Boston Red Sox - The '70s - the saga continues

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We have now hit 1971 on my quest through the seasons with this franchise. At the request of the club owner, the GM continues to work during the off season to try to improve the team so that it can turn around and start winning.

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January, 1971 Happenings

1/7/71

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Signed Fernando Gonzalez as a free agent.

1/12/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Bucky Brandon to Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Joseph.

National League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Traded Rick Joseph to Chicago White Sox for Bucky Brandon.

1/13/71

Amateur Free-Agent Draft

1st Phase
1st round (1st pick) San Diego selects Dave Hilton
1st round (4th pick) Kansas City selects John Wathan
1st round (6th pick) Milwaukee selects Don Collins (did not sign)
4th round Boston selects Eric Rasmussen (did not sign)
5th round Oakland selects Rich Dauer (did not sign)
11th round St.Louis selects Rick Langford (did not sign)

Secondary Phase
1st round (3rd pick) Oakland selects Phil Garner
1st round (4th pick) Houston selects Doug Konieczny
1st round (5th pick) Chicago White Sox selects Sam Ewing
1st round (7th pick) California selects Bob Allietta
1st round (9th pick) Washington selects Jim Kremmel
1st round (15th pick) Kansas City selects Ron Hodges (did not sign)
1st round (20th pick) Atlanta selects Pete Varney (did not sign)
1st round (21st pick) Boston selects Jim Otten (did not sign)
1st round (24th pick) San Diego selects Johnny Grubb

2nd round Chicago Cubs selects Steve Stroughter (did not sign)

3rd round New York Mets select Mardie Cornejo (did not sign)
3rd round Oakland selects Steve Staggs (did not sign)
3rd round Boston selects John Tamargo (did not sign)

4th round California selects Mike Edwards (did not sign)
4th round Boston selects Roy Smalley Jr (did not sign)
4th round St.Louis selects Mike Vail

5th round Cleveland selects Jim Norris

6th round San Francisco selects Warren Brusstar (did not sign)
6th round St.Louis selects Mike Potter

8th round California selects Jerry Remy

National League

SAN DIEGO PADRES: Released Earl Wilson.

1/18/71

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Signed Tony Armas as a non-drafted free agent.

1/25/71

National League

CINCINNATI REDS: Released Ray Washburn.

1/28/71

American League

CALIFORNIA ANGELS: Traded Bill Voss to Milwaukee Brewers for Gene Brabender.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Traded Gene Brabender to California Angels for Bill Voss.

National League

NEW YORK METS: Signed Benny Ayala as a non-drafted free agent.

1/29/71

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Traded Matty Alou and George Brunet to St.Louis Cardinals for Nelson Briles and Vic Davalillo.

SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS: Traded Nelson Briles and Vic Davalillo to Pittsburgh Pirates for Matty Alou and George Brunet.

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February, 1971 Happenings

2/2/71

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Traded Ellie Rodriguez to Milwaukee Brewers for Carl Taylor.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Traded Bob Burda to St.Louis Cardinals for minor leaguer Fred Reahm. Traded Carl Taylor to Kansas City Royals for Ellie Rodriguez

National League

SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS: Traded minor leaguer Fred Reahm to Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Burda.

2/4/71

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Purchased Joe Nossek from St.Louis Cardinals.

National League

SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS: Sold Joe Nossek to Milwaukee Brewers.

2/9/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Gerry Janeski to Washington Senators for Rick Reichardt.

WASHINGTON SENATORS: Traded Rick Reichardt to Chicago White Sox for Gerry Janeski.

2/10/71

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Released Bob Tillman. Traded Al Downing to Los Angeles Dodgers for Andy Kosco.

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS: Traded Andy Kosco to Milwaukee Brewers for Al Downing.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Traded minor leaguer Danny Rivas to Mexico City of the Mexican League for Ramon Hernandez.

THE PRESEASON HAS BEGUN AS PLAYERS REPORT TO SPRING TRAINING.

2/19/71

American League

BOSTON RED SOX: Traded Billy McCool to Kansas City Royals for Hawk Taylor.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Traded Hawk Taylor to Boston Red Sox for Billy McCool.

2/27/71

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Signed Larry McCall as a non-drafted free agent.

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March, 1971 Happenings

3/13/71

American League

CALIFORNIA ANGELS: Purchased Jeff Torborg from Los Angeles Dodgers.

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS: Sold Jeff Torborg to California Angels.

3/15/71

American League

CALIFORNIA ANGELS: Traded Steve Kealey and Dave Adlesh to Chicago White Sox for Art Kusnyer.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Art Kusnyer to California Angels for Steve Kealey and Dave Adlesh.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Sold George Springs to New York Mets.

National League

NEW YORK METS: Purchased George Spriggs from Kansas City Royals.

3/16/71

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Signed Orlando Pena as a free agent.

3/19/71

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Sold Dave Baldwin to Hawaii (PCL).

3/23/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Steve Hamilton to San Francisco Giants for Steve Huntz.

National League

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: Traded Steve Huntz to Chicago White Sox for Steve Hamilton.

3/24/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Bobby Knoop to Kansas City Royals for cash and a player to be named later.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Traded cash and a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox for Bobby Knoop.

3/25/71

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Returned George Kopacz to Pittsburgh Pirates.

NEW YORK YANKEES: Released Mike McCormick.

National League

MONTREAL EXPOS: Purchased Dave McDonald from San Francisco Giants.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES: Received George Kopacz from from Milwaukee Brewers.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: Sold Dave McDonald to Montreal Expos.

3/26/71

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS: Purchased Fred Stanley from Milwaukee Brewers.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Sold Fred Stanley to Cleveland Indians.

3/27/71

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Released Bob Humphreys, Bob Meyer and Russ Snyder.

3/30/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Traded Tommy McCraw to Washington Senators for Ed Stroud.

DETROIT TIGERS: Traded Mike Adams and a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins for Bill Zepp.

MINNESOTA TWINS: Traded Bill Zepp to Detroit Tigers for Mike Adams and a player to be named later.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Signed Tommy Davis as a free agent.

WASHINGTON SENATORS: Traded Ed Stroud to Chicago White Sox for Tommy McCraw.

3/30/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Received Luis Alcaraz from Kansas City to complete trade on 3/24/71.

DETROIT TIGERS: Traded Jerry Robertson to New York Mets for Dean Chance and Bill Denehy.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Released Dave Morehead. Sent Luis Alcaraz to Chicago to complete trade on 3/24/71.

National League

NEW YORK METS: Traded Dean Chance and Bill Denehy to Detroit Tigers for Jerry Robertson.

3/31/71

American League

BOSTON RED SOX: Traded Vicente Romo and Tony Muser to Chicago White Sox for Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Released Don O'Riley. Traded Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy to Boston Red Sox for Vicente Romo and Tony Muser.

MINNESOTA TWINS: Released Luis Tiant.

NEW YORK YANKEES: Released Pete Ward.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS: Traded Stan Swanson to Montreal Expos for Jim Qualls.

MONTREAL EXPOS: Traded Don Hahn to New York Mets for Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker. Traded Jim Qualls to Cincinnati Reds for Stan Swanson.

NEW YORK METS: Traded Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker to Montreal Expos for Don Hahn.

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April, 1971 Happenings

4/1/71

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Signed Mike Hershberger as a free agent.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS: Signed Joe Gibbon as a free agent.

4/2/71

National League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Sold Mike Jackson to San Diego Padres.

SAN DIEGO PADRES: Purchased Mike Jackson from Philadelphia Phillies.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: Signed Larry Milbourne as a free agent.

4/3/71

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES: Signed Marv Staehle as a free agent. Traded minor leaguer Rick Wilson to San Diego Padres for Walt Hriniak.

MONTREAL EXPOS: Released Tom Robson.

SAN DIEGO PADRES: Traded Walt Hriniak to Atlanta Braves for minor leaguer Rick Wilson.

4/4/71

American League

CALIFORNIA ANGELS: Released Joe Henderson.

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"Baseball Digest" has made their predictions for 1971:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East
1. Chicago
2. Pittsburgh
3. New York
4. St.Louis
5. Philadelphia
6. Montreal

West
1. Los Angeles
2. Cincinnati
3. San Francisco
4. Atlanta
5. Houston
6. San Diego

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East
1. Baltimore
2. Boston (haven't they seen me manage this team?)
3. New York
4. Detroit
5. Washington
6. Cleveland

West
1. California
2. Minnesota
3. Oakland
4. Kansas City
5. Milwaukee
6. Chicago

The Baseball News Network have predicted the following:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East
1. Baltimore
2. New York
3. Detroit
4. Washington
5. Boston
6. Cleveland

West
1. Oakland
2. Chicago
3. Minnesota
4. California
5. Kansas City
6. Milwaukee

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East
1. New York
2. Pittsburgh
3. Chicago
4. St.Louis
5. Philadelphia
6. Montreal

West
1. San Francisco (wins 1-game playoff with Cincinnati)
2. Cincinnati
3. Houston
4. Atlanta
5. Los Angeles
6. San Diego

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The 1971 season for the Boston Red Sox opening week:

Apr 6 - NEW YORK
Apr 8,10,11 - at Cleveland

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April 5, 1971 - MLB Opening Day

Standings as of Monday, April 5, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Baltimore             0   0  .000   --       Chicago               0   0  .000   --
BOSTON                0   0  .000   --       Montreal              0   0  .000   --
Cleveland             0   0  .000   --       New York              0   0  .000   --
Detroit               0   0  .000   --       Philadelphia          0   0  .000   --
New York              0   0  .000   --       Pittsburgh            0   0  .000   --
Washington            0   1  .000    0.5     St.Louis              0   0  .000   --

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               1   0 1.000   --       Cincinnati            1   0 1.000   --
California            0   0  .000    0.5     Los Angeles           1   0 1.000   --
Chicago               0   0  .000    0.5     San Diego             0   0  .000    0.5
Kansas City           0   0  .000    0.5     San Francisco         0   0  .000    0.5
Milwaukee             0   0  .000    0.5     Atlanta               0   1  .000    1
Minnesota             0   0  .000    0.5     Houston               0   1  .000    1


Oakland 1, Washington 0                      Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 1 (10)
                                             Los Angeles 5, Houston 3
only game scheduled
                                             only games scheduled

Transactions

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Traded Marcelino Lopez to Milwaukee Brewers for Roric Harrison and minor leaguer Marion Jackson.

BOSTON RED SOX: Received Cecil Cooper back from St.Louis Cardinals.

CLEVELAND INDIANS: Released Vic Correll. Signed Camilo Pascual as a free agent.

DETROIT TIGERS: Received Wayne Redmond back from Philadelphia Phillies.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Traded Roric Harrison and minor leaguer Marion Jackson to Baltimore Orioles for Marcelino Lopez. Traded Wayne Twitchell to Philadelphia Phillies for minor leaguer Pat Skrable.

MINNESOTA TWINS: Released Frank Quilici.

National League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Returned Wayne Redmond to Detroit Tigers. Traded minor leaguer Pat Skrable to Milwaukee for Wayne Twitchell.

SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS: Returned Cecil Cooper to Boston Red Sox.

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April 6, 1971: New York (Bahnsen 0-0, 0.00) at Boston (Culp 0-0, 0.00) - game #1 of 162

Top 1st: Culp pitching. Clarke grounds out (4-3). Munson flies out (7). White singles to right [1]. Murcer walks [1,2]. Cater hit by pitch [1,2,3]. Lyttle homers to left. White, Murcer, Cater and Lyttle score. Kenney grounds out (6-3).
4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 4, Boston 0

Bottom 1st: Bahnsen pitching. Aparicio lines out (4). Smith singles to center [1]. Yastrzemski flies out (7) [1]. Petrocelli singles to left [1,2]. Scott grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 4, Boston 0

Top 2nd: Michael walks [1]. Bahnsen sacrifices (1-4) [2]. Clarke grounds out (5-3) [3]. Munson singles to left [1]. Michael scores. White strikes out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Bottom 2nd: Josephson flies out (8). Conigliaro flies out (8). Griffin grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Top 3rd: Murcer grounds out (6-3). Cater grounds out (4-3). Lyttle singles to right [1]. Kenney reaches 1b on error (3-E1) [1,2]. Michael strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error - New York 5, Boston 0

Bottom 3rd: Culp flies out (8). Aparicio flies out (9). Smith walks [1]. Yastrzemski grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Top 4th: Bahnsen grounds out (5-3). Clarke singles to center [1]. Clarke caught stealing (2-4). Munson grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Bottom 4th: Petrocelli doubles to left [2]. Scott singles to right [1,3]. Josephson fouls out (2) [1,3]. Conigliaro pops out (6) [1,3]. Griffin pops out (1).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Top 5th: White singles to center [1]. Murcer pops out (6) [1]. Cater strikes out [1]. Lyttle singles to left [1,2]. Kenney grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Bottom 5th: Culp singles in infield [1]. Aparicio lines out, DP (3u). Smith grounds out (1-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Top 6th: Michael grounds out (5-3). Bahnsen grounds out (5-3).Clarke singles to center [1]. Munson flies out (7).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 0

Bottom 6th: Yastrzemski grounds out (3u). Petrocelli homers to left. Petrocelli scores. Scott grounds out (6-3). Josephson strikes out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 5, Boston 1

Top 7th: White walks [1]. Murcer lines out (5) [1]. Cater singles to right center [1,2]. Lyttle singles to center [1,2,3]. Bolin pitching. Kenney grounds out (3u) [2,3]. White scores. Michael flies out (8).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - New York 6, Boston 1

Bottom 7th: Mitchell now playing CF. Conigliaro strikes out. Griffin flies out (8). Lahoud batting for Bolin. Lahoud grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 6, Boston 1

Top 8th: Lyle pitching. Bahnsen grounds out (1-3). Clarke singles to left [1]. Munson grounds out, DP (5-4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 6, Boston 1

Bottom 8th: Aparicio grounds out (3u). Smith grounds out (3-1). Yastrzemski grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 6, Boston 1

Top 9th: White homers to left. White scores. Mitchell walks [1]. Cater grounds out, DP (4-6-3). Lyttle grounds out (3-1).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - New York 7, Boston 1

Bottom 9th: Petrocelli flies out (8). Scott grounds out (6-3). Josephson flies out (8).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - New York 7, Boston 1

New York                           Boston 
                AB  R  H BI   AVG                  AB  R  H BI   AVG
Clarke,2b        5  0  3  0  .600  Aparicio.ss      4  0  0  0  .000
Munson,c         5  0  1  1  .200  Smith,rf         3  0  1  0  .333
White,lf         4  3  3  1  .750  Yastrzemski,lf   4  0  0  0  .000
Murcer,cf        3  1  0  0  .000  Petrocelli,3b    4  1  3  1  .750
Mitchell,cf      0  0  0  0  .000  Scott,1b         4  0  1  0  .250
Cater,1b         4  1  1  0  .250  Josephson,c      4  0  0  0  .000
Lyttle,rf        5  1  4  4  .800  Conigliaro,cf    3  0  0  0  .000
Kenney,3b        4  0  0  1  .000  Griffin,2b       3  0  0  0  .000
Michael,ss       3  1  0  0  .000  Culp,p           2  0  1  0  .500
Bahnsen,p        3  0  0  0  .000  Bolin,p          0  0  0  0  .000
                                   Lahoud,ph        1  0  0  0  .000
                                   Lyle,p           0  0  0  0  .000
                -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
Totals          36  7 12  7        Totals          32  1  6  1


New York          4 1 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  -  7
Boston            0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1


E: Culp (1). DP: New York 1, Boston 2. LOB: New York 9, Boston 5.
2B: Petrocelli (1). HR: White (1), Petrocelli (1). SH: Bahnsen.
CS: Clarke (1). GIDP: Munson, Cater.



                                       
                      IP    H  R ER BB SO   ERA
New York
Bahnsen (W,1-0)        9    6  1  1  1  2  1.00


Boston
Culp (L,0-1)           6.1 10  6  6  3  3  8.53
Bolin                  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  0.00
Lyle                   2    2  1  1  1  0  4.50


HBP: Cater (by Culp).
Att: 25,244

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Standings as of Tuesday, April 6, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Cleveland             1   0 1.000   --       Chicago               1   0 1.000   --
New York              1   0 1.000   --       New York              1   0 1.000   --
Baltimore             0   0  .000    0.5     Pittsburgh            1   0 1.000   --
Boston                0   1  .000    1       Montreal              0   1  .000    1
Detroit               0   1  .000    1       Philadelphia          0   1  .000    1
Washington            0   1  .000    1       St.Louis              0   1  .000    1

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Kansas City           1   0 1.000   --       Los Angeles           2   0 1.000   --
Milwaukee             1   0 1.000   --       Cincinnati            1   0 1.000    0.5
Oakland               1   0 1.000   --       San Francisco         1   0 1.000    0.5
Chicago               0   0  .000    0.5     Atlanta               0   1  .000    1.5
California            0   1  .000    1       San Diego             0   1  .000    1.5
Minnesota             0   1  .000    1       Houston               0   2  .000    2


New York 7, Boston 1                         Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2 (12)
Cleveland 7, Detroit 6                       New York 6, Montreal 3
Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 2                     Chicago 5, St.Louis 4
Kansas City 3, California 1                  San Francisco 6, San Diego 3
                                             Los Angeles 1, Houston 0
only games scheduled
                                             only games scheduled

Transactions

American League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Released Tom Kelly.

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April 7, 1971: Off Day

Standings as of Wednesday, April 7, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Cleveland             1   0 1.000   --       New York              1   0 1.000   --
New York              1   0 1.000   --       Pittsburgh            1   0 1.000   --
Baltimore             0   0  .000    0.5     Chicago               1   1  .500    0.5
Boston                0   1  .000    1       St.Louis              1   1  .500    0.5
Detroit               0   1  .000    1       Montreal              0   1  .000    1
Washington            0   2  .000    1.5     Philadelphia          0   1  .000    1

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               3   0 1.000   --       Los Angeles           2   1  .667   --
Milwaukee             2   0 1.000   --       Atlanta               1   1  .500    0.5
California            1   1  .500    1.5     Cincinnati            1   1  .500    0.5
Kansas City           1   1  .500    1.5     San Diego             1   1  .500    0.5
Chicago               0   2  .000    2.5     San Francisco         1   1  .500    0.5
Minnesota             0   2  .000    2.5     Houston               1   2  .333    1


Oakland 8-8, Chicago 5-3  1st,(15)           St.Louis 9, Chicago 6
Milwaukee 3, Minnesota 2                     Houston 3, Los Angeles 2
Baltimore 5, Washington 4                    San Diego 4, San Francisco 2
California 3, Kansas City 2 (14)             Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 2

only games scheduled                         only games scheduled

Transactions

American League

BOSTON RED SOX: Released Tom Satriano, Jarvis Tatum and Gary Wagner.

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April 8, 1971: Boston (Siebert 0-0, 0.00) at Cleveland (McDowell 0-0, 0.00) - game #2 of 162

Top 1st: McDowell pitching. Aparicio walks [1]. Smith walks [1,2]. Yastrzemski walks [1,2,3]. Petrocelli strikes out [1,2,3]. Scott pops out (4) [1,2,3]. Josephson flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Cleveland 0

Bottom 1st: Siebert pitching. Brown strikes out. Nettles singles to center [1]. Pinson singles to center [1,2]. Double steal [2,3]. Fosse flies out (9) [2,3]. Wild pitch [3]. Nettles scores. Harrelson flies out (8).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 1, Boston 0

Top 2nd: Conigliaro strikes out. Griffin grounds out (1-3). Siebert grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 1, Boston 0

Bottom 2nd: R.Foster singles to center [1]. Leon pops out (4) [1]. Bradford strikes out [1]. R.Foster steals 2b [2]. McDowell flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 1, Boston 0

Top 3rd: Aparicio grounds out (6-3). Smith strikes out. Yastrzemski walks [1]. Petrocelli strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 1, Boston 0

Bottom 3rd: Brown grounds out (4-3). Nettles strikes out. Pinson grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 1, Boston 0

Top 4th: Scott walks [1]. Josephson singles to left [1,2]. Conigliaro homers to left. Scott, Josephson and Conigliaro score. Griffin flies out (7). Siebert strikes out. Aparicio strikes out.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 1

Bottom 4th: Fosse flies out (9). Harrelson strikes out. R.Foster reaches 2b on error (E1) [2]. Leon grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - Boston 3, Cleveland 1

Top 5th: Smith doubles to left [2]. Yastrzemski flies out (9) [3]. Petrocelli pops out (4) [3]. Scott pops out (4).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 1

Bottom 5th: Bradford singles to center [1]. McDowell sacrifices (3-4) [2]. Brown reaches 2b on error (E6) [2]. Bradford scores. Nettles singles in infield [1,3]. Pinson grounds out, DP (4,4-3).
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Top 6th: Josephson strikes out. Conigliaro singles in infield [1]. Griffin singles in infield [1,2]. Siebert bunts, FC (5-6) [1,2]. Aparicio pops out (4).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Bottom 6th: Fosse grounds out (5-3). Harrelson flies out (9). R.Foster grounds out (1-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Top 7th: Smith grounds out (5-3). Yastrzemski strikes out. Petrocelli grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Bottom 7th: Leon grounds out (1-3). Bradford flies out (8). Chambliss batting for Lamb. Chambliss flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Top 8th: Mingori pitching. Scott strikes out. Josephson walks [1]. Conigliaro singles to center [1,2]. Griffin grounds out, FC (4-6) [1,3]. Siebert flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Bottom 8th: Brown singles to left [1]. Nettles grounds out (3u) [2]. Pinson grounds out (3u) [3]. Fosse grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Top 9th: Aparicio singles to left [1]. Smith grounds out, DP (5-4-3). Yastrzemski grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Bottom 9th: Harrelson walks [1]. R.Foster flies out (7) [1]. Leon sacrifices (5-4) [2]. Bradford strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 2

Boston                             Cleveland 
                AB  R  H BI   AVG                  AB  R  H BI   AVG
Aparicio,ss      4  0  1  0  .125  Brown,ss         4  0  1  1  .375
Smith,rf         4  0  1  0  .286  Nettles,3b       4  1  2  0  .333
Yastrzemski,lf   3  0  0  0  .000  Pinson,rf        4  0  1  0  .400
Petrocelli,3b    4  0  0  0  .375  Fosse,c          4  0  0  0  .111
Scott,1b         3  1  0  0  .143  Harrelson,1b     3  0  0  0  .143
Josephson,c      3  1  1  0  .143  RFoster,lf       4  0  1  0  .111
Conigliaro,cf    4  1  3  3  .429  Leon,2b          3  0  0  0  .143
Griffin,2b       4  0  1  0  .143  Bradford,cf      4  1  1  0  .143
Siebert,p        4  0  0  0  .000  McDowell,p       1  0  0  0  .000
                                   Lamb,p           0  0  0  0  .000
                                   Chambliss,ph     1  0  0  0  .000
                                   Mingori,p        0  0  0  0  .000
                -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
Totals          33  3  7  3        Totals          32  2  6  1


Boston            0 0 0  3 0 0  0 0 0  -  3
Cleveland         1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2


E: Aparicio (1), Siebert (1). DP: Boston 1, Cleveland 1. LOB:
Boston 9, Cleveland 7. 2B: Smith (1). HR: Conigliaro (1). SH:
McDowell, Leon. SB: Nettles (1), RFoster (1), Pinson (1). GIDP:
Smith, Pinson.



                                       
                      IP    H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Boston
Siebert (W,1-0)        9    6  2  1  1  5  1.00


Cleveland
McDowell (L,0-1)       5.1  5  3  3  5  7  5.06
Lamb                   1.2  0  0  0  0  1  4.91
Mingori                2    2  0  0  1  1  0.00


WP: Siebert.
Att: 18,342

[captaincarl]

Standings as of Thursday, April 8, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Baltimore             1   0 1.000   --       Chicago               2   1  .667   --
New York              1   0 1.000   --       Montreal              1   1  .500    0.5
Boston                1   1  .500    0.5     New York              1   1  .500    0.5
Cleveland             1   1  .500    0.5     Philadelphia          1   1  .500    0.5
Detroit               0   1  .000    1       Pittsburgh            1   1  .500    0.5
Washington            0   2  .000    1.5     St.Louis              1   1  .500    0.5

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               3   0 1.000   --       Los Angeles           2   1  .667   --
Milwaukee             2   0 1.000   --       San Diego             2   1  .667   --
Kansas City           2   1  .667    1       Atlanta               1   1  .500    0.5
California            1   2  .333    2       Cincinnati            1   1  .500    0.5
Chicago               0   2  .000    2.5     San Francisco         1   2  .333    1
Minnesota             0   2  .000    2.5     Houston               1   3  .250    1.5


Boston 3, Cleveland 2                        Montreal 4, New York 1
Kansas City 9, California 4                  Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3
                                             San Diego 5, San Francisco 3
only games scheduled                         Chicago 3, Houston 2

                                             only games scheduled

[captaincarl]

April 9, 1971: Off Day

Standings as of Friday, April 9, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Baltimore             2   0 1.000   --       Chicago               3   1  .750   --
New York              2   0 1.000   --       Montreal              1   1  .500    1
Boston                1   1  .500    1       New York              1   1  .500    1
Cleveland             1   1  .500    1       Philadelphia          1   1  .500    1
Detroit               0   2  .000    2       St.Louis              1   1  .500    1
Washington            0   3  .000    2.5     Pittsburgh            1   2  .333    1.5

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               4   0 1.000   --       Los Angeles           3   1  .750   --
Milwaukee             2   0 1.000    1       Atlanta               2   1  .667    0.5
Kansas City           2   2  .500    2       Cincinnati            1   1  .500    1
California            1   2  .333    2.5     San Diego             2   2  .500    1
Minnesota             1   2  .333    2.5     San Francisco         1   2  .333    1.5
Chicago               0   3  .000    3.5     Houston               1   4  .200    2.5


Minnesota 7, Chicago 6                       Chicago 3, Houston 2
Oakland 4, Kansas City 0                     Los Angeles 6, San Diego 4 (11)
New York 5, Washington 4                     Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 4
Baltimore 5, Detroit 0
                                             only games scheduled
only games scheduled

Transactions

American League

DETROIT TIGERS: Signed Dave Boswell as a free agent.

MINNESOTA TWINS: Released Dave Boswell.

NEW YORK YANKEES: Traded Rob Gardner and Ron Klimkowski to Oakland Athletics for Felipe Alou.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Traded Felipe Alou to New York Yankees for Rob Gardner and Ron Klimkowski.

[captaincarl]

April 10, 1971: Boston (Koonce 0-0, 0.00) at Cleveland (0-0, 7.20) - game #3 of 162

Top 1st: Hargan pitching. Aparicio singles to center [1]. Smith grounds out, DP (3,3-6). Yastrzemski flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Cleveland 0

Bottom 1st: Koonce pitching. Brown reaches 1b on error (E6) [1]. Nettles grounds out, FC (4-6) [1]. Pinson pops out (6) [1]. Fosse flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - Boston 0, Cleveland 0

Top 2nd: Petrocelli doubles to left [2]. Scott grounds out (6-3) [2]. Josephson lines out (6) [2]. Conigliaro pops out (3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Cleveland 0

Bottom 2nd: Harrelson grounds out (6-3). Lowenstein fouls out (2). Leon fouls out (2).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Cleveland 0

Top 3rd: Griffin homers to right. Griffin scores. Koonce doubles to center [2]. Aparicio pops out (1) [2]. Smith flies out (8) [2]. Yastrzemski walks [1,2]. Hargan balks [2,3]. Petrocelli flies out (9).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Cleveland 0

Bottom 3rd: Bradford walks [1]. Hargan sacrifices (3-4) [2]. Brown grounds out (5-3) [3]. Nettles homers to right. Bradford and Nettles score. Pinson singles to center [1]. Brett pitching. Pinson steals 2b [2]. Fosse flies out (8).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 2, Boston 1

Top 4th: Scott grounds out (5-3). Josephson flies out (9). Conigliaro doubles to left [2]. Griffin flies out (7).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 2, Boston 1

Bottom 4th: Harrelson walks [1]. Lowenstein singles to center [1,2]. Leon flies out (9) [1,3]. Lowenstein caught stealing (2-4) [3]. Bradford singles to left [1]. Harrelson scores. Hargan strikes out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 3, Boston 1

Top 5th: Brett lines out (6). Aparicio singles to right [1]. Smith singles to center [1,3]. Yastrzemski grounds out, FC (6-4) [1]. Aparicio scores. Lamb pitching. Petrocelli strikes out.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 3, Boston 2

Bottom 5th: Brown flies out (8). Nettles grounds out (6-3). Pinson walks [1]. Fosse strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 3, Boston 2

Top 6th: Scott strikes out. Josephson pops out (6). Conigliaro strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 3, Boston 2

Bottom 6th: Harrelson singles to center [1]. Lowenstein walks [1,2]. Lee pitching. Leon singles to right [1,2,3]. Bradford flies out (7) [1,3]. Harrelson scores. R.Foster batting for Lamb. R.Foster grounds out, DP (1-4-3).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Top 7th: Ballinger pitching. Griffin grounds out (3-1). Lahoud batting for Lee. Lahoud grounds out (6-3). Aparicio grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Bottom 7th: Bolin pitching. Brown strikes out. Nettles grounds out (6-3). Pinson flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Top 8th: Stanley now playing SS. Chambliss now playing 1B. Uhlaender now playing LF. Smith flies out (8). Yastrzemski strikes out. Petrocelli doubles to left center [2]. Mingori pitching. Scott strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Bottom 8th: Fosse grounds out (5-3). Chambliss singles to right [1]. Uhlaender reaches 1b on error (E3) [1,2]. Leon lines out, DP (6,6-4).
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Top 9th: Josephson grounds out (5-3). Conigliaro grounds out (5-3). Griffin grounds out (2-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 4, Boston 2

Boston                             Cleveland 
                AB  R  H BI   AVG                  AB  R  H BI   AVG
Aparicio,ss      4  1  2  0  .250  Brown,ss         4  0  0  0  .250
Smith,rf         4  0  1  0  .273  Stanley,ss       0  0  0  0 1.000
Yastrzemski,lf   3  0  0  1  .000  Nettles,3b       4  1  1  2  .300
Petrocelli,3b    4  0  2  0  .417  Pinson,rf        3  0  1  0  .375
Scott,1b         4  0  0  0  .091  Fosse,c          4  0  0  0  .077
Josephson,c      4  0  0  0  .091  Harrelson,1b     2  2  1  0  .222
Conigliaro,cf    4  0  1  0  .364  Chambliss,1b     1  0  1  0  .333
Griffin,2b       4  1  1  1  .182  Lowenstein,lf    2  0  1  0  .500
Koonce,p         1  0  1  0 1.000  Uhlaender,lf     1  0  0  0  .000
Brett,p          1  0  0  0  .000  Leon,2b          4  0  1  0  .182
Lee,p            0  0  0  0  .000  Bradford,cf      1  1  1  2  .250
Lahoud,ph        1  0  0  0  .000  Hargan,p         1  0  0  0  .000
Bolin,p          0  0  0  0  .000  Lamb,p           0  0  0  0  .000
                                   RFoster,ph       1  0  0  0  .100
                                   Ballinger,p      0  0  0  0  .000
                                   Mingori,p        0  0  0  0  .000
                -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
Totals          34  2  8  2        Totals          28  4  7  4


Boston            0 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2
Cleveland         0 0 2  1 0 1  0 0 x  -  4


E: Aparicio (2), Scott (1). DP: Boston 2, Cleveland 1. LOB: Boston 6,
Cleveland 8. 2B: Petrocelli 2 (3), Conigliaro (1), Koonce (1). HR:
Griffin (1), Nettles (1). SF: Bradford. SH: Hargan. SB: Pinson (2),
CS: Lowenstein (1). GIDP: Smith, RFoster.



                                       
                      IP    H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Boston
Koonce (L,0-1)         2.2  2  2  2  1  0  6.75
Brett                  2.1  3  2  2  3  2  7.72
Lee                    1    1  0  0  0  0  0.00
Bolin                  2    1  0  0  0  1  0.00


Cleveland
Hargan                 4.2  7  2  2  1  0  5.59
Lamb (W,1-0)           1.1  0  0  0  0  3  3.60
Ballinger              1.2  1  0  0  0  1  0.00
Mingori (S,1)          1.1  0  0  0  0  1  0.00


Balks: Hargan.
Att: 16,272

[captaincarl]

Standings as of Saturday, April 10, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
New York              3   0 1.000   --       Chicago               4   1  .800   --
Baltimore             2   1  .667    1       Montreal              2   1  .667    1
Cleveland             2   1  .667    1       St.Louis              2   1  .667    1
Boston                1   2  .333    2       Pittsburgh            2   2  .500    1.5
Detroit               1   2  .333    2       New York              1   2  .333    2
Washington            0   4  .000    3.5     Philadelphia          1   2  .333    2

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               5   0 1.000   --       Cincinnati            2   1  .667   --
Milwaukee             2   1  .667    2       Los Angeles           3   2  .600   --
California            2   2  .500    2.5     San Diego             3   2  .600   --
Kansas City           2   3  .400    3       Atlanta               2   2  .500    0.5
Chicago               1   3  .250    3.5     San Francisco         1   3  .250    1.5
Minnesota             1   3  .250    3.5     Houston               1   5  .167    2.5


Cleveland 4, Boston 2                        Montreal 6, Philadelphia 2
Chicago 3, Minnesota 2 (11)                  Cincinnati 3, New York 2
California 4, Milwaukee 2                    St.Louis 1, San Francisco 0
Oakland 8, Kansas City 6                     San Diego 3, Los Angeles 1
New York 3, Washington 0                     Chicago 2, Houston 1
Detroit 1, Baltimore 0                       Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 2

Transactions

National League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Traded Jeff Terpko to Washington to complete the trade on 11/3/70.

[captaincarl]

April 11, 1971: Boston (Peters 0-0, 0.00) at Cleveland (A.Foster 0-0, 0.00) - game #4 of 162

Top 1st: A.Foster pitching. Aparicio singles to left [1]. Smith singles to left center [1,2]. Wild pitch [2,3]. Yastrzemski strikes out [2,3]. Petrocelli flies out (8) [2]. Aparicio scores. Scott grounds out (5-3).
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Cleveland 0

Bottom 1st: Peters pitching. Brown grounds out (5-3). Nettles walks [1]. Pinson doubles to center [2,3]. Fosse grounds out (6-3) [3]. Nettles scores. Harrelson flies out (8).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Cleveland 1

Top 2nd: Josephson flies out (8). Conigliaro singles to left [1]. Griffin singles to left [1,2]. Peters sacrifices (1-4) [2,3]. Aparicio grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 1, Cleveland 1

Bottom 2nd: Hinton doubles to left [2]. Leon flies out (9) [2]. Bradford flies out (8) [3]. A.Foster lines out (6).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 1, Cleveland 1

Top 3rd: Smith doubles to right [2]. Yastrzemski singles to center [1,3]. Petrocelli grounds out, DP (6-4-3). Smith scores. Scott homers to left. Scott scores. Josephson singles to center [1]. Conigliaro grounds out (1-3).
2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 1

Bottom 3rd: Brown lines out (4). Nettles singles to left [1]. Pinson flies out (8) [1]. Fosse homers to left. Nettles and Fosse score. Harrelson grounds out (6-3).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 3

Top 4th: Griffin flies out (7). Peters singles to left [1]. Aparicio singles to right, Peters out at 3b (9-5) [1]. Smith grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Cleveland 3

Bottom 4th: Hinton hit by pitch [1]. Leon singles to center [1,2]. Bradford strikes out [1,2]. A.Foster sacrifices (2-4) [2,3]. Brown singles to left center, out at 2b (7-4). Hinton and Leon score.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 5, Boston 3

Top 5th: Yastrzemski pops out (6). Petrocelli singles to center [1]. Scott doubles to right [2]. Petrocelli scores. Josephson homers to left. Scott and Josephson score. Lamb pitching. Conigliaro grounds out (6-3). Griffin grounds out (5-3).
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors - Boston 6, Cleveland 5

Bottom 5th: Nettles homers to right center. Nettles scores. Tatum pitching. Pinson singles to right [1]. Pinson steals 2b [2]. Fosse strikes out [2]. Pinson steals 3b [3]. Harrelson doubles to right [2]. Pinson scores. Hinton singles to right, reaches 2b on error (E9) [2]. Harrelson scores. Leon singles to left [1,3]. Bradford singles to left center [1,2]. Hinton scores. R.Foster batting for Lamb. R.Foster grounds out (6-3) [2,3]. Brown grounds out (6-3).
4 runs, 6 hits, 1 error - Cleveland 9, Boston 6

Top 6th: Ballinger pitching. Lahoud batting for Tatum. Lahoud grounds out (4-3). Aparicio flies out (8). Smith strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 9, Boston 6

Bottom 6th: Bolin pitching. Nettles doubles to left [2]. Pinson reaches 2b on error (E1) [2]. Nettles scores. Fosse strikes out [2]. Harrelson flies out (8) [3]. Hinton grounds out (6-3).
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error - Cleveland 10, Boston 6

Top 7th: Yastrzemski flies out (8). Petrocelli singles to center [1]. Scott singles to left [1,2]. Josephson walks [1,2,3]. Conigliaro singles to right [1,2,3]. Petrocelli scores. Griffin grounds out (4-3) [2,3]. Scott scores. Fiore batting for Bolin. Fiore strikes out.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 10, Boston 8

Bottom 7th: Lyle pitching. Leon walks [1]. Bradford flies out (7) [1]. Stanley batting for Ballinger. Stanley walks [1,2]. Chambliss batting for Brown. Chambliss strikes out [1,2]. Nettles homers to right. Leon, Stanley and Nettles score. Pinson grounds out (5-3).
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 13, Boston 8

Top 8th: Hennigan pitching. Nettles now playing SS. Lowenstein now playing 3B. Aparicio strikes out. Smith flies out (8). Yastrzemski singles to right [1]. Petrocelli pops out (4).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 13, Boston 8

Bottom 8th: Fosse grounds out (5-3). Harrelson singles to center [1]. Hinton grounds out, DP (5-4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Cleveland 13, Boston 8

Top 9th: Scott homers to left center. Scott scores. Josephson flies out (8). Conigliaro homers to left. Conigliaro scores. Griffin grounds out (4-3). Gagliano batting for Lyle. Gagliano flies out (9).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - Cleveland 13, Boston 10

Boston                             Cleveland 
                AB  R  H BI   AVG                  AB  R  H BI   AVG
Aparicio,ss      5  1  2  0  .294  Brown,ss         4  0  1  2  .250
Smith,rf         5  1  2  0  .313  Chambliss,ph     1  0  0  0  .250
Yastrzemski,lf   5  0  2  0  .133  Lowenstein,3b    0  0  0  0  .500
Petrocelli,3b    4  2  2  1  .438  Nettles,3b-ss    4  5  4  4  .500
Scott,1b         5  4  4  3  .313  Pinson,rf        5  1  2  1  .385
Josephson,c      4  1  2  2  .200  Fosse,c          5  1  1  3  .111
Conigliaro,cf    5  1  3  2  .438  Harrelson,1b     5  1  2  1  .286
Griffin,2b       5  0  1  1  .188  Hinton,lf        4  2  2  1  .500
Peters,p         1  0  1  0 1.000  Leon,2b          3  2  2  0  .286
Tatum,p          0  0  0  0  .000  Bradford,cf      4  0  1  1  .250
Lahoud,ph        1  0  0  0  .000  AFoster,p        1  0  0  0  .000
Bolin,p          0  0  0  0  .000  Lamb,p           0  0  0  0  .000
Fiore,ph         1  0  0  0  .000  RFoster,ph       1  0  0  0  .091
Lyle,p           0  0  0  0  .000  Ballinger,p      0  0  0  0  .000
Gagliano,ph      1  0  0  0  .000  Stanley,ph       0  1  0  0 1.000
                                   Hennigan,p       0  0  0  0  .000
                -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
Totals          42 10 19  9        Totals          37 13 15 13


Boston            1 0 2  0 3 0  2 0 2  - 10
Cleveland         1 0 2  2 4 1  3 0 x  - 13


E: Smith (1), Bolin (1). DP: Boston 1, Cleveland 1. LOB: Boston 8,
Cleveland 6. 2B: Smith (2), Scott (1), Nettles (1), Pinson (2),
Harrelson (1), Hinton (1). HR: Josephson (1), Conigliaro (2),
Scott 2 (2), Fosse (1), Nettles 2 (3). SF: Petrocelli. SH: Peters,
AFoster. SB: Pinson 2 (4). GIDP: Petrocelli, Hinton.



                                       
                      IP    H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Boston
Peters                 4    7  6  6  1  1 13.50
Tatum (L,0-1)          1    5  3  1  0  1  9.00
Bolin                  1    1  1  0  0  1  0.00
Lyle                   2    2  3  3  2  1  9.00

Peters pitched to one batter in 5th.


Cleveland
AFoster                4.1 13  6  6  0  1 12.46
Lamb (W,2-0)           0.2  0  0  0  0  0  3.18
Ballinger              2    3  2  2  1  2  4.91
Hennigan               2    3  2  2  0  1  6.00



HBP: Hinton (by Peters).
WP: AFoster.
Att: 23,620

We were driving for a game tying field goal but ran out of time.

Our team ERA is a mess after the first week of the season and we haven't even played against the Orioles yet!

[captaincarl]

Standings as of Sunday, April 11, 1971

AMERICAN LEAGUE                              NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Eastern Division      W   L   PCT   GB
New York              4   1  .800   --       Chicago               5   1  .833   --
Cleveland             3   1  .750    0.5     St.Louis              3   2  .600    1.5
Baltimore             3   2  .600    1       Montreal              2   2  .500    2
Detroit               2   3  .400    2       Philadelphia          2   2  .500    2
Boston                1   3  .250    2.5     Pittsburgh            2   3  .400    2.5
Washington            1   5  .167    3.5     New York              1   3  .250    3

Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB       Western Division      W   L   PCT   GB
Oakland               5   1  .833   --       Cincinnati            3   1  .750   --
Milwaukee             3   1  .750    1       Los Angeles           4   2  .667   --
Kansas City           3   3  .500    2       Atlanta               3   2  .600    0.5
California            2   3  .400    2.5     San Diego             3   3  .500    1
Chicago               2   3  .400    2.5     San Francisco         2   4  .333    2
Minnesota             1   4  .200    3.5     Houston               1   6  .143    3.5


Cleveland 13, Boston 10                      St.Louis 6-2, San Francisco 1-6
Washington 2-1, New York 0-1                 Los Angeles 3, San Diego 0
Detroit 7-1, Baltimore 6-2                   Cincinnati 4, New York 3
Milwaukee 6, California 4                    Philadelphia 4, Montreal 3
Chicago 10, Minnesota 2                      Chicago 4, Houston 2
Kansas City 5, Oakland 4 (11)                Atlanta 10, Pittsburgh 2

Transactions

Major League Baseball

AL: Named Oakland's Vida Blue (2-0, 15 k, 18 ip, 0.00 ERA) Player of the Week.

NL: Named St.Louis's Joe Torre (.727-1-9) Player of the Week.

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Signed Vic Correll as a free agent.

[captaincarl]

1971 Boston Red Sox


                         Apr 5 - Apr 11                                                                       Fielding
PO  Batters              BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    OBP   SLG  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO SB CS |  Pct   A  E
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1b  George Scott       .313  16  5  5  2   3  0  | .313  .353  .750  16   5   5  1  0  2   3   1   3  0  0 | .977   3  1
1b  Mike Fiore         .000   1  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .000   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  0  0 | .000   0  0
2b  Doug Griffin       .188  16  3  1  1   2  0  | .188  .188  .375  16   1   3  0  0  1   2   0   0  0  0 |1.000  11  0
2b  Phil Gagliano      .000   1  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .000   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0 | .000   0  0
3b  Rico Petrocelli    .438  16  7  3  1   2  0  | .438  .412  .813  16   3   7  3  0  1   2   0   3  0  0 |1.000  14  0
ss  Luis Aparicio      .294  17  5  2  0   0  0  | .294  .333  .294  17   2   5  0  0  0   0   1   2  0  0 | .909  14  2
lf  Carl Yastrzemski   .133  15  2  0  0   1  0  | .133  .278  .133  15   0   2  0  0  0   1   3   3  0  0 |1.000   1  0
cf  Billy Conigliaro   .438  16  7  2  2   5  0  | .438  .438  .875  16   2   7  1  0  2   5   0   3  0  0 |1.000   0  0
rf  Reggie Smith       .313  16  5  1  0   0  0  | .313  .389  .438  16   1   5  2  0  0   0   2   2  0  0 | .875   0  1
rf  Joe Lahoud         .000   3  0  0  0   0  0  | .000  .000  .000   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PO  Catchers             BA  AB  H  R HR RBI SB  |  BA    OBP   SLG  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO SB CS | PB  CS   CS%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c   Duane Josephson    .200  15  3  2  1   2  0  | .200  .294  .400  15   2   3  0  0  1   2   2   2  0  0 |  0   2  25.0




                    Apr 5 - Apr 11
Pitchers            W  L SV SO  IP   ERA   |  W  L SV   ERA  WHIP  G GS   IP    H  ER HR BB  SO   BA   H/9   BB/9   SO/9
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Sonny Siebert       1  0  0  5  9.0  1.00  |  1  0  0  1.00  0.78  1  1   9.0   6   1  0  1   5 .188  6.00   1.00   5.00
Ray Culp            0  1  0  3  6.1  8.53  |  0  1  0  8.53  2.05  1  1   6.1  10   6  1  3   3 .357 14.21   4.26   4.26
Gary Peters         0  0  0  1  4.0 13.50  |  0  0  0 13.50  2.00  1  1   4.0   7   6  2  1   1 .412 15.75   2.25   2.25
Sparky Lyle         0  0  0  1  4.0  9.00  |  0  0  0  9.00  1.75  2  0   4.0   4   4  2  3   1 .308  9.00   6.75   2.25
Bobby Bolin         0  0  0  2  3.2  0.00  |  0  0  0  0.00  0.55  3  0   3.2   2   0  0  0   2 .143  4.91   0.00   4.91
Cal Koonce          0  1  0  0  2.2  6.75  |  0  1  0  6.75  1.13  1  1   2.2   2   2  1  1   0 .200  6.75   3.38   0.00
Ken Brett           0  0  0  2  2.1  7.72  |  0  0  0  7.72  2.57  1  0   2.1   3   2  0  3   2 .333 11.57  11.57   7.72
Ken Tatum           0  1  0  1  1.0  9.00  |  0  1  0  9.00  5.00  1  0   1.0   5   1  0  0   1 .625 45.00   0.00   9.00
Bill Lee            0  0  0  0  1.0  0.00  |  0  0  0  0.00  1.00  1  0   1.0   1   0  0  0   0 .500  9.00   0.00   0.00




Team Totals - Batting                                            |  Pitching
  BA   OBA   Slg.   R    H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   BB   SO  |  ERA    IP    ER   R   Sv   BA   BB   SO
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.284  .325  .489   16   40     8    0    7    15    0    9   20  | 5.82   34.0   22  26    0 .301   12   15
   2     6     1    7    7               1         12   11    2      12              10        11    4   12   AL Rank

On tap next week for Red Sox
Apr 12,13,14 - at Washington
Apr 16,17,18 - at Detroit

[captaincarl]

April 12, 1971: Boston (Culp 0-1, 8.53) at Washington (Janeski 0-0, 0.00) - game #5 of 162

Top 1st: Janeski pitching. Aparicio lines out (5). Smith singles to center [1]. Smith steals 2b [2]. Yastrzemski strikes out [2]. Petrocelli walks [1,2]. Scott lines out (6).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 0, Washington 0

Bottom 1st: Culp pitching. Unser grounds out (6-3). Cullen walks [1]. Howard grounds out, FC (2-6) [1]. Epstein grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 0, Washington 0

Top 2nd: Josephson grounds out (6-3). Conigliaro singles to center [1]. Griffin grounds out, FC (4-6) [1]. Culp singles in infield [1,2]. Aparicio doubles to left [2,3]. Griffin scores. Smith singles to left [1]. Culp and Aparicio score. Yastrzemski grounds out (4-3).
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Bottom 2nd: Foy doubles to right [2]. Scheinblum walks [1,2]. French grounds out, FC (3-6) [1,3]. Harrah flies out (9) [1,3]. Janeski grounds out, FC (4u).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Top 3rd: Petrocelli strikes out. Scott grounds out (4-3). Josephson fouls out (2).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Bottom 3rd: Unser grounds out (3u). Cullen flies out (7). Howard singles to right [1]. Epstein strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Top 4th: Conigliaro walks [1]. Griffin walks [1,2]. Culp sacrifices (5-4) [2,3]. Aparicio grounds out (1-3) [2,3]. Smith grounds out (1-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Bottom 4th: Foy flies out (8). Scheinblum walks [1]. French grounds out (5-3) [2]. Harrah grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 3, Washington 0

Top 5th: Yastrzemski flies out (9). Petrocelli singles to left [1]. Scott singles to center [1,2]. Pina pitching. Josephson singles to right [1,2,3]. Conigliaro reaches 1b on error (E6) [1,2,3]. Petrocelli scores. Griffin pops out (6) [1,2,3]. Culp walks [1,2,3]. Scott scores. Aparicio singles to center [1,2,3]. Josephson scores. Smith fouls out (5).
3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error - Boston 6, Washington 0

Bottom 5th: Pina grounds out (1-3). Unser flies out (7). Cullen strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 6, Washington 0

Top 6th: Yastrzemski walks [1]. Petrocelli walks [1,2]. Scott singles to center [1,2,3]. Josephson flies out (9) [1,2]. Yastrzemski scores. Conigliaro walks [1,2,3]. Broberg pitching. Griffin grounds out, FC (5-4) [1,3]. Petrocelli scores. Culp strikes out.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Bottom 6th: Howard strikes out. Epstein strikes out. Foy strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Top 7th: Aparicio grounds out (5-3). Smith grounds out (5-3). Lahoud batting for Yastrzemski. Lahoud grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Bottom 7th: Lahoud now playing LF. Scheinblum doubles to center [2]. French walks [1,2]. Harrah flies out (8) [1,3]. Allen batting for Broberg. Allen grounds out (5-3) [2,3]. Unser grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Top 8th: Riddleberger pitching. Petrocelli grounds out (4-3). Scott strikes out. Josephson flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Bottom 8th: Cullen singles to center [1]. Howard strikes out [1]. Epstein flies out (9) [1]. Foy grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 8, Washington 0

Top 9th: Conigliaro homers to left. Conigliaro scores. Griffin grounds out (4-3). Culp strikes out. Aparicio flies out (7).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - Boston 9, Washington 0

Bottom 9th: Scheinblum walks [1]. French walks [1,2]. Nelson batting for Harrah. Nelson doubles to left [2,3]. Scheinblum scores. Tatum pitching. Maddox batting for Riddleberger. Maddox singles to center [1,3]. French scores. Unser flies out (7) [1]. Nelson scores. Cullen doubles to left [2,3]. Howard singles in infield [1,2,3]. Epstein walks [1,2,3]. Maddox scores. Foy reaches 1b on error (E1) [1,2,3]. Cullen scores. Burroughs batting for Scheinblum. Burroughs fouls out (2) [1,2,3]. McCraw batting for French. McCraw flies out (9).
5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error - Boston 9, Washington 5

Boston                             Washington 
                AB  R  H BI   AVG                  AB  R  H BI   AVG
Aparicio,ss      6  1  2  2  .304  Unser,cf         4  0  0  1  .250
Smith,rf         5  0  2  2  .333  Cullen,2b        4  1  2  0  .200
Yastrzemski,lf   3  1  0  0  .111  Howard,lf        5  0  2  0  .167
Lahoud,ph-lf     1  0  0  0  .000  Epstein,1b       4  0  0  1  .208
Petrocelli,3b    3  2  1  0  .421  Foy,3b           5  0  1  1  .120
Scott,1b         5  1  2  0  .333  Scheinblum,rf    1  1  1  0  .250
Josephson,c      4  1  1  1  .211  Burroughs,ph     1  0  0  0  .000
Conigliaro,cf    3  1  2  2  .474  French,c         2  1  0  0  .000
Griffin,2b       4  1  0  1  .150  McCraw,ph        1  0  0  0  .000
Culp,p           3  1  1  1  .400  Harrah,ss        3  0  0  0  .217
Tatum,p          0  0  0  0  .000  Nelson,ph        1  1  1  1  .333
                                   Janeski,p        1  0  0  0  .000
                                   Pina,p           1  0  0  0  .000
                                   Broberg,p        0  0  0  0  .000
                                   Allen,ph         1  0  0  0  .429
                                   Riddleberger,p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                   Maddox,ph        1  1  1  1  .235
                -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
Totals          37  9 11  9        Totals          35  5  8  5


Boston            0 3 0  0 3 2  0 0 1  -  9
Washington        0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 5  -  5


E: Tatum (1), Harrah (2). LOB: Boston 10, Washington 11. 2B:
Aparicio (1), Foy (1), Cullen (1), Scheinblum (1), Nelson (1).
HR: Conigliaro (3). SF: Josephson, Unser. SH: Culp. SB: Smith (1).




                                       
                      IP    H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Boston
Culp (W,1-1)           8    5  3  3  6  6  5.65
Tatum                  1    3  2  1  1  0  9.00

Culp pitched to three batters in 9th.


Washington
Janeski (L,0-1)        4.1  7  5  3  3  2  6.23
Pina                   1    3  3  2  4  0  6.00
Broberg                1.2  0  0  0  0  1  0.00
Riddleberger           2    1  1  1  0  2  4.50



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