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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

1971-06-23 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 17513 · 2:07

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 2–1. Ray Culp earned the win. Joe Lahoud went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		2	5

W: Ray Culp L: Sam McDowell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Graig Nettles	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vada Pinson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Roy Foster	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Baker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jack Heidemann	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Suarez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sam McDowell	3	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Fosse	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Griffin	3	0	0	0	1	2
Luis Aparicio	2	1	0	0	2	1
Reggie Smith	3	0	0	0	1	2
George Scott	4	0	0	0	0	3
Billy Conigliaro	4	0	3	1	0	0
Duane Josephson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Lahoud	4	1	1	1	0	1
John Kennedy	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ray Culp	3	0	0	0	0	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam McDowell	8.0	5	5	14

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Culp	9.0	5	2	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Graig Nettles: K
Vada Pinson: W
Roy Foster: PO1(13)
Roy Foster: S8/L
Chris Chambliss: K/C

Bot 1

Doug Griffin: K
Luis Aparicio: W
Reggie Smith: W.1-2
George Scott: 43.1-2;2-3
Billy Conigliaro: 3/FL

Top 2

Frank Baker: 43
Kurt Bevacqua: D7/L
Jack Heidemann: 9
Ken Suarez: W
Sam McDowell: S9/L.2-H;1-3(E9/TH);B-2
Graig Nettles: 3/G

Bot 2

Duane Josephson: K
Joe Lahoud: 63
John Kennedy: S7/L
Ray Culp: K

Top 3

Vada Pinson: K
Roy Foster: 3/FL
Chris Chambliss: 7

Bot 3

Doug Griffin: K
Luis Aparicio: K
Reggie Smith: K

Top 4

Frank Baker: 8
Kurt Bevacqua: 63
Jack Heidemann: K/C

Bot 4

George Scott: K
Billy Conigliaro: D9
Duane Josephson: 6
Joe Lahoud: 43

Top 5

Ken Suarez: 7
Sam McDowell: S9/L
Graig Nettles: 9/L
Vada Pinson: 9

Bot 5

John Kennedy: 8/L
Ray Culp: K
Doug Griffin: 3/FL

Top 6

Roy Foster: S7/G
Chris Chambliss: 46(1)/FO
Frank Baker: K
Kurt Bevacqua: K

Bot 6

Luis Aparicio: W
Reggie Smith: K
George Scott: K/C
Billy Conigliaro: T9.1-H
Duane Josephson: 13

Top 7

Jack Heidemann: K
Ken Suarez: 2/FL
Sam McDowell: 3/G

Bot 7

Joe Lahoud: HR/9
John Kennedy: K
Ray Culp: K
Doug Griffin: W
Luis Aparicio: 3/L

Top 8

Graig Nettles: 43
Vada Pinson: 3/G
Roy Foster: 7/L

Bot 8

Reggie Smith: 4
George Scott: K
Billy Conigliaro: D7/L
Duane Josephson: IW
Joe Lahoud: K/C

Top 9

Chris Chambliss: 3/G
Frank Baker: 4/FL
Ray Fosse: K