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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

1971-08-14 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 21325 · 74°F · Wind from RF · 3:09

Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 6–1. Kansas City Royals put up 5 in the 1st. Al Fitzmorris earned the win and Jim York picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	10

W: Al Fitzmorris L: Gary Peters SV: Jim York

Umpires — HP: Jim Odom · 1B: Marty Springstead · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Larry McCoy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	3	2	0	0	2	0
Paul Schaal	4	1	1	0	1	2
Amos Otis	5	1	0	0	0	2
Lou Piniella	5	1	2	2	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	1	1	1	1	1
Bob Oliver	4	0	1	2	0	2
Chuck Harrison	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dennis Paepke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Fitzmorris	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jim York	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Griffin	5	0	4	0	0	0
John Kennedy	4	0	2	0	1	0
Reggie Smith	5	0	0	0	0	3
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rico Petrocelli	2	0	0	0	2	1
George Scott	3	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Lahoud	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Montgomery	4	0	0	0	0	3
Luis Tiant	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Gagliano	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Conigliaro	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Fitzmorris	6.0	6	3	3
Jim York	3.0	4	1	6

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Peters	0.0	2	2	0
Luis Tiant	7.0	3	2	10
Bobby Bolin	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: W
Paul Schaal: W.1-2
Amos Otis: E1/TH1/G56S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Lou Piniella: S8/G.3-H;2-H;1-2
Cookie Rojas: SB3
Cookie Rojas: D7/L78XDW.3-H(UR);1-3
Bob Oliver: S8/L8S.3-H;2-H
Chuck Harrison: 6/L56
Dennis Paepke: 6
Al Fitzmorris: K

Bot 1

Doug Griffin: D7/L5D
John Kennedy: W
Reggie Smith: 3/P3
Carl Yastrzemski: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 2

Freddie Patek: 6/P56
Paul Schaal: K/C
Amos Otis: K/C

Bot 2

Rico Petrocelli: 53/G5
George Scott: S7/G5
Joe Lahoud: S9/L34D.1-2
Bob Montgomery: 3/G3.2-3;1-2
Luis Tiant: 8/L8

Top 3

Lou Piniella: 9
Cookie Rojas: W
Bob Oliver: K
Chuck Harrison: K/C

Bot 3

Doug Griffin: 4/L4M
John Kennedy: S7/L56D
Reggie Smith: K
Carl Yastrzemski: 5/FL/P25F

Top 4

Dennis Paepke: 53
Al Fitzmorris: 7
Freddie Patek: 13/G1

Bot 4

Rico Petrocelli: W
George Scott: K
Joe Lahoud: 9
Bob Montgomery: K/C

Top 5

Paul Schaal: 7
Amos Otis: 8/F8D
Lou Piniella: S7/L56D
Cookie Rojas: K

Bot 5

Luis Tiant: 63
Doug Griffin: S8/G6
John Kennedy: 16(1)3/GDP/G1

Top 6

Bob Oliver: 8
Chuck Harrison: S7/G
Dennis Paepke: K
Al Fitzmorris: K/C

Bot 6

Reggie Smith: 31/G3
Carl Yastrzemski: D7/L7DW
Rico Petrocelli: WP.2-3
Rico Petrocelli: W
George Scott: 8/SF/F89XD.3-H
Joe Lahoud: 146(1)/FO/G1

Top 7

Freddie Patek: W
Paul Schaal: K
Amos Otis: 4/P3D
Lou Piniella: E6/G6.1-2;B-1
Cookie Rojas: WP.2-3;1-2
Cookie Rojas: 6E3.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;B-1
Bob Oliver: K

Bot 7

Bob Montgomery: K
Phil Gagliano: K/C
Doug Griffin: S7/G5
John Kennedy: S8/L8S.1-2
Reggie Smith: K23

Top 8

Chuck Harrison: S7/G5
Dennis Paepke: 7
Jim York: K
Freddie Patek: 63/G56

Bot 8

Carl Yastrzemski: S4/G34D
Rico Petrocelli: K
George Scott: 4/F3D
Joe Lahoud: W.1-2
Bob Montgomery: K

Top 9

Paul Schaal: D7/L7LS
Amos Otis: K
Lou Piniella: 8
Cookie Rojas: 53

Bot 9

Billy Conigliaro: 8
Doug Griffin: D7/L7LS
John Kennedy: 53
Reggie Smith: K

Notes & reviews

Red Sox Manager Eddie Kasko ejected by 1B umpire Marty Springstead arguing that Bob Oliver had been picked off
Grounder hit so hard it pulled off Fitzmorris' glove
Grounder off Fitzsimmon's foot straight to 2ndbaseman Rojas

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