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Boston Red Sox @ Milwaukee Brewers

1971-07-27 · Night game · County Stadium · 72°F, night · Wind 13 mph · 2:17

Boston Red Sox defeated Milwaukee Brewers 4–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 8th. Jim Lonborg earned the win and Sparky Lyle picked up the save. Bill Voss went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	6
ML4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Jim Lonborg L: Ken Sanders SV: Sparky Lyle

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Kennedy	5	1	1	0	0	2
Luis Aparicio	4	0	0	1	0	0
Reggie Smith	2	1	0	0	2	0
Carl Yastrzemski	2	0	1	1	2	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	1	2	1	0
George Scott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Lahoud	4	0	0	0	0	0
Duane Josephson	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Lonborg	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Fiore	1	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Montgomery	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sparky Lyle	1	0	1	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Theobald	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Briggs	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bill Voss	4	1	2	1	0	0
Frank Tepedino	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ted Kubiak	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Ratliff	3	0	1	1	0	1
Rob Ellis	2	0	0	0	2	0
Skip Lockwood	2	0	0	1	0	0
Andy Kosco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Yates	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Lonborg	7.0	7	4	3
Sparky Lyle	2.0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Skip Lockwood	7.1	4	3	4
Ken Sanders	1.2	2	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Kennedy: 53
Luis Aparicio: 7
Reggie Smith: W
Carl Yastrzemski: W.1-2
Rico Petrocelli: W.2-3;1-2
George Scott: K/C

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: 53
Ron Theobald: K/C
John Briggs: 7

Top 2

Joe Lahoud: 2
Duane Josephson: K
Jim Lonborg: K

Bot 2

Bill Voss: HR/9
Frank Tepedino: 31
Ted Kubiak: 9/L
Paul Ratliff: K

Top 3

John Kennedy: K
Luis Aparicio: 43
Reggie Smith: 5/L

Bot 3

Rob Ellis: W
Skip Lockwood: 16(1)/FO
Tommy Harper: S8/L.1-2
Ron Theobald: 43.2-3;1-2
John Briggs: W
Bill Voss: 3/G

Top 4

Carl Yastrzemski: 63
Rico Petrocelli: 9
George Scott: 53

Bot 4

Frank Tepedino: W
Ted Kubiak: S1.1-2
Paul Ratliff: D9.2-H;1-3
Rob Ellis: 563
Skip Lockwood: 63.3-H
Tommy Harper: S8/L.2XH(82)

Top 5

Joe Lahoud: E4.B-1
Duane Josephson: 3/FL
Jim Lonborg: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Ron Theobald: 13
John Briggs: S8
Bill Voss: S7.1-2
Frank Tepedino: 4
Ted Kubiak: 8

Top 6

John Kennedy: 9
Luis Aparicio: 9
Reggie Smith: 53

Bot 6

Paul Ratliff: 3/G
Rob Ellis: W
Skip Lockwood: 34/SH.1-2
Tommy Harper: 53

Top 7

Carl Yastrzemski: S7
Rico Petrocelli: 8
George Scott: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ron Theobald: 8
John Briggs: K
Bill Voss: 43

Top 8

Joe Lahoud: 43
Duane Josephson: S7/G
Mike Fiore: S9/G.1-2
John Kennedy: S9/L.2-3;1-2
Luis Aparicio: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Reggie Smith: W
Carl Yastrzemski: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rico Petrocelli: S7/L.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
George Scott: 3/G

Bot 8

Andy Kosco: 53
Ted Kubiak: 53
Al Yates: 13

Top 9

Joe Lahoud: 4/L
Bob Montgomery: 13
Sparky Lyle: S3/BG
John Kennedy: K

Bot 9

Rob Ellis: 6
Bobby Mitchell: 3
Tommy Harper: 6