The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 4, on August 24, 1971.

1971 Kansas City Royals

Final

BOS

Red Sox

67-61

4

KCR

Royals

66-60

5

BOS

KCR

1

1

0

2

1

0

3

1

4

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

1

R

4

5

H

12

16

E

0

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
John Kennedy 2B 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
Luis Aparicio SS 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Carl Yastrzemski LF 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Reggie Smith CF 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 3B 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 3
George Scott 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Lahoud RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Bob Montgomery C 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Jim Lonborg P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Fiore PH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Lee P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Bolin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Peters PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Tiant P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sparky Lyle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 4 12 4 0 7 10 1 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Lonborg 5.0 8 4 4 3 3 0
Bill Lee 1.2 2 0 0 2 1 0
Bobby Bolin 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Luis Tiant (L) 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0
Sparky Lyle 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 12.0 16 5 5 6 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 5
Joe Keough CF 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
Gail Hopkins 1B 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Lou Piniella LF 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Bob Oliver RF 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Paul Schaal 3B 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Ed Kirkpatrick C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amos Otis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Martinez C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Knoop 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Drago P 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Chuck Harrison PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim York P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Burgmeier P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 51 5 16 5 0 6 8 1 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Drago 7.0 9 4 4 6 5 0
Jim York 2.2 2 0 0 1 3 0
Tom Burgmeier (W) 3.1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 13.0 12 4 4 7 10 0

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