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Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians

July 8, 1971 · 7:05 PM EDT

Boston Red Sox logoBOS85-775
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3Cleveland Indians logoCLE60-102

W: Bill LeeL: Vince ColbertS: Sparky Lyle

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Game flow

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Biggest lead BOS by 2 · CLE by 3 · 1 lead change

Key plays

  • B2 +15% CLEEddie Leon singles on a to left fielder Carl Yastrzemski. Frank Baker scores. Chuck Hinton scores. Ted Uhlaender out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Carl Yastrzemski to third baseman Rico Petrocelli.BOS 0 · CLE 2
  • T7 +20% BOSDuane Josephson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Vada Pinson. George Scott scores. Billy Conigliaro to 2nd.BOS 3 · CLE 3
  • T7 +25% CLEJohn Kennedy grounds into a double play, shortstop Jack Heidemann to second baseman Eddie Leon to first baseman Chris Chambliss. Joe Lahoud out at 2nd. John Kennedy out at 1st.BOS 3 · CLE 3
  • T9 +50% BOSBob Montgomery hits a home run (1). Billy Conigliaro scores.BOS 5 · CLE 3
  • B9 +18% BOSVada Pinson grounds into a double play, second baseman Phil Gagliano to shortstop John Kennedy to first baseman George Scott. Eddie Leon out at 2nd. Vada Pinson out at 1st.BOS 5 · CLE 3

Team stats

BOSCLE
  • 11Hits14
  • 5Runs3
  • 2Home runs1
  • 1Walks2
  • 6Strikeouts8
  • 1Errors0
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  • .324Batting average.378
  • .343On-base %.410
  • .559Slugging.486
  • 3.00ERA5.00
  • 8Left on base18

1971 AL East Standings

WLPCTGB
1BAOrioles10157.639—
2DETigers9171.56212.0
3BORed Sox8577.52518.0
4NYYankees8181.50022.0
5TERangers6495.40337.5
6CLGuardians60102.37043.0

Game info

Venue
Cleveland Municipal Stadium