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Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics

1971-08-20 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 31494 · night · 2:05

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 1–0. Gary Peters earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Gary Peters L: Vida Blue SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Griffin	4	0	1	1	0	0
Luis Aparicio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	3	0	0	0	1	2
Reggie Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	0	0	1	2
George Scott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Conigliaro	3	1	2	0	0	0
Duane Josephson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Peters	2	0	0	0	0	2

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	1
Reggie Jackson	4	1	2
Tommy Davis	4	2	0
Sal Bando	4	0	0
Angel Mangual	3	0	0
Dave Duncan	3	2	0
Dick Green	3	0	1
Vida Blue	3	0	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Peters	9.0	6	0	7

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vida Blue	9.0	4	2	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doug Griffin: 4
Luis Aparicio: 5/L
Carl Yastrzemski: 8

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: 43
Joe Rudi: 8
Reggie Jackson: K/C

Top 2

Reggie Smith: S9
Rico Petrocelli: 9
George Scott: 8
Billy Conigliaro: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Billy Conigliaro: 5/L

Bot 2

Tommy Davis: S9/L
Sal Bando: 14(1)/FO
Angel Mangual: 8
Dave Duncan: S8.1-2
Dick Green: K

Top 3

Duane Josephson: 4/L
Gary Peters: K
Doug Griffin: 3

Bot 3

Vida Blue: K
Bert Campaneris: 43
Joe Rudi: 63

Top 4

Luis Aparicio: K
Carl Yastrzemski: K
Reggie Smith: K

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: S9/G
Tommy Davis: 64(1)3/GDP
Sal Bando: 43

Top 5

Rico Petrocelli: K
George Scott: K
Billy Conigliaro: S7/G
Duane Josephson: 9

Bot 5

Angel Mangual: 63
Dave Duncan: D8
Dick Green: 53
Vida Blue: K

Top 6

Gary Peters: K
Doug Griffin: 3/FL
Luis Aparicio: 8

Bot 6

Bert Campaneris: S6
Joe Rudi: K
Reggie Jackson: K
Tommy Davis: SB2
Tommy Davis: S5.2-3
Sal Bando: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Carl Yastrzemski: K
Reggie Smith: 8
Rico Petrocelli: W
George Scott: 9/L

Bot 7

Angel Mangual: 7/L
Dave Duncan: 63
Dick Green: 4

Top 8

Billy Conigliaro: S8
Duane Josephson: E3/SH.1-2;B-1
Gary Peters: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Doug Griffin: S7.3-H;2XH(72);B-2(TH)
Luis Aparicio: PB.2-3
Luis Aparicio: 8/L

Bot 8

Vida Blue: K/BF
Bert Campaneris: 8
Joe Rudi: 9/L

Top 9

Carl Yastrzemski: W
Reggie Smith: 54(1)/FO
Rico Petrocelli: K
George Scott: 8

Bot 9

Reggie Jackson: 2/P
Tommy Davis: 43
Sal Bando: 9

Notes & reviews

Gary Peters: 101 pitches; Vida Blue: 125

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