The Boston Red Sox were easily defeated by the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 2, on August 8, 1971.

1971 Boston Red Sox

Final

DET

Tigers

61-52

8

BOS

Red Sox

63-49

2

DET

BOS

1

0

1

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

3

0

5

0

0

6

3

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

8

2

H

13

9

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dick McAuliffe 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gates Brown LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Kaline PH,RF 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Willie Horton RF,LF 4 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Mickey Stanley CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Northrup CF,LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Bill Freehan C 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 5 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Ed Brinkman SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mickey Lolich P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8 2 3 7 0 0 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mickey Lolich (W) 9.0 9 2 2 3 7 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 3 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Doug Griffin 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Brett P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Pavletich PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sparky Lyle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Montgomery PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Kennedy SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Reggie Smith CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Carl Yastrzemski LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
George Scott 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Billy Conigliaro RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Duane Josephson C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Luis Tiant P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Lee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Aparicio PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cal Koonce P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano PH,2B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 33 2 9 2 0 3 7 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luis Tiant (L) 3.0 7 5 5 1 3 1
Bill Lee 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Cal Koonce 2.0 4 3 3 1 1 1
Ken Brett 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparky Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 13 8 8 3 7 2

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