemski (21,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund (11,2nd inning off Culp 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Cuellar (6,off Culp).  SF–Buford (2,off Culp).  IBB–Powell (11,by Tatum).  IBB–Tatum (7,Powell).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:11.  A–23,676.
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