Impossible Dream???

Re: Impossible Dream???

ALCS California Angels at Boston Red Sox

Game Four-
Steve Blass pitched a no hitter for 8 2/3 innings, only to be broken up by a solid single to center by Reggie Smith in the 9th inning. Blass came back to strike out Joe Lahoud to end the game and tied the series up a 2 games as California blanked Boston 6-0.

Code:

California Angels at Boston Red Sox October 15, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Angels (CAL) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 10 0 Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CALIFORNIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg J. Tatum (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 J. Fregosi (SS) 4 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 .302 J. Callison (RF) 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .289 R. Reichardt (LF) 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .284 D. Mincher (1B) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .245 D. Sims (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262 V. Kelly (3B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .266 D. Griffin (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .194 S. Blass (P) 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .114 TOTALS 35 10 1 6 2 6 6 1 2B: J. Callison HR: J. Fregosi, J. Callison GIDP: D. Sims CALIFORNIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Blass 9.0 1 3 0 0 0 4 134 3.85 TOTALS 9.0 1 3 0 0 0 4 134 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J. Lahoud (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256 T. Conigliaro (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 J. Foy (3B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .233 D. Money (2B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 D. Baylor (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 T. Simmons (C) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 B. Lee (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 A. Lewis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 J. Santiago (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 O. Brown (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 TOTALS 26 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 GIDP: D. Baylor, O. Brown BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Lee 6.0 7 0 1 5 5 2 71 2.86 J. Santiago 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 4 51 4.61 TOTALS 9.0 10 1 2 6 6 6 122 WP: S. Blass LP: B. Lee Temperature: 45F Wind: 9 MPH (out to left) Attendance: 33,375 Time: 2:27

Game Five-
The Boston Red Sox move to their first World Series since 1946, as the bullpen once again came through, pitching 5 shutout innings, allowing just 3 hits and Reggie Smith and Joe Lahoud each drove in a pair of runs as Boston beat California 5-3. Tony Conigliaro was named ALCS MVP after hitting 6-21 (.286 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Code:

California Angels at Boston Red Sox October 16, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 Red Sox (BOS) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 x 5 13 0 CALIFORNIA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Silverio (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285 J. Fregosi (SS) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .302 J. Callison (RF) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .289 R. Reichardt (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .284 D. Mincher (1B) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .245 D. Sims (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .262 V. Kelly (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .266 D. Griffin (2B) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .194 M. Lopez (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 K. Tatum (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 T. Burgmeier (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Tatum (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 TOTALS 32 6 5 3 0 3 7 1 2B: J. Fregosi GIDP: D. Sims CALIFORNIA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA M. Lopez 5.0 8 5 0 2 2 6 125 2.65 K. Tatum 0.2 3 2 0 3 3 0 31 2.99 T. Burgmeier 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 2.73 TOTALS 8.0 13 7 0 5 5 6 182 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .292 T. Simmons (C) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283 T. Conigliaro (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 D. Baylor (LF) 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 .223 D. Money (2B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 J. Lahoud (CF) 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .256 J. Stephenson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192 A. Lewis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 J. York (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Foy (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 L. Jaster (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 13 7 5 0 5 6 0 2B: T. Conigliaro, T. Simmons GIDP: D. Money BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Stephenson 4.0 3 4 0 3 3 3 79 3.24 J. York 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.83 L. Jaster 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 31 2.72 R. Fingers 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 16 2.11 S. Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.44 TOTALS 9.0 6 5 0 3 3 7 150 WP: L. Jaster LP: K. Tatum SV: S. Lyle Temperature: 42F Wind: Calm Attendance: 33,375 Time: 3:38

The Red Sox will face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers who survived the Phillies in 5 games. Don Sutton was named NLCS MVP after pitching 2 complete games, going 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA in 18 innings he had a 19/2 K/BB ratio.

Next will be game by game recaps of the 1970 World Series!!

Re: Impossible Dream???

1970 World Series Boston Red Sox (114-48) V. Los Angeles Dodgers (100-62)

Game One-
Willie Davis went 3-4 with a double, triple, HR and 4 RBI as Los Angeles blasted Bill Lee and the Red Sox 8-2.

Code:

Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox October 22, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Dodgers (LAD) 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .230 W. Davis (CF) 4 3 1 3 1 4 0 0 .300 J. Lefebvre (2B) 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .308 S. Garvey (1B) 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .295 B. Bailey (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .277 R. Fairly (RF) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274 J. Johnstone (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .309 B. Stinson (C) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .244 C. Osteen (P) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .178 TOTALS 34 8 6 8 2 8 7 0 2B: W. Davis, R. Fairly 3B: W. Davis HR: S. Garvey, W. Davis GIDP: S. Garvey LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Osteen 9.0 5 6 1 2 2 6 136 2.91 TOTALS 9.0 5 6 1 2 2 6 136 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 T. Simmons (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .283 T. Conigliaro (RF) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 D. Baylor (LF) 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 .223 D. Money (2B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 J. Lahoud (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 B. Lee (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 J. Santiago (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 G. Sutherland (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 J. Moeller (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 TOTALS 28 5 6 2 1 2 6 0 2B: R. Smith, T. Conigliaro HR: D. Baylor GIDP: R. Santo 2, J. Lahoud BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Lee 4.0 7 4 1 7 7 4 72 2.86 J. Santiago 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 45 4.61 J. Moeller 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 3.61 TOTALS 9.0 8 6 2 8 8 7 144 WP: C. Osteen LP: B. Lee Temperature: 44F Wind: 3 MPH (in from left) Attendance: 33,375 Time: 2:42

Game Two-
Don Money hit a 2 run HR and Jerry Stephenson pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball, and survived 7 walks as Boston tied the World Series at 1 with a 4-1 victory.

Code:

Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox October 23, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Dodgers (LAD) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Red Sox (BOS) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 4 7 1 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .230 W. Davis (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .300 J. Lefebvre (2B) 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308 S. Garvey (1B) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .295 B. Bailey (3B) 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 .277 R. Fairly (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .274 J. Johnstone (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .309 B. Stinson (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .244 D. Sutton (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 G. Geiger (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 R. Lamb (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Helms (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 B. Miller (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 F. Alou (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 TOTALS 31 5 8 1 0 1 9 4 3B: B. Harrelson GIDP: B. Stinson, J. Lefebvre LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Sutton 4.0 5 2 1 4 2 5 91 3.48 R. Lamb 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 2.25 B. Miller 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 1.80 TOTALS 8.0 7 3 1 4 2 6 148 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .292 J. Lahoud (CF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .256 T. Conigliaro (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 D. Money (2B) 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 .278 D. Baylor (LF) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .223 T. Simmons (C) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .283 J. Stephenson (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .192 L. McDaniel (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 T. Muser (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 29 7 3 4 1 4 6 0 2B: D. Baylor HR: D. Money HBP: D. Baylor GIDP: R. Santo, T. Simmons, J. Lahoud BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Stephenson 6.0 2 7 0 1 1 7 113 3.24 L. McDaniel 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 2.71 R. Fingers 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 2.11 S. Lyle 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 2.44 TOTALS 9.0 5 8 0 1 1 9 166 WP: J. Stephenson LP: D. Sutton SV: S. Lyle Temperature: 42F Wind: 3 MPH (out to left) Attendance: 33,375 Time: 3:27

Game Three-
Bob Bailey homered and drove in 5, and Jim Lefevbre had 3 hits and 5 more RBI as the Dodgers destroyed Red Sox pitching to the tune of 15 runs and 19 hits in a 15-6 win.

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Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers October 25, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 9 0 Dodgers (LAD) 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 x 15 19 1 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .292 J. Lahoud (CF) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .256 T. Conigliaro (RF) 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 5 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 .295 D. Money (2B) 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .278 D. Baylor (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223 T. Simmons (C) 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .283 S. Carlton (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 L. Jaster (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 J. Foy (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 J. Santiago (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 T. Muser (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 TOTALS 36 9 7 6 2 6 9 0 2B: R. Smith, T. Conigliaro, D. Money HR: R. Santo, T. Simmons GIDP: T. Simmons BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Carlton 1.1 6 2 0 6 6 1 45 4.12 L. Jaster 3.2 6 5 2 5 5 2 80 2.72 J. Santiago 3.0 7 0 0 4 4 2 58 4.61 TOTALS 8.0 19 7 2 15 15 5 183 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 .230 W. Davis (CF) 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 .300 J. Lefebvre (2B) 4 3 1 2 0 5 1 0 .308 S. Garvey (1B) 5 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 .295 B. Bailey (3B) 4 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 .277 R. Fairly (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274 J. Johnstone (LF) 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 .309 B. Stinson (C) 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .244 D. Drysdale (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 F. Alou (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .315 R. Lamb (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Vance (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 39 19 7 15 2 15 5 0 2B: J. Johnstone, R. Fairly HR: S. Garvey, B. Bailey GIDP: R. Fairly LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Drysdale 8.0 6 5 1 1 1 7 134 3.77 R. Lamb 0.2 3 2 1 4 4 1 32 2.25 S. Vance 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.52 TOTALS 9.0 9 7 2 5 5 9 172 WP: D. Drysdale LP: S. Carlton Temperature: 61F Wind: 3 MPH (in from right) Attendance: 56,000 Time: 3:35

The rest of the World Series is next!

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Game Four-
Steve Garvey drove in Willie Davis in the bottom of the 9th inning moving the Dodgers within one game of the World Championship with a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox.

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Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers October 26, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 10 3 Dodgers (LAD) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 0 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 .292 T. Simmons (C) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 T. Conigliaro (RF) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 D. Baylor (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223 D. Money (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .278 J. Lahoud (CF) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .256 A. Lewis (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 B. Lee (P) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 J. Foy (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 J. York (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O. Brown (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 TOTALS 36 10 2 3 1 3 4 1 2B: R. Petrocelli 2 HR: T. Conigliaro GIDP: R. Santo BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Lee 6.0 6 1 0 2 2 4 94 2.86 J. York 2.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 32 3.83 R. Fingers 0.2 1 1 0 1 1 1 16 2.11 TOTALS 8.2 8 3 0 4 4 5 142 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230 W. Davis (CF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .300 J. Lefebvre (2B) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 S. Garvey (1B) 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .295 B. Bailey (3B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .277 R. Fairly (RF) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 J. Johnstone (LF) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .309 B. Stinson (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 C. Osteen (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .178 F. Alou (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 R. Perranoski (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 TOTALS 36 8 3 4 0 2 5 1 2B: J. Johnstone LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA C. Osteen 8.0 7 2 1 2 2 3 122 2.91 R. Perranoski 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 1 19 2.28 TOTALS 9.0 10 2 1 3 3 4 141 WP: R. Perranoski LP: R. Fingers Temperature: 56F Wind: 8 MPH (right to left) Attendance: 56,000 Time: 2:47

Game Five-
Once again, the Red Sox pitching was exposed by the Dodgers offense as Los Angeles, behind HR's by Jim Lefevbre, Jay Johnston and Felipe Alou throttled Boston by a score of 11-5 giving Los Angeles the World Series title!! Bob Bailey was named World Series MVP going 8-19 with a HR and 6 RBI.

Code:

Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers October 27, 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Red Sox (BOS) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 8 0 Dodgers (LAD) 1 0 0 4 0 1 4 1 x 11 14 0 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .292 J. Lahoud (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .256 T. Conigliaro (RF) 4 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 .289 R. Petrocelli (SS) 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .296 R. Santo (3B) 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .295 D. Money (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 D. Baylor (LF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 T. Simmons (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 J. Stephenson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Lewis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 T. Muser (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 L. McDaniel (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 J. York (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Foy (P) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 TOTALS 34 8 5 5 2 5 5 0 2B: J. Lahoud HR: T. Conigliaro 2 HBP: T. Conigliaro GIDP: T. Simmons BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Stephenson 3.0 5 3 0 5 5 5 65 3.24 S. Lyle 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 1 25 2.44 R. Fingers 2.0 4 1 0 1 1 2 40 2.11 L. McDaniel 1.1 5 1 3 5 5 3 39 2.71 J. York 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.83 TOTALS 8.0 14 7 3 11 11 11 176 LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg B. Harrelson (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .230 W. Davis (CF) 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 .300 J. Lefebvre (2B) 4 3 1 2 1 4 1 0 .308 S. Garvey (1B) 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .295 B. Bailey (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 .277 R. Fairly (RF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .274 J. Johnstone (LF) 5 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 .309 B. Stinson (C) 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .244 B. Singer (P) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .211 F. Alou (P) 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .315 S. Vance (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 14 7 11 3 11 11 0 2B: W. Davis 3B: J. Lefebvre HR: J. Lefebvre, J. Johnstone, F. Alou LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Singer 7.0 5 4 1 2 2 4 129 4.55 S. Vance 2.0 3 1 1 2 2 1 42 3.52 TOTALS 9.0 8 5 2 4 4 5 171 WP: B. Singer LP: J. Stephenson Temperature: 58F Wind: 10 MPH (out to right) Attendance: 56,000 Time: 3:31

Los Angeles Dodgers 1970 World Champions!!!

Up next are offseason moves (Arbitration, contract re-newels, Free Agency, and League Leaders)!!!!

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1970 League Batting Leaders-

AL BA: George Foster (CLE) .336, Manny Sanguillen (BAL) .331, Roberto Clemente (MIL) .324
NL BA: Richie Hebner (PIT) .336, Tim McCarver (STL) .335, Rico Carty (ATL) .327

AL HR's: George Foster (CLE) 44, Rick Monday (OAK) 43, Reggie Jackson (OAK) 41
NL HR's: Darrell Evans (ATL) 47, Hank Aaron (ATL) 41, Johnny Briggs (PHI) 34

AL RBI's: Tony Oliva (MIN) 129, George Foster (CLE) 125, Johnny Callison (CAL) 123
NL RBI's: Tony Perez (CIN) 114, Jim Ray Hart (STL) 111, Darrell Evans (ATL) 109

AL Doubles: Pete Ward (CHI) 41, Tony Oliva (MIN) 39, Jim Qualls (KC) 38
NL Doubles: Willie Davis (LA) 43, Pete Rose (CIN) 41, Jim Lefevbre (LA) 41

AL Triples: Johnny Callison (CAL) 12, Horace Clarke (NY) 11, Manny Sanguillen (BAL) Roberto Clemente (MIL) 10
NL Triples: Al Oliver (PIT) 11, Johnny Briggs (PHI) 10, Joe Morgan (HOU) 9

AL Hits: Pete Ward (CHI) 192, Jim Fregosi (CAL) 190, Roy White (NY) 190
NL Hits: Pete Rose (CIN) 205, Willie Davis (LA) 200, Tito Fuentes (SF) 196

AL HBP: Don Baylor (BOS) 21, Al Ferrara (DET) 11, Mack Jones (MIN) 11
NL HBP: Ron Hunt (CHI) 12, Pete Rose (CIN) 9, Greg Goossen (NY) 9

AL OBP: Reggie Jackson (OAK) .445, George Foster (CLE) .427, Carl Yastrzemski (MIL) .409
NL OBP: Johnny Briggs (PHI) .433, Jimmy Wynn (HOU) .404, Darrell Evans (ATL) .400

AL SLG: George Foster (CLE) .632, Rick Monday (OAK) .605, Reggie Jackson (OAK) .591
NL SLG: Johnny Briggs (PHI) .585, Dick Allen (PHI) .582, Hank Aaron (ATL) .567

AL OPS: George Foster (CLE) 1.059, Reggie Jackson (OAK) 1.036, Rick Monday (OAK) 1.000
NL OPS: Johnny Briggs (PHI) 1.018, Dick Allen (PHI) .971, Darrell Evans (ATL) .958

AL Runs: Reggie Jackson (OAK) 128, Rick Monday (OAK) 124, Reggie Smith (BOS) 123
NL Runs: Pete Rose (CIN) 118, Johnny Briggs (PHI) 114, Willie Davis (111)

AL Sacrifices: Luis Aparicio (WAS) 19, Wes Parker (MIL) 17, Hal Lanier (MIL) 17
NL Sacrifices: AL Weis (NY) 28, Mark Belanger (MON) 23, Sandy Alomar (NY) 19

AL Steals: Bert Campaneris (OAK) 49, Luis Aparicio (WAS) 47, Adolpho Phillips (MIL) 36
NL Steals: Freddie Patek (PIT) 56, Joe Morgan (HOU) 49, Willie Davis (LA) 39

AL Strikeouts: Reggie Jackson (OAK) 144, Tommie Agee (CHI) 124, Ike Brown (DET) 120
NL Strikeouts: Bobby Bonds (SF) 129, Willie Stargell (STL) 129, Deron Johnson (PHI) 123

AL Walks: Reggie Jackson (OAK) 133, Reggie Smith (BOS) 96, Rico Petrocelli (BOS) 96
NL Walks: Darrell Evans (ATL) 124, Johnny Briggs (PHI) 124, Joe Morgan (HOU) 118

Pitching Stats are up next!

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1970 League Pitching Leaders-

AL Wins: Jim Palmer (BAL) 24, Gary Peters (CHI) 24, Catfish Hunter (CAL) 21
NL Wins: Gaylord Perry (SF) 23, Don Sutton (LA) 22, Don Drysdale (LA) 21

AL Losses: Keith Vance (KC) 24, Jerry Reuss (WAS) 19, Carl Morton (WAS) 19
NL Losses: Bert Blyleven (MON) 21, Hank Fischer (NY) 18, 4 tied at 17

AL ERA: Jim Palmer (BAL) 2.66, Bill Lee (BOS) 2.86, Gary Peters (CHI) 2.89
NL ERA: Gaylord Perry (SF) 2.51, Fergie Jenkins (CHI) 3.02, Jack Fisher (NY) 3.06

AL IP's: Catfish Hunter (CAL) 279.2, Jim Palmer (BAL) 274.0, Jerry Reuss (WAS) 269.1
NL IP's: Gaylord Perry (SF) 297.1, Dock Ellis (PIT) 275.1, Don Sutton (LA) 263.2

AL Strikeouts: Gary Peters (CHI) 204, Dave Boswell (MIN) 200, Mickey Lolich (DET) 199
NL Strikeouts: Gaylord Perry (SF) 206, Fergie Jenkins (CHI) 203, Don Drysdale (LA) 196

AL Complete Games: Jim Palmer (BAL) 10, Mel Stottlemyre (NY) 10, Catfish Hunter (CAL) 8
NL Complete Games: Derek Pritchard (MON) 16, Gaylord Perry (SF) 12, Juan Marichal (SF) 10

AL Shutouts: Jim Palmer (BAL) 7, Milt Pappas (MIL) 5, Mickey Lolich (DET) 4
NL Shutouts: Gaylord Perry (SF) 6, Don Sutton (LA) 4, 6 tied with 3

AL Appearances: Rich Folkers (MIL) 82, Jerry Crider (MIN) 79, Daryl Patterson (DET) 74
NL Appearances: Marcel Lachemann (LA) 81, Frank Reberger (CHI) 78, Tom Hilgendorf (STL) 77

AL HR's Allowed: Juan Pizarro (MIL) 34, Pat Dobson (DET) 31, Joe Coleman (WAS) 31
NL HR's Allowed: Fergie Jenkins (CHI) 31, Bert Blyleven (MON) 30, Pete Richert (ATL) 29

AL Saves: Sparky Lyle (BOS) 47, Dennis Higgins (CHI) 27, Steve Kealey (CAL) 24
NL Saves: Horacio Pina (ATL) 29, Ron Perranoski (LA) 28, Gary Wagner (PHI) 28

Up next are Post Season Awards!

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1970 Post Season Awards:

AL Gold Gloves:
P-Clyde Wright (CAL)
C-Ted Simmons (BOS)
1B-Joe Pepitone (NY)
2B-Davey Johnson (BAL)
3B-Brooks Robinson (BAL)
SS-Horace Clarke (NY)
OF-Johnny Callison (CAL)
OF-George Foster (CLE)
OF-Pete Ward (CHI)

AL Rookie of the Year:
Don Baylor (BOS) .223 26-81 13 steals

AL Cy Young:
Jim Palmer (BAL) 24-10 2.66 274 IP 166 K

AL MVP:
Reggie Jackson (OAK) .313 41-119 133 BB

NL Gold Gloves:
P-Bruce Houston (MON)
C-Tim McCarver (STL)
1B-Steve Garvey (LA)
2B-Bill Mazeroski (PIT)
3B-Don Wert (NY)
SS-Don Kessinger (PHI)
OF-Amos Otis (NY)
OF-Russ Snyder (MON)
OF-Ron Fairly (LA)

NL Rookie of the Year:
Joe Ferguson (MON) .261 13-44

NL Cy Young:
Gaylord Perry (SF) 23-9 2.51 297.1 IP 206 K

NL MVP:
Johnny Briggs (PHI) .303 34-101 124 BB 10 triples

Up next are the Free Agent signings, Arbitration signings, and Off-Season Trades!

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1970 Off-Season Contract News:

We only had one decision to make this offseason and it regarded Joe Foy. He was asking for $250,000 in arbitration, and if the past couple years were any indication, he was going to get it. Due to this, we decided to finally bite the bullet and sign Foy to a long term deal that totalled 3 years worth $202,000 per year. Foy is instrumental to our success being able to play every infield position. He also provides depth should we not re-sign Ron Santo after the '71 season.

Off-Season Trade News:

This is where we made the biggest splash. It was clear after the World Series that we just did not have an ace, and I wasn't comfortable with any of my starters to close the opposition down when it mattered. Bill Lee is solid, but he's a number 2 at best, so our goal was to fix this. We made two blockbuster deals this offseason to shore up the starting rotation. First we sent C Jim Sundberg, P Craig Swan, and P Jerry Stephenson to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for P Dock Ellis. The Pirates were not going to be able to re-sign Ellis after this year so we pounced. Ellis was only 14-18 last year, but threw over 270 innings and lead the majors in starts with 44. He is only 25 and should spearhead the rotation for years to come. Stephenson was tough to give up as he was finally coming into his own, going 16-5 last year, but was very erratic and Steve Carlton is farther along in his development.

The 2nd move we made involved a team from our own division. We tested the waters to see what the need was for Rollie Fingers, and while doing this, we found out that the Tigers were shopping Denny McClain. After long discussions, the deal was struck. McClain was sent to Boston, along with $200,000 in exchange for P Joe Moeller and P Ken Forsch. McClain was 14-11 4.51 last year, but again he threw over 255 innings, while striking out 196 and walking only 90. He slides into the 3 slot behind Bill Lee. Forsch was tough to give up after acquiring him last year in the Lonborg deal, but in the end, you have to give talent to get it. He is only 27 and is signed through 1973.

Off-Season Free Agent News:

The biggest splash this offseason was made by the Montreal Expos as they sign OF Hank Aaron away from the Atlanta Braves. He gives the Expos an instant threat in the middle of their lineup, and to go along with their young pitching, Montreal could be on the brink. The deal calls for Aaron to be paid $380,000 per year for the next 3 years. Below are the rest of the major signings during the offseason:

Jim O'Toole (CHI) 3 years/$244,000 per
Tom Seaver (NYM) 2 years/$253,000 per
Jack Fisher (NYM) 4 years/$226,600 per
Joe Pepitone (NYY) 4 years/$228,600 per
Norm Cash (PHI) 3 years/$350,000 per
Al Kaline (NYY) 3 years/$350,000 per
Donn Clendenon (DET) 3 years/$336,000 per
Mark Belanger (MON) 4 years/$211,000 per
Dick Deitz (HOU) 3 years/$230,000 per
Tommy Davis (KC) 4 years/$170,000 per
Fred Beene (CHI AL) 2 years/$322,000 per
Don Nottebart (PHI) 3 years/$290,000 per
Mike Cuellar (PHI) 3 years/$280,000 per
Bob Gibson (PHI) 3 years/$264,000 per
Jim Perry (PIT) 2 years/$245,000 per
Fritz Peterson (PIT) 2 years/$206,000 per

During Spring Training, we came to terms with 3 of our vital pieces. First we signed Tony Conigliaro to a 5 year extention worth $305,000 per year. Tony C. is the heart and soul of this team, and we needed to keep him on board. Second, we signed newly acquired Dock Ellis to a 4 year deal worth $295,000 per year, which will lock him up until he is 29. Last we tied up SS Rico Petrocelli to a 6 year contract worth $320,000 per year, which includes a no trade clause. We have no SS prospects in the system, so it was key to sign Rico and keep him happy.

Up next will be team by team previews of the 1971 season!!

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1971 American League East Team Previews:

Baltimore Orioles (projected record 95-67)
Offense-Led by the ageless Frank Robinson (.287 31-104) and the young Paul Blair (.282 22-100). Manny Sanguillen (.331 1-61) handles the catching duties and supplies a high average bat.

Pitching-3 time Cy Young winner Jim Palmer (24-10 2.66) leads this pitching staff. Woodie Fryman (9-2 3.77 after coming from Pittsburgh), and Wally Bunker (14-11 3.66) add depth.

Boston Red Sox (projected record 93-69)
Offense-A very consistent offense lead by Rico Petrocelli (.296 26-103), Tony Conigliaro (.289 29-95), and Ron Santo (.295 33-106). Reggie Smith (.292 33-97) sets the table for all of them.

Pitching-Much improved rotation led by new acquisitions Dock Ellis (14-18 4.12) and Denny McClain (14-11 4.51). Bill Lee (14-4 2.86) is the best of the returnees. Sparky Lyle (8-0 2.44 47/54 in save chances) approaches the all time save record.

Detroit Tigers (projected record 89-73)
Offense-Took a big hit with the loss of Al Kaline and Norm Cash, but they are powered by Willie Horton (.306 31-108) and Al Ferrara (.323 30-120). Dick McAuliffe (.261 12-44) comes back from an injury plagued season.

Pitching-Mickey Lolich (13-14 3.66) is the ace of this staff and he gets help from newcomer Joe Moeller (13-3 3.61) and Pat Dobson (12-11 4.26). Fred Gladding (6-10 4.85 24/30 in save chances) is solid as closer.

New York Yankees (projected 80-82)
Offense-Al Kaline (.292 24-90) provides pop as the new acquistion. Other leaders are Joe Pepitone (.291 27-101), Roy White (.314 12-97), and 34 year old Frank Howard (.251 22-91).

Pitching-Mel Stottlemyre (16-9 3.76) is the unquestioned ace of this team. Jim Bouton (2-8 4.22) regressed from his 20-7 2.24 line in 1969. Al Downing (3-4 3.83) in limited action last year due to injury.

Washington Senators (projected 71-91)
Offense-Below average lineup lead by Bobby Tolan (.279 13-70 27 steals) and Roger Repoz (.231 16-55). Tony Horton (.295 24-95) supplies the most pop at firstbase.

Pitching-Excellent young pitching staff consisting of Jerry Reuss (14-19 5.08), Carl Morton (10-19 4.78), Joe Coleman (8-15 5.52) and rookie J.R. Richard (15-4 2.66 in AA).

Cleveland Indians (projected 62-100)
Offense-Discussion starts and ends with George Foster (.336 44-125). He doesn't get much help, but the help he does get comes from Frank Baker (.227 15-66) and Jack Hiatt (.327 10-51).

Pitching-3 solid starters that haven't put it all together yet in Steve Hargan (9-17 4.59), Jerry Koosman (8-17 5.90), and Tom Kelley (8-10 4.21). Closer Phil Hennigan (2-4 4.25 14/15 in save chances) leads a solid bullpen.

American League West:

California Angels (projected record 94-68)
Offense-Teriffic middle of the order lead by Johnny Callison (.289 35-123), Rick Reichardt (.284 29-105), Jim Fregosi (.302 16-85), and Don Mincher (.245 22-85). Duke Sims (.262 28-88) handles the catching duties.

Pitching-Solid 1-3 in Catfish Hunter (21-9 3.19), Andy Messersmith (15-11 3.88), and Clyde Wright (18-10 3.56) go along with the up and coming Marcelino Lopez (7-3 2.65), and a bullpen that had a group ERA of under 3.00 last year.

Chicago White Sox (projected record 93-69)
Offense-Tommie Agee (.285 39-121), Bill Melton (.290 29-114), and Jim Northrup (.313 34-123) provide a killer 3-4-5 in the heart of the lineup. Pete Ward (.302 27-74 42 doubles) leads off.

Pitching-Gary Peters (24-4 2.89) had a career year. Complimenting him is Tommy John (14-13 3.72), knuckleballer Wilbur Wood (13-9 3.36) and Jim O'Toole (14-14 4.17). Dennis Higgins (3-7 4.82 27/32 in save chances) finishes up games.

Minnesota Twins (projected record 87-75)
Offense-Tony Oliva (.309 27-109) leads this offense that has it's table set by Rod Carew (.296 6-83), Zoilo Versailles (.321 8-55), and Mack Jones (.252 29-54).

Pitching-Dave Boswell (11-13 4.06) is the only Twins pitcher with more than 10 wins. Jim McAndrew (9-14 3.87) will start on Opening Day but isn't anything special. Jim Merritt (6-9 5.72) could be special if he can harness his stuff.

Oakland A's (projected record 84-78)
Offense-The best 1-2 punch in baseball resides in Oakland in Reggie Jackson (.314 41-119), and Rick Monday (.283 43-119), They get alot of help from Sal Bando (.282 26-110),and Ken Harrelson (.280 27-101).

Pitching-An average pitching staff is lead by Jim Nash (13-11 3.86), Dennis Ribant (14-12 4.43), and Blue Moon Odom (8-7 4.28). Fred Newman (10-7 3.56) came over in the Catfish Hunter deal and hasn't lived up to expectations.

Milwaukee Brewers (projected record 76-86)
Offense-Carl Yastrzemski (.322 29-106) puts up numbers year after year and shows no signs of slowing down. He is helped by Roberto Clemente (.324 16-95) approaches 3000 hits. Adolpho Phillips (.249 15-47 39 steals) leads off.

Pitching-Milt Pappas (15-9 3.28) and Tug McGraw (11-11 3.37) spearhead this pitching staff. The bullpen is lead by Rich Folkers (9-16 5.17), and Larry Maxie (4-4 3.18) who succeeds despite below average stuff.

Kansas City Royals (projected record 47-115)
Offense-Improving offense lead by Tommy McCraw (.283 19-76) and the 39 year old Eddie Mathews (..265 24-86) who is closing in on 600 HR's. Jim Qualls (.268 6-54 38 doubles) is maturing into a solid leadoff hitter.

Pitching-Jonah Stickles (10-19 4.50) has matured into the Kansas City ace. He gets a little help from George Brunet (7-11 5.74), Peter Gardner (4-14 6.35) and Joe Hoerner (5-2 4.28 15 saves).

Up next are the team by team previews of the National League!!

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National League East:

Chicago Cubs (projected record 89-73)
Offense-6 players hit between 10-19 homeruns last year lead by Billy Williams (.296 18-96), Bob Chance (.263 19-59), Ed Kirkpatrick (.229 16-56), and Ken McMullen (.259 14-73).

Pitching-On paper, the best staff in the National League is lead by Ken Holtzman (15-12 3.49), Fergie Jenkins (15-7 3.02), Ray Culp (17-10 3.34), and Luis Tiant (9-4 2.22). Bullpen spearheaded by closer Don Shaw (3-5 11 saves).

Philadelphia Phillies (projected record 89-73)
Offense-Offense features 3 30 homerun guys in MVP Johnny Briggs (.303 34-101), Dick Allen (.292 32-108), and new acquistion Norm Cash (.293 30-87). Deron Johnson (.254 25-99) provides extra pop.

Pitching-Completely revamped pitching staff lead by former Cardinal Bob Gibson (9-12 4.12). He gets help from other new signees, Mike Cuellar (9-7 3.19), and Don Nottebart (7-14 3.81). Rick Wise (11-2 3.15) and Dick Ellsworth (11-10 3.81) round out the rotation.

New York Mets (projected record 88-74)
Offense-Amos Otis (.269 22-84 30 steals) leads the offense. He gets help from youngster Ken Singleton (.269 8-54), Ed Kranepool (.288 16-74), and Don Wert (.227 14-54).

Pitching-3 Mets pitchers threw over 200 innings last year, Tom Seaver (11-15 3.93), Bob Shaw (13-11 3.71), and Hank Fischer (10-18 4.69). Jack Fisher (10-10 3.06) fills out the rotation.

St. Louis Cardinals (projected record 85-78)

Offense-3 big bats power the offense, Willie McCovey (.270 28-85), Jim Ray Hart (.283 29-111), and Orlando Cepeda (.300 25-102). C Tim McCarver (.335 15-84) finished 2nd in hitting last year.

Pitching-Mike Torrez (16-10 3.29) and Paul Splitorff (10-12 4.11) lead a below average rotation. The bullpen is solid, lead by Wayne Granger (8-5 2.98 26 saves) and Tom Hilgendorf (10-4 2.78)

Montreal Expos (projected 64-98)
Offense-Hank Aaron (.282 41-106) travels north of the border to lead the Expo attack. He gets assistance from Tom Paciorek (.277 18-70), ROY Joe Ferguson (.261 13-44), and Joe Hague (.219 16-58)

Pitching-Improving rotation includes Derek Pritchard (11-17 4.46), Steve Arlin (8-13 4.44), Bruce Houston (8-17 4.61) and Bert Blyleven (7-21 5.44). Jim Bunning (13-12 4.55) provides veteran leadership.

Pittsburgh Pirates (projected record 48-114)
Offense-1-5 is very solid with Freddie Patek (.279 4-43 53 steals), Gene Clines (.319 0-34), Al Oliver (.296 14-92), Richie Hebner (.336 23-96), and Bill Mazeroski (.293 15-69).

Pitching-Patchwork rotation headed by former Yankee Fritz Peterson (11-10 4.83), Jim Perry (15-6 3.45), and Billy O'Dell (6-14 (6.87). Jerry Stephenson (16-5 3.24) rounds out the rotation.

National League West:

Los Angeles Dodgers (projected 100-62)
Offense-3 regulars hit over .300 for this lineup, Willie Davis (.300 16-70), Jay Johnstone (.309 10-35), and Jim Lefebvre (.308 23-108). Steve Garvey (.295 25-103) supplies the power.

Pitching-Teriffic 1-4 rotation with Don Drysdale (21-11 3.77) closing in on 300 wins, Don Sutton (21-8 3.48), Claude Osteen (10-3 2.91) and Bill Singer (14-14 4.55). Ron Perranoski (3-4 2.28 28 saves) anchors the bullpen.

San Fransisco Giants (projected 98-64)
Offense-Willie Mays (.295 29-94) approaches Babe Ruth and history. He his helped by Willie McCovey (.279 25-93), Bobby Bonds (.253 23080 36 steals) and Tito Fuentes (.323 7-59) leads off.

Pitching-3 time Cy Young winner Gaylord Perry (23-9 2.51) is the ace. He is supported by the ageless Juan Marichal (18-17 4.16), Dick Bosman (13-12 3.99) and Sam McDowell (8-3 3.18) who missed most of last year with an injury.

Atlanta Braves (projected record 94-68)
Offense-Youngster Darrell Evans (.267 47-109) leads a potent offense which includes Joe Torre (.322 25-83), Cito Gaston (.317 31-103), and Rico Carty (.327 32-86).

Pitching-Knuckleballer Phil Niekro (20-7 3.52), Wade Blasingame (11-7 3.86), and Pete Richert (17-5 4.01) lead the rotation. They get help from Horatio Pina (2-5 2.55 29 saves) solidifies the back of the rotation.

Houston Astros (projected record 87-75)
Offense-Jimmy Wynn (.290 27-102) is the main power threat. He gets help from leadoff hitter and future godawful announcer Joe Morgan (.246 17-54), Rusty Staub (.269 15-95), and Bob Watson (.280 13-83).

Pitching-Very solid starting rotation lead by Larry Dierker (14-17 3.45), former Red Sox Jim Lonborg (13-9 3.52), Don Wilson (11-10 4.40), and youngster Chris Zachary (5-2 4.16). Tom Dukes (6-4 3.56 23 saves) closes out games.

Cincinnati Reds (projected record 73-89)
Offense-Art Shamsky (.301 31-101) had a career year, but this offense goes as Tony Perez (.289 29-114), and Vada Pinson (.305 6-40) who missed half the year with injuries. Pete Rose (.303 12-94) lights a fire under this offense from the top of the lineup.

Pitching-A very weak pitching staff is lead by Gary Nolan (8-13 4.91). He gets a little help from youngster Ross Grimsley (2-1 7.14), Sammy Ellis (3-8 4.27), and John O'Donoghue (6-7 5.25). The bullpen isn't much better with Dan McGinn (3-1 3.10 16 saves) the best option.

San Diego Padres (projected record 55-107)
Offense-Willie Crawford (.288 9-63) is the most consistent talent. He gets help from Joe Rudi (.266 7-48) who will finally move into the starting lineup. Bill Sudakis (.204 15-49) supplies power despite a low average. Vic Davalillo (.280 4-38) is the leadoff hitter.

Pitching-Earl Wilson (11-6 3.20) is the new ace after coming over from Houston. The rest of the rotation consists of Joe Gast (7-14 4.96), Marco Margues 98-16 4.95), and Camilo Pascual (4-15 4.76). Ron Willis (3-7 3.08 20 saves) is the closer for a 3rd straight year.

Up next is the Opening Day Roster for the 1971 Boston Red Sox!!

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1971 American League Champion Boston Red Sox

Starting Lineup
1B-Reggie Smith (93/95)
CF-Joe Lahoud (80/95)
RF-Tony Conigliaro (86/93)
SS-Rico Petrocelli (94)
3B-Ron Santo (93)
2B-Don Money (89/93)
LF-Don Baylor (89/95)
C-Ted Simmons (83/96)

Bench
3B-Harmon Killebrew (73)
IF-Joe Foy (83)
C-Jim French (76)
OF-Oscar Brown (78/91)
1B-Tony Muser (77/82)
LF-Allan Lewis (76)

Starting Rotation
Dock Ellis (93)
Bill Lee (88)
Denny McClain (88/90)
Steve Carlton (84/88)
Charlie Hough (88/94)

Bullpen
Closer-Sparky Lyle (90/92)
Setup-Rollie Fingers (89/90)
Short-Lindy McDaniel (82)
Short-Jim York (84/86)
Middle-Larry Jaster (79)
Long-Ken Brett (75)

Leading off the 1971 season is a 3 game set at home against the Oakland A's followed by a 3 game set in Kansas City to face the Royals.

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April 1,2,3 v Oakland A's (0-0)

April 1-Ted Simmons went 3-3 with a pair of 2 run HR's, and Dock Ellis pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball in his Sox debut as Boston hammered the A's 9-1. (1-0)
W-Dock Ellis (1-0) L-Jim Nash (0-1)

April 2-Tony Congiliaro hit a solo HR in the bottom of the 10th inning to cap a comeback that had Boston trailing 2-0 entering the 8th inning, and ended with the Sox winning 3-2. (2-0)
W-Jim York (1-0) L-Pete Mikkelsen (0-1)

April 3-Tony C had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and Denny McClain pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 5 in his first start for Boston as the Red Sox swept the A's, winning 8-6. (3-0)
W-Denny McClain (1-0) L-Fred Newman (0-1)

April 4,5,6 at Kansas City Royals (2-1)

April 4-Trailing 2-0 in the 7th inning, Boston scored 3 times between the 7th and 8th inning, giving the Sox a 4 game winning streak in the 3-2 win. (4-0)
W-Steve Carlton (1-0) L-George Brunet (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (1)

April 5-Don Money went 3-4 with 3 RBI and Tony Conigliaro hit a 2 run shot as Boston beat up on the Royals 9-2. (5-0)
W-Charlie Hough (1-0) L-Gary Bell (0-1) S-Rollie Fingers (1)

April 6-Reggie Smith homered twice, driving in 3, and Don Money and Ted Simmons had 2 RBI, supporting Dock Ellis, who went 7 innings, allowing 1 run in a 8-4 Sox win and another sweep. (6-0)
W-Dock Ellis (2-0) L-Darek Bronson (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (2)

Around the MLB:

Willie Mays hit his 697th HR, now just 17 behind Babe Ruth

Some good things from the first week. Tony Conigliaro hitting .440 3-9 and Ted Simmons .400 2-6. On the pitching end, Dock Ellis throwing 13 innings thusfar, and allowing just 2 runs while winning both of his starts.

Up next for the Sox are duplicates of their first two series, just in different locations. We play the A's 3 times in Oakland followed by 3 against the Royals in Fenway.

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April 7,8,9 v Oakland A's (0-6)

April 7-Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando each hit solo homeruns as Oakland handed Boston it's first loss of the year in a 4-1 win. (6-1)
W-Fred Newman (1-0) L-Bill Lee (1-1)

April 8-Ted Simmons hit a 3 run HR, and Denny McClain pitched 1 run ball over 8 innings as Boston beat Oakland 5-1. (7-1)
W-Denny McClain (2-0) L-Jim Maloney (0-2)

April 9-Steve Carlton pitched 7 shutout innings and Tony Conigliaro hit a solo HR as Boston took two of three from the A's, winning 3-1. (8-1)
W-Steve Carlton (2-0) L-Jim Nash (0-3) S-Sparky Lyle (3)

April 10,11,12 at Kansas City Royals (4-5)

April 10-Dock Ellis pitched a complete game shutout, allowing 4 hits, walking 1 and striking out 7. Reggie Smith hit a 2 run HR in the 5-0 Sox win. (9-1)
W-Dock Ellis (3-0) L-George Brunet (0-2)

April 11-Rookie Tony Muser drove in both Sox runs, and Bill Lee made it stand up, pitching 1 run ball over 8 innings as Boston beat KC 2-1. (10-1)
W-Bill Lee (1-1) L-Darek Bronson (0-2) S-Sparky Lyle (4)

April 12-Ralph Garr, Chico Ruiz, and Jim Nettles each drove in 2 runs as Kansas City edged Boston 7-6. (10-2)
W-Jonah Stickles (2-0) L-Denny McClain (2-1) S-Hal Haydal (2)

Up next for Boston is 6 games on the road, 3 in Chicago against the White Sox followed by 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers.

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April 13,14,15 at Chicago White Sox (7-5)

April 13-Oscar Brown had 3 hits and 3 RBI and Don Baylor and Don Money each had 2 RBI as the Red Sox beat the White 8-2. (11-2)
W-Steve Carlton (3-0) L-Tommy John (0-3)

April 14-Trailing 6-3 entering the 8th inning, the Red Sox stormed back to score 6 runs the last 3 innings, led by Rico Petrocelli's 4 RBI, as Boston beat Chicago 8-6. (12-2)
W-Larry Jaster (1-0) L-Dennis Higgins (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (5)

April 15-Dock Ellis pitched 7 shutout innings, lowering his ERA to 0.62, as Boston completed the sweep of Chicago, winning 2-0. (13-2)
W-Dock Ellis (4-0) L-Gary Peters (3-1) S-Sparky Lyle (6)

April 16,17,18 at Milwaukee Brewers (8-7)

April 16-Don Money and Rico Petrocelli hit 2 run homeruns, and Bill Lee pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as Boston beat Milwaukee 5-3. (14-2)
W-Bill Lee (2-1) L-Tug McGraw (3-1) S-Sparky Lyle (7)

April 17-The Red Sox hit 5 homeruns, including 2 by Ron Santo and helped by Reggie Smith's 5 RBI as Boston hammered the Brewers 12-2. (15-2)
W-Denny McClain (3-1) L-Juan Pizarro (2-1)

April 18-Milt Pappas pitched 1 run ball over 8 innings and Roberto Clemente hit a 2 run HR as Milwaukee avoided the sweep, beating Boston 6-2. (15-3)
W-Milt Pappas (2-0) L-Steve Carlton (3-1)

Up next for Boston is 3 games at home against California followed by 3 more in Fenway, this time against the White Sox.

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April 19,20,21 v California Angels (10-5)

April 19-Reggie Smith hit a 3 run HR and Dock Ellis improved to 5-0 on the year, pitching 7 innings, allowing 2 earned runs as Boston beat California 5-3. (16-3)
W-Dock Ellis (5-0) L-Marcelino Lopez (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (8)

April 20-Ted Simmons hit a pinch hit 2 run single in the bottom of the 9th inning giving Boston a 5-4 win. Pinch hitter Tony Muser hit a 2 run double to bring Boston within one in the 7th inning. (17-3)
W-Jim York (2-0) L-Ken Tatum (2-2)

April 21-Denny McClain pitched 7 1/3 innings allowing just 1 earned run and the Sox bats hit 4 homeruns as Boston completed the sweep of California, winning 7-2. (18-3)
W-Denny McClain (4-1) L-Andy Messersmith (4-1)

April 22,23,24 v Chicago White Sox (12-9)

April 22-Tommy Agee hit 3 homeruns and drove in 6 and Bill Melton added a pair of solo HR's as Chicago outslugged Boston 10-7. (18-4)
W-Wilbur Wood (1-0) L-Steve Carlton (3-2)

April 23-Reggie Smith and Don Baylor each hit 2 run homeruns as the two teams played another slugfest, a 9-6 Boston win. (19-4)
W-Jim York (3-0) L-Rich Hinton (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (9)

April 24-Dock Ellis continued his mastery of the American League, pitching 7 shutout innings, and Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR as Boston blanked Chicago 7-0. (20-4)
W-Dock Ellis (6-0) L-Jim O'Toole (2-3)

Around the MLB:

Dock Ellis stat line so far: 6-0 0.83 ERA 43.1 IP 31 H 3 ER 11 BB 29 K

San Diego is in the middle of a 16 game losing streak, which has them currently sitting a 2-19 on the year.

Ending the month for Boston is 3 games at home against the California Angels followed by 3 in Minneapolis against the Twins.

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April 25,26,27 V California Angels (13-8)

April 25-Bill Lee needed just 88 pitches to record his first shutout of the year, a 3 hitter, and 3 different Sox drove in runs as Boston blanked California 4-0. (21-4)
W-Bill Lee (3-1) L-Andy Messersmith (4-2)

April 26-A 3 run bottom of the 8th, capped by a tie breaking RBI single by Joe Foy gave Boston a 5-4 win. (22-4)
W-Rollie Fingers (1-0) L-Tom Burgmeier (0-2) S-Sparky Lyle (10)

April 27-Ted Simmons doubled in Reggie Smith in the bottom of the 11th inning giving Boston a 2-1 win and sweep of the Angels. (23-4)
W-Rollie Fingers (2-0) L-Steve Kealey (1-2)

April 28,29,30 at Minnesota Twins (14-7)

April 28-Woody Woodward had 3 RBI and the Twins knocked Charlie Hough around for 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings in the 6-5 win. (23-5)
W-Jerry Crider (2-0) L-Ken Brett (0-1) S-Tom Hall (6)

April 29-Ron Santo homered twice and drove in 6, and Joe Lahoud added a HR and 3 RBI as Boston hammered Minnesota 14-6. (24-5)
W-Dock Ellis (7-0) L-Dave Boswell (2-2)

April 30-Reggie Smith hit a 3 run HR and was supported by Ron Santo and Don Baylor who each drove in 2 runs as Boston beat the Twins 8-2. (25-5)
W-Bill Lee (4-1) L-Jim Merritt (0-2)

Around the MLB:

Willie Mays of the San Fransisco Giants had a busy week, first driving in his 2000th run, and then the following day, hitting his 700th career HR, a 3 run HR off Montreal pitcher Jim Bunning in a 9-3 Giant win. Boxscore below:

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San Francisco Giants at Montreal Expos April 27, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 2 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 12 0 Expos (MON) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 .318 C. Rojas (2B) 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 .212 B. Bonds (RF) 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 .333 W. Mays (CF) 4 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 .382 D. Kingman (1B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .279 T. Haller (C) 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .266 G. Brown (LF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .323 M. Shannon (3B) 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .247 S. McDowell (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 W. McCovey (1B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 D. Segui (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 39 12 5 9 1 9 9 1 2B: C. Rojas (4), M. Shannon (2) 3B: B. Bonds (2) HR: W. Mays (4) GIDP: M. Shannon SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. McDowell 6.0 7 6 0 2 2 4 127 5.97 D. Segui 3.0 2 2 1 1 1 0 49 6.75 TOTALS 9.0 9 8 1 3 3 4 176 MONTREAL ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Bladt (CF) 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .237 M. Belanger (SS) 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 T. Paciorek (LF) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .365 H. Aaron (RF) 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 .222 J. Hague (1B) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 J. Ferguson (C) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .173 D. Thompson (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .192 A. Weis (2B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 J. Bunning (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 R. Cleveland (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 D. LaRoche (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Wilczewski (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Kelly (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 K. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 9 8 3 1 3 4 0 2B: M. Belanger (6) HR: H. Aaron (1) GIDP: A. Weis, M. Belanger MONTREAL ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Bunning 2.1 5 2 1 5 5 2 54 8.84 R. Cleveland 4.1 4 0 0 2 2 4 61 4.32 D. LaRoche 0.1 2 1 0 2 2 0 21 9.95 J. Wilczewski 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 3 25 0.73 K. Reynolds 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00 TOTALS 9.0 12 5 1 9 9 9 173 WP: S. McDowell (1-2) LP: J. Bunning (2-2) Temperature: 48F Wind: Calm Attendance: 28,456 Time: 3:54

Elsewhere around the MLB:
Frank Howard of the New York Yankees drove in his 1000th run
Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals recorded his 2000th hit
Ron Santo of the Boston Red Sox drove in his 1000th run

Leading off May for Boston is 3 games at home against the Washington Senators followed by 3 vs the Kansas City Royals, but first are the end of the month stats, and League Standings.

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American League Standings Through April 30-

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Santo, Ron BOS 30 .319 119 38 8 1 7 12 19 0 0 16 28 .580 .383 Smith, Reggie BOS 29 .310 116 36 7 0 10 23 16 3 2 31 24 .629 .429 Money, Don BOS 29 .257 113 29 6 0 1 9 18 1 0 15 16 .336 .312 Baylor, Don BOS 30 .250 112 28 5 0 3 9 19 1 2 17 15 .375 .317 Simmons, Ted BOS 28 .321 106 34 6 3 5 13 6 0 0 19 27 .575 .392 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 29 .291 103 30 6 0 3 24 13 0 0 30 18 .437 .419 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 25 .354 99 35 4 1 7 9 18 0 0 19 21 .626 .404 Lahoud, Joe BOS 17 .239 67 16 3 0 1 7 7 0 0 9 5 .328 .311 Brown, Oscar BOS 13 .271 48 13 2 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 3 .313 .364 Foy, Joe BOS 17 .250 24 6 0 0 0 9 4 0 2 6 5 .250 .455 Muser, Tony BOS 14 .217 23 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 7 .261 .308 Ellis, Dock BOS 7 .111 18 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .111 .111 Lee, Bill BOS 7 .125 16 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .125 .125 Lewis, Allan BOS 11 .267 15 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 .333 .353 McLain, Denny BOS 6 .250 12 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 Carlton, Steve BOS 6 .182 11 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 French, Jim BOS 3 .200 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 Killebrew, Harmon BOS 10 .125 8 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 .300 Hough, Charlie BOS 4 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Fingers, Rollie BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Santiago, Jose BOS 1.0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 Ellis, Dock BOS 50.1 1.43 7 7 7 0 0 33 13 9.12 Fingers, Rollie BOS 11.1 1.59 9 0 2 0 1 6 0 4.76 Lyle, Sparky BOS 10.2 1.69 12 0 0 0 10 6 2 8.44 York, Jim BOS 14.2 1.84 14 0 3 0 0 18 8 9.82 Brett, Ken BOS 4.1 2.08 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 8.31 Lee, Bill BOS 53.0 2.21 7 7 4 1 0 24 14 8.15 Jaster, Larry BOS 11.2 2.31 10 0 1 0 0 10 2 13.11 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 13.2 2.63 8 0 0 0 0 6 3 9.88 McLain, Denny BOS 40.0 2.93 6 6 4 1 0 28 18 12.15 Carlton, Steve BOS 37.1 4.10 6 6 3 2 0 30 17 13.02 Hough, Charlie BOS 22.0 5.32 4 4 1 0 0 14 2 13.09

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May 1,2,3 v Washington Senators (12-15)

May 1-Reggie Smith homered twice driving in 4, and Rico Petrocelli homered twice driving in 3 as Boston beat Washington 9-2. (26-5)
W-Denny McClain (5-1) L-Dave McNally (0-1)

May 2-Pinch hitter Tom Grieve hit a 2 run homerun helping Washington to a 4-1 victory over the Sox. (26-6)
W-Jerry Reuss (3-4) L-Steve Carlton (3-3) S-Bob Allen (5)

May 3-Roger Repoz hit a 2 run HR and Al Gallagher drove in a pair as the Senators beat the Red Sox 6-4. (26-7)
W-Carl Morton (3-3) L-Charlie Hough (1-1)

May 7,8,9 v Kansas City Royals (10-20)

May 7-The Sox hit 4 homeruns, including a 3 run shot by Don Money in the 1st inning as Boston beat the Royals 7-2. (27-7)
W-Dock Ellis (8-0) L-Peter Gardner (1-5)

May 8-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR and Bill Lee pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as Boston beat Kansas City 3-2. (28-7)
W-Bill Lee (5-1) L-George Brunet (2-6) S-Sparky Lyle (11)

May 9-Ron Santo and Don Baylor each hit grand slams, helping Denny McClain who struggled for the first time as a Red Sox, as Boston swept the Royals, winning 12-5. (29-7)
W-Denny McClain (6-1) L-Tim Abbott (1-3)

MLB Milestones:

Johnny Callison of the California Angels scored his 1000th run
Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles scored his 1000th run

MLB Trade News:
San Diego sends P Al Severinsen
San Fransisco sends 3B Bruce Miller
Eh, who cares.

Willie Mays hit his 704th career HR, leaving him 10 behind Babe Ruth for the all time record.

Up next for the Sox is 3 at home against the Washington Senators followed by the Twins coming to town for 3.

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May 10,11,12 v Washington Senators (18-18)

May 10-Bernie Allen went 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Roger Repoz hit a solo HR as Washington outslugged Boston 8-6. (29-8)
W-Bill Laxton (3-2) L-Sparky Lyle (0-1) S-Bob Allen (7)

May 11-Pinch hitter Tom Grieve singled in Ron Slocum in the top of the 10th inning, giving the Senators a 2-1 win. (29-9)
W-Eddie Watt (1-0) L-Rollie Fingers (2-1)

May 12-Reggie Smith homered twice and drove in 5, and Bill Lee pitched 7 solid innings as Boston avoided the sweep, winning 6-5. (30-9)
W-Bill Lee (6-1) L-J.R. Richard (2-3) S-Sparky Lyle (12)

May 13,14,15 v Minnesota Twins (22-14)

May 13-Don Money homered and drove in 4, and Denny McClain struck out 9 over 7 innings as Boston beat the Twins 6-2. (31-9)
W-Denny McClain (7-1) L-Dean Chance (4-3)

May 14-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 6, and Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR as the Red Sox blasted Minnesota 16-3. (32-9)
W-Steve Carlton (4-3) L-Jim McAndrew (3-1)

May 15-Rod Carew went 3-3 with 2 RBI, and Tony Oliva added a pair of RBI as Minnesota avoided the sweep, beating Boston 8-5. (32-10)
W-Dave Boswell (4-3) L-Charlie Hough (1-2) S-Tom Hall (8)

MLB Trade News:

We made a couple of trades this past week, the first saw Boston send OF Juan Beniquez to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for OF Billy Conigliaro. We lost the younger Conigliaro in the expansion draft and have been trying to get him back since. Beniquez was a 4th roundpick who blossomed this past offseason into a viable prospect. Conigliaro was hitting .350 with 4 HR and 22 RBI so far this year in AA.

The second trade was a larger move as we sent P Charlie Hough to the Washington Senators in exchange for P Dick Ruthven and IF Toby Harrah. This trade all but ends the chance that we will resign Ron Santo once the season is over. Harrah hit .336 4-28 in AAA this year after hitting .378 15-99 in AA last year. Ruthven if a former 1st round pick, who seems to be developing slowly, but developing nonetheless. He 4-2 2.85 in 7 starts this year in A ball. Basically our feeling about the knuckleball had changed. I just don't trust it, so I felt moving Hough for someone who will be a staple in the lineup for years was something we had to do.

Charlie Hough wasn't the biggest name pitcher the Senators acquired this week as they send P Dennis Lamp, P Dennis Leonard, and P Butch Metzger to Milwaukee in exchange for Brewer ace Milt Pappas. This gives the Senators a 1-5 that is as good as anyone in baseball. The 3 minor leaguers were tough to give up, but Pappas becomes Washington's solid number 2.

MLB Milestones:

Norm Cash of the Philadelphia Phillies scored his 1000th run

Up next for Boston is the last of the homestand which sees the Brewers come to town for 3 games followed by the Chicago White Sox coming to Fenway for a 3 game set.

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Registered to tell you I love this dynasty.

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May 16,17,18 v Milwaukee Brewers (14-25)

May 16-Tony Conigliaro homered twice and drove in 4 and Dock Ellis pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball as Boston beat Milwaukee 5-2. (33-10)
W-Dock Ellis (9-0) L-Lyle Richardson (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (13)

May 17-4 Red Sox homeruns, including a 3 run shot by Ron Santo gave Boston a 9-2 thumping of the Brewers (34-10)
W-Bill Lee (7-1) L-Juan Pizarro (3-4)

May 18-Don Money, given the day off, came up to pinch hit in the bottom of the 9th and proceeded to hit an RBI triple, giving Boston a 5-4 win and sweep of the Brewers. (35-10)
W-Jim York (4-0) L-Rich Folkers (1-4)

May 19,20,21 v Chicago White Sox (25-20)

May 19-Ossie Blanco hit a 2 run HR off Jim York in the top of the 11th inning giving the White Sox an 8-6 win over the Red. (35-11)
W-Dennis Higgins (2-1) L-Jim York (4-1) S-John Buzhardt (1)

May 20-Don Baylor homered twice, driving in 3, and Dock Ellis helped his own cause with a 2 run single as he improved to 10-0 in the 7-2 Boston win. (36-11)
W-Dock Ellis (10-0) L-Jim O'Toole (5-6)

May 21-Don Baylor, Ted Simmons and Rico Petrocelli each hit their 9th HRs of the year as Boston beat Chicago in a 8-6 slugfest. (37-11)
W-Bill Lee (8-1) L-Wilbur Wood (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (14)

MLB Milestones:

Al Kaline of the New York Yankees drove in his 1500th run

Next for Boston is the back half of the home and home with the White Sox as they travel to Chicago for 3 games followed by 3 back in Fenway against the Twins.

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May 24,25,26 at Chicago White Sox (26-22)

May 24-Jim Northrup went 4-5 with 4 RBI, and Tommy Agee added 3 RBI as Chicago beat Boston in a 12-8 slugfest. (37-12)
W-Fred Beene (2-2) L-Denny McClain (7-2)

May 25-Tommy Agee doubled in Carlos May with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning of a 4-3 White Sox win. (37-13)
W-Fred Beene (3-2) L-Rollie Fingers (2-2)

May 26-Don Money and Rico Petrocelli hit solo HR's and Bill Lee made it stand up, pitching 8 shutout innings as Boston avoided the sweep, beating Chicago 2-0. (38-13)
W-Bill Lee (9-1) L-Jim O'Toole (5-7) S-Sparky Lyle (15)

May 28,29,30 v Minnesota Twins (28-23)

May 28-Dave Boswell pitched 8 innings, allowing just 1 run and 4 different Twins drove in runs as Minnesota beat Boston 5-3. (38-14)
W-Dave Boswell (6-4) L-Denny McClain (7-3)

May 29-Steve Carlton pitched a complete game, allowing just 2 runs while striking out 10, and Don Baylor and Rico Petrocelli hit 2 run HR's as Boston blasted the Twins 10-2. (39-14)
W-Steve Carlton (5-3) L-Jim Merritt (2-5)

May 30-Dock Ellis improved to 11-0 on the year, pitching 7 innings of 2 run ball as Boston beat the Twins 6-2. (40-14)
W-Dock Ellis (11-0) L-Jim McAndrew (4-3)

MLB Milestones:
Luis Aparicio of the Washington Senators stole his 600th base

Ending May and into June for Boston is 3 games in California against the Angels followed by 3 in Minnesota against the Twins. Before that though will be end of the month stats and standings. Also the draft recap is coming up!

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Smith, Reggie BOS 54 .326 224 73 14 3 19 38 30 4 3 54 51 .670 .426 Santo, Ron BOS 55 .321 215 69 13 1 13 27 33 0 0 38 42 .572 .400 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 54 .296 206 61 11 0 12 35 27 0 0 50 37 .524 .395 Money, Don BOS 54 .261 203 53 12 1 7 23 29 1 1 33 35 .433 .339 Baylor, Don BOS 51 .288 191 55 8 0 12 19 31 2 3 35 32 .518 .370 Simmons, Ted BOS 52 .268 190 51 9 3 9 27 10 0 0 30 41 .489 .355 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 43 .313 176 55 7 1 13 14 32 0 0 33 36 .585 .359 Lahoud, Joe BOS 29 .239 113 27 4 0 2 15 13 0 0 15 13 .327 .326 Brown, Oscar BOS 27 .317 101 32 8 0 2 11 13 0 0 14 12 .455 .389 Foy, Joe BOS 31 .276 58 16 2 0 0 15 8 0 2 10 10 .310 .419 Lewis, Allan BOS 24 .231 39 9 3 0 0 3 7 3 0 6 2 .308 .302 Ellis, Dock BOS 13 .086 35 3 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 2 .086 .086 Harrah, Toby BOS 10 .414 29 12 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 7 4 .483 .514 Lee, Bill BOS 13 .143 28 4 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 3 0 .143 .250 Muser, Tony BOS 18 .192 26 5 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 7 .231 .300 McLain, Denny BOS 12 .208 24 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 .208 .208 Carlton, Steve BOS 11 .300 20 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 5 .350 .318 French, Jim BOS 6 .278 18 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .350 Killebrew, Harmon BOS 18 .267 15 4 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 5 .533 .389 York, Jim BOS 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Fingers, Rollie BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brett, Ken BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Jaster, Larry BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Brett, Ken BOS 11.0 0.82 7 0 0 1 0 5 2 8.18 Ellis, Dock BOS 97.1 1.66 13 13 11 0 0 63 24 8.88 Fingers, Rollie BOS 23.0 2.35 17 0 2 2 1 13 0 7.83 Lee, Bill BOS 98.0 2.39 13 13 10 1 0 42 21 8.91 Lyle, Sparky BOS 18.1 2.45 20 0 0 1 15 10 4 12.27 Carlton, Steve BOS 72.1 3.61 11 11 5 3 0 60 30 12.32 York, Jim BOS 28.2 3.77 23 0 4 1 0 27 14 12.56 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 17.2 4.08 14 0 0 0 0 11 4 11.21 McLain, Denny BOS 78.0 4.15 12 12 7 3 0 65 34 13.27 Jaster, Larry BOS 15.0 6.00 12 0 1 0 0 14 2 15.60 Santiago, Jose BOS 4.0 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 18.00

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Since I own a Mac and I can't play the game on a regular basis posts like these are a MUST. Absolutely love this franchise (and guess what? I'm a Yankee!). How are the career stats for some of your franchise players until know? I'd love a round-up for your starting roster like you did the first season. Keep it coming!

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Thanks! Below are the up to date career stats for some of the "Franchise" type players on the Sox.

Reggie Smith: 682 Games, 2808 AB's, 817 Hits, .291/.383/.511 145 HR's 429 RBI 410/393 BB/K 92 steals, 1 All-Star Game

Tony Conigliaro: 857 Games, 3360 AB's, 971 Hits, .289/.351/.542, 211 HR's 617 RBI, 1 MVP, 1 All-Star Game

Rico Petrocelli: 885 Games, 3361 AB's, 944 Hits, .281/.361/.481, 164 HR's, 520 RBI, 1 All-Star Game

Bill Lee: 93 Games/89 Starts, 49-9 2.87 ERA, 637 IP, 569 Hits, 270/150 K/BB Ratio, 9 CG's, 3 Shutouts

Steve Carlton: 115 Games/87 Starts, 30-32 4.11 ERA, 569 2/3 IP, 568 Hits, 433/233 K/BB Ratio, 7 CG's, 3 Shutouts

Sparky Lyle: 226 Games, 13-10 2.52 ERA, 228 1/3 IP, 184 Hits, 162/76 K/BB Ratio, 168/185 in Save Chances

Rollie Fingers: 214 Games, 22-22 3.09 ERA, 270 2/3 IP, 239 Hits, 189/69 K/BB Ratio, 11 Saves

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May 31, June 1,2 at California Angels (22-29)

May 31-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 3 and Don Money added a 2 run shot as Boston beat up on the Angels 9-5. (41-14)
W-Bill Lee (10-1) L-Andy Messersmith (6-5)

June 1-Denny McClain struck out 11 over 6 1/3 innings, and Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli hit solo HR's as Boston nudged California 2-1. (42-14)
W-Denny McClain (8-3) L-Clyde Wright (3-4) S-Sparky Lyle (16)

June 2-Don Baylor went 2-4 with a 3 run HR and Ron Santo added a 2 run blast as Boston completed the sweep of the Angels, winning 7-5. (43-14)
W-Jim York (5-1) L-Ken Tatum (2-5) S-Sparky Lyle (17)

June 4,5,6 at Minnesota Twins (31-26)

June 4-Don Baylor hit a 2 run HR, accounting for all the Sox runs, and Dock Ellis and 2 relievers made it stand up as Boston beat the Twins 2-1. (44-14)
W-Dock Ellis (12-0) L-Jim McAndrew (4-4) S-Sparky Lyle (18)

June 5-Tony Oliva drove in Zoilo Versailles with an RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning giving the Twins a 5-4 win. (44-15)
W-Dick Woodson (4-2) L-Jim York (5-2)

June 6-5 Twins drove in runs and Mack Jones hit a solo HR as Minnesota blasted Boston 7-1. (44-16)
W-Dean Chance (6-4) L-Denny McClain (8-4)

Around the MLB:

Willie Mays hit his 708th HR, now just 6 behind Babe Ruth!

Wayne Simpson of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter, walking just 2 in a 5-0 win over the Montreal Expos. Boxscore below:

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Montreal Expos at Cincinnati Reds May 31, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Expos (MON) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Reds (CIN) 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 x 5 11 1 MONTREAL ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Bladt (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283 B. Aspromonte (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 T. Paciorek (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 H. Aaron (RF) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .280 J. Ferguson (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212 W. Smith (1B) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 J. Rios (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 D. Thompson (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 D. Pritchard (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .033 S. Pitlock (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Hague (1B) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 TOTALS 26 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 GIDP: J. Rios CS: H. Aaron MONTREAL ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Pritchard 5.2 11 3 0 5 5 3 101 4.75 S. Pitlock 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 8.68 TOTALS 8.0 11 3 0 5 5 5 132 CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg V. Pinson (CF) 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 .297 D. Concepcion (SS) 5 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .233 P. Rose (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .337 T. Perez (1B) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .321 J. Edwards (C) 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221 L. May (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 J. Bench (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 M. Hargrove (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 C. Mashore (LF) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159 F. Duffy (3B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .275 W. Simpson (P) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 TOTALS 35 11 3 5 0 5 5 0 2B: D. Concepcion (9), V. Pinson (5), J. Edwards (7) CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA W. Simpson 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 5 108 2.95 TOTALS 9.0 0 2 0 0 0 5 108 WP: W. Simpson (2-2) LP: D. Pritchard (5-8) Temperature: 70F Wind: 9 MPH (out to right) Attendance: 21,294 Time: 2:37

MLB Trade News:

The Red Sox made a minor trade this week to shore up a lack of depth in the minor leagues, sending lefthander pitcher Vida Blue to the Kansas City Royals for C Ernie Whitt. Blue seemed to have hit his ceiling, and while average, it was just that. Whitt gives us a young catcher, who should be able to at least back up Simmons once Jim French is gone.

Atlanta sends P Leon Max, P Mike Beard, P Frank LaCorte
San Diego sends RF Willie Crawford
I like this move for San Diego. The three pitchers they get are all high 70's peak guys, but moving Crawford allows them to finally play Richie Zisk everyday, and he is going to be a monster. Having Zisk and Joe Rudi at the corner outfielder spots, gives the Padres a solid 4-5 in the lineup for a long time to come.

Up next for Boston are 3 games in Detroit against the Tigers followed by 3 at home vs the New York Yankees.

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1971 Amateur Draft

1) Kansas City- George Brett (3B)
2) Pittsburgh- John Candelaria (SP)
3) Cleveland- Jim Rice (LF)
4) San Diego- Frank Tanana (SP)
5) Washington- Jay Franklin (P)
6) Montreal- Larry Parrish (3B)
7) Milwaukee- Mark Littell (P)
8) Cincinnati- Rick Mahler (P)
9) Minnesota- Gary Ward (LF)
10) New York (AL)- Jim McLaughlin (P)
11) New York (NL)- Keith Hernandez (1B)
12) Detroit- Larry Christenson (P)
13) Atlanta- Rick Camp (P)
14) Chicago (NL)- Rick Rhoden (P)
15) Oakland- Mark Williams (RF)
16) St. Louis- Tom Underwood (SP)
17) Philadephia- Tom Falcone (P)
18) Houston- Roy Thomas (P)
19) Chicago (AL)- Mark Lee (P)
20) San Fransisco- Mark Bomback (P)
21) California- Billy Smith (2B)
22) Baltimore- Bruce Sutter (RP)
23) Boston- Dan Quisenberry (RP): We have been looking at this kid since the beginning of the last year. His control is immaculate, sporting a 71/11 K/BB ratio throughout H.S. He also posted a career line of 12-4 1.97 with 22 saves in 23 chances.
23) Los Angeles- Sixto Lezcano (RF)

Other Sox Picks:

2nd Round (47th overall) SS U.L. Washington: Good speed 21/26 in steal chances in High School. Hit .358/.433/.496 with 2 HR's as a senior. Basically a singles hitter, but is an above average fielder.

3rd Round (71st overall) LF Larry Herndon: Hit .429/.508/.695 as a senior with 5 HR's, 7 doubles in 30 games. Projects to a 4th outfielder, but this is also where we drafted Juan Beniquez and he improved drastically after a couple years.

4th Round (95th overall) P Tom Hume: 3-0 2.18 in 33 IP as a senior. He struck out 27 while walking only 8. Had an almost identical 3-1 2.67 in 30 IP as a junior with 23 K's and 8 walks.

5th Round (119th overall) 1B Dave Bergman: .374/.523/.535 as a senior. He has a teriffic eye as shown in his career 107/44 BB/K ratio in High School. Won't hit a ton of HR's, only 13 in H.S., but should hit alot of doubles.

6th Round (143rd overall) P Dennis DeBarr: 2-0 with a sparkling 0.52 ERA as a senior covering 34 IP. He struck out 28 and walked just 5. However, with that success, he doesn't project to do much as a major leaguer.

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June 9,10,11 at Detroit Tigers (32-31)

June 9-Willie Horton and Ike Brown each had a HR and 3 RBI as Detroit hammered Boston 13-4. (44-17)
W-Bob Moose (3-1) L-Steve Carlton (5-4)

June 10-Reggie Smith and Don Baylor each hit 2 solo HR's, and Dock Ellis moved to 13-0 as Boston beat the Tigers 9-3. (45-17)
W-Dock Ellis (13-0) L-Mickey Lolich (6-5)

June 11-Bill Lee pitched a complete game shutout, scattering 8 hits, walking none and striking out 3, as Boston blanked the Tigers 3-0. (46-17)
W-Bill Lee (11-1) L-Chuck Dobson (7-5)

June 12,13,14 v New York Yankees (33-33)

June 12-the Red Sox hit 4 homeruns, and Denny McClain pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball as Boston throttled the Yankees 12-1. (47-17)
W-Denny McClain (9-4) L-Sonny Seibert (3-3)

June 13-Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR, and Steve Carlton pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 runs, while striking out 8 as Boston beat up on the Yankees again, today 8-3. (48-17)
W-Steve Carlton (6-4) L-Mike McCormick (5-5)

June 14-Joe Foy went 3-4 with a HR and 3 RBI, and Dock Ellis pitched a complete game 2 hit shutout, striking out 11 as Boston blanked the Yankees 9-0. (49-17)
W-Dock Ellis (14-0) L-Bucky Brandon (0-1)

MLB Trade News:

New York (NL) sends P Pete Vuckovich P Gary Ignasiak
Milwaukee sends P Tug McGraw
Edge New York as they take advantage of Milwaukee paring their payroll and get a solid #2 or #3.

MLB Milestones:

Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles recorded his 2500th hit

Hank Aaron of the Montreal Expos became the 3rd Major Leaguer in history to record his 600th HR, when he hit a 3 run HR off Joe Sparma of the San Fransisco Giants in an 8-5 loss. Boxscore below:

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San Francisco Giants at Montreal Expos June 11, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Giants (SFG) 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 13 1 Expos (MON) 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 7 1 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .309 G. Brown (LF) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .299 J. Rosario (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 B. Bonds (RF) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .280 D. Kingman (1B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .245 T. Haller (C) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 K. Henderson (CF) 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 .238 B. Etheridge (3B) 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .288 D. Mason (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .136 M. Shannon (P) 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .218 R. Severson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 J. Sparma (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 W. McCovey (1B) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .302 R. Robertson (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G. Tenace (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 A. Severinsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Reynolds (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 40 13 4 8 2 6 8 0 2B: T. Fuentes (20), K. Henderson (5), T. Haller (7) 3B: B. Etheridge (2) HR: K. Henderson (2), M. Shannon (5) GIDP: D. Kingman SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Sparma 3.0 3 2 1 3 2 4 63 4.41 R. Robertson 2.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 33 0.00 A. Severinsen 1.2 2 3 1 2 2 0 43 4.32 B. Reynolds 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 25 2.11 TOTALS 9.0 7 7 2 5 4 7 164 MONTREAL ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Bladt (CF) 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 .283 J. Hague (1B) 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .221 T. Paciorek (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 H. Aaron (RF) 5 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 .296 J. Ferguson (C) 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .236 D. Thompson (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228 J. Rios (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .263 W. Smith (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .195 B. Aspromonte (3B) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 T. Cullen (3B) 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .200 S. Arlin (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 S. Pitlock (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Kelly (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184 J. Cram (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Snyder (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 D. LaRoche (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Borbon (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 7 7 5 2 5 7 3 HR: H. Aaron (10), T. Cullen (1) HBP: D. Thompson GIDP: D. Thompson MONTREAL ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Arlin 3.2 6 2 1 6 4 3 78 4.50 S. Pitlock 2.1 2 1 0 0 0 4 49 7.36 J. Cram 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.28 D. LaRoche 1.0 3 0 1 2 2 1 24 6.20 P. Borbon 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.42 TOTALS 9.0 13 4 2 8 6 8 179 WP: B. Reynolds (5-2) LP: S. Arlin (5-9) SV: B. Reynolds (6) Temperature: 62F Wind: 4 MPH (right to left) Attendance: 28,456 Time: 3:32

Around the MLB:

Ken Boyer hung it up after 16 seasons in the majors. Boyer was a career .288 hitter with 339 career homeruns. He played for St. Louis, the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and finished up with the Washington Senators.

Up next for the Sox are 3 games at home against the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles followed by 3 on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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June 15,16,17 v Baltimore Orioles (43-26)

June 15-Boog Powell hit a 3 run HR in the 8th inning to tie the game at 4, then in the 15th the Orioles and Sox each scored 2 times to tie the game at 6 after 15 innings. Manny Sanguillen then hit a 2 run double and the Orioles added a 3rd run to take a 9-6 lead entering the bottom of the 18th inning. Baltimore was relying on Bill Connors, who 2 years ago was pitching in the Independant Leagues. He proceeded to give up back to back homeruns to Don Baylor and Rico Petrocelli and then a walkoff double to Ted Simmons as Boston won 10-9 in 18 grueling innings. Boxscore below: (50-17)
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Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox June 15, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Orioles (BAL) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 9 14 1 Red Sox (BOS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 19 1 BALTIMORE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg M. McGuire (SS) 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .239 M. Sanguillen (C) 8 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 .301 P. Blair (CF) 8 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 .290 B. Powell (1B) 8 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 .321 D. Johnson (2B) 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .280 B. Robinson (3B) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 C. Blefary (LF) 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .283 F. Robinson (RF) 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .231 W. Fryman (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 M. Rettenmund (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 T. Phoebus (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 B. Johnson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .213 J. Dukes (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 E. Hendricks (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 B. Landis (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. May (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 D. Leonhard (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 P. Roof (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 F. Talbot (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Brand (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Connors (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 63 14 3 9 1 8 11 0 2B: P. Blair (19) HR: B. Powell (12) GIDP: B. Robinson, M. McGuire BALTIMORE ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA W. Fryman 4.0 8 2 0 4 4 1 81 4.37 T. Phoebus 3.0 2 5 0 0 0 1 71 4.91 J. Dukes 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 34 2.27 B. Landis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 39 4.08 D. Leonhard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 1.50 F. Talbot 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 35 8.35 B. Connors 1.2 5 1 2 4 4 1 43 11.25 TOTALS 17.2 19 11 3 9 9 8 337 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 8 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333 D. Baylor (LF) 9 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 .292 T. Conigliaro (RF) 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 .313 R. Petrocelli (SS) 7 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 .299 R. Santo (3B) 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 .322 J. Foy (2B) 8 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .274 O. Brown (CF) 7 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .306 T. Simmons (C) 7 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .279 B. Lee (P) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .108 A. Lewis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Money (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Muser (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 L. McDaniel (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 H. Killebrew (P) 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .316 J. York (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. French (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 L. Jaster (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 67 19 11 10 3 10 8 0 2B: T. Simmons (12) HR: H. Killebrew (2), T. Conigliaro (16), D. Baylor (18) GIDP: R. Santo, J. French, T. Simmons 3 BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA B. Lee 8.0 7 1 1 4 3 4 99 2.43 R. Fingers 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 2.03 S. Lyle 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 36 1.78 L. McDaniel 2.0 1 2 0 2 2 1 34 4.03 J. York 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 3.97 L. Jaster 1.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 22 6.97 TOTALS 18.0 14 3 1 9 8 11 241 WP: L. Jaster (2-0) LP: B. Connors (0-1) Temperature: 57F Wind: Calm Attendance: 33,379 Time: 6:33

June 16-Denny McClain pitched a complete game 2 hit shutout, striking out 4, and Ron Santo hit a 2 run HR in the 3-0 Red Sox win. (51-17)
W-Denny McClain (10-4) L-Jim Palmer (9-4)

June 17-5 Red Sox homeruns, including 2 by Reggie Smith and 2 by Don Baylor and a grand slam by Harmon Killebrew helped Boston complete the sweep of the Orioles, winning 13-4. (52-17)
W-Steve Carlton (7-4) L-Wally Bunker (8-6)

June 18,19,20 at Milwaukee Brewers (25-44)

June 18-Dock Ellis improved to 15-0 despite allowing 4 runs in 6 innings, as he was supported with HR's by Don Baylor and Ron Santo as Boston won 8-5. (53-17)
W-Dock Ellis (15-0) L-Brian Mogford (2-4) S-Sparky Lyle (19)

June 19-Ron Santo went 3-5 with a HR and 2 doubles, and Tony Conigliaro added a 2 run shot as Boston beat up on the Brewers pitchers again, today 11-4. (54-17)
W-Bill Lee (12-1) L-Don Cardwell (2-5)

June 20-Harmon Killebrew hit a first inning grand slam and Don Baylor added 2 homeruns as Boston completed the sweep, and won their 10th in a row, a 9-5 win. (55-17)
W-Denny McClain (11-4) L-Derek Maus (1-4)

MLB Trade News:

A couple of real big trades went down over the last week. We'll start with the one the Red Sox were involved in. This came out of nowhere, as the San Diego Padres called expressing interest in Don Money, who was due for arbitration this year. When it was all said and done, Boston sent 2B/3B Don Money to the Padres in exchange for IF Chris Speier and 1B Bill Buckner. Money had struggled so far this year, hitting .247 with 8 HR and 37 RBI, after hitting 25 HR and driving in almost 100 last year. Speier was hitting .443 2-35 in AA so far this year and will move right to AAA Pawtucket. Buckner, a former Sox farmhand was another expansion draft loss we have been looking to reacquire. He was hitting .357 8-52 with only 11 K's in 253 AB's in AA. Toby Harrah comes up from AAA to play second base. What does this mean for the contract of Ron Santo. Honestly, I don't have any idea right now!

The other two deals involved the Milwaukee Brewers, who continue to dump salary.

Milwaukee sends P Juan Pizarro 2B Hal Lanier
Detroit sends P Mike Marshall
This actually wasn't a bad deal for the Brewers, as Pizarro was just about done. Assuming they can resign Marshall, edge Milwaukee.

St. Louis sends OF Juan Cruz
Milwaukee sends RF Roberto Clemente
Cruz could end up being a very special player, but to trade him straight up for Clemente, who is 112 hits from 3000, and was one of two marketable players (Carl Yastrzemski being the other) the Brewers have.

Up next for the Sox are 3 games against the Baltimore Orioles followed by 3 games in Detroit against the Tigers.

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June 21,22,23 v Baltimore Orioles (44-31)

June 21-Ted Simmons hit a 2 run double and Steve Carlton made it stand up allowing just 1 run over 8 innings as Boston beat the Orioles 3-1. (56-17)
W-Steve Carlton (8-4) L-Wally Bunker (8-7) S-Sparky Lyle (20)

June 22-Larry Jaster pitched 5 shutout innings, in place of an injured Dock Ellis, and Ted Simmons had the big hit again today, a 2 run single as Boston beat Baltimore again 3-1. (57-17)
W-Jim York (6-2) L-Jim Hannan (4-7) S-Sparky Lyle (21)

June 23-Davey Johnson hit a 2 run HR and Bill Lee was roughed up for 5 runs in 5 innings as the Orioles avoided the sweep, winning 6-5. (57-18)
W-Woodie Fryman (7-6) L-Bill Lee (12-2) S-Jan Dukes (6)

June 25,26,27 at Detroit Tigers (36-39)

June 25-Mickey Lolich pitched 8 innings, allowing just 2 solo HR's striking out 9 as the Tigers beat up on the Sox 5-2. (57-19)
W-Mickey Lolich (8-6) L-Steve Carlton (8-5) S-Fred Gladding (8)

June 26-Willie Horton hit a 2 run HR and the Tigers roughed up former teammate Denny McClain for 6 runs in 4 2/3 innings, as Detroit beat Boston 6-4. (57-20)
W-Pat Dobson (9-5) L-Denny McClain (11-5) S-Fred Gladding (9)

June 27-In a game that featured 30 hits and 26 runs, Reggie Smith and Toby Harrah each drove in 4 runs, and Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR as Boston avoided the sweep, winning the 14-12 slugfest. (58-20)
W-Larry Jaster (3-0) L-Juan Pizarro (4-7)

MLB Trade News:
I can't figure out what the Brewers are doing:
Minnesota sends P Danny Morris, P Jim Burton, P Jim Hughes
Milwaukee sends P Mike Marshall
I guess 5 appearance is enough to decide to trade a player for 3 minor leaguers that will probably never make it.

Ending June and leading into the All-Star break is 3 games vs the Tigers followed by 3 games in Cleveland against the Indians. Up next though will be end of the month stats and league standings!

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American League Standings Through June 30-

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Smith, Reggie BOS 78 .329 319 105 16 4 26 62 45 6 5 80 72 .649 .441 Santo, Ron BOS 78 .319 307 98 19 1 19 40 48 0 0 61 59 .573 .402 Baylor, Don BOS 75 .297 290 86 16 1 25 33 42 7 3 58 58 .617 .382 Petrocelli, Rico BOS 73 .308 289 89 15 1 14 45 45 0 0 64 49 .512 .396 Conigliaro, Tony BOS 67 .317 284 90 14 3 21 24 54 0 0 55 53 .609 .368 Simmons, Ted BOS 72 .278 270 75 14 3 9 34 18 0 0 38 56 .452 .354 Lahoud, Joe BOS 40 .236 148 35 5 0 3 18 19 0 0 20 18 .331 .315 Brown, Oscar BOS 36 .302 139 42 12 0 2 14 21 0 0 18 18 .432 .368 Foy, Joe BOS 46 .234 107 25 3 0 1 23 15 0 3 15 16 .290 .366 Harrah, Toby BOS 18 .339 56 19 2 1 0 12 7 3 2 10 9 .411 .456 Lewis, Allan BOS 33 .245 49 12 3 0 0 4 7 3 3 7 2 .306 .327 Ellis, Dock BOS 17 .065 46 3 0 0 0 1 22 0 0 1 2 .065 .085 Lee, Bill BOS 19 .133 45 6 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 4 2 .133 .204 Killebrew, Harmon BOS 32 .293 41 12 2 0 4 9 9 0 0 10 15 .634 .423 McLain, Denny BOS 18 .184 38 7 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 5 1 .184 .184 French, Jim BOS 11 .182 33 6 1 0 0 4 8 0 0 4 2 .212 .270 Muser, Tony BOS 24 .156 32 5 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 4 7 .188 .250 Carlton, Steve BOS 17 .188 32 6 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 3 5 .219 .229 Jaster, Larry BOS 2 .143 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .143 .143 York, Jim BOS 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Santiago, Jose BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Fingers, Rollie BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Brett, Ken BOS 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1971 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9 Lyle, Sparky BOS 30.1 1.48 30 0 0 1 21 22 5 9.20 Fingers, Rollie BOS 33.2 1.60 26 0 2 2 1 21 2 6.68 Ellis, Dock BOS 125.1 1.87 17 17 15 0 0 86 38 9.34 Brett, Ken BOS 18.0 2.50 12 0 0 1 0 11 3 9.50 Lee, Bill BOS 141.0 2.62 19 19 13 2 0 64 29 9.51 York, Jim BOS 40.0 3.83 31 0 6 2 0 32 18 12.60 Carlton, Steve BOS 112.1 3.85 17 17 8 5 0 101 44 12.26 McLain, Denny BOS 115.0 4.30 18 18 11 5 0 102 51 13.23 Santiago, Jose BOS 8.1 4.32 5 0 0 0 0 6 6 18.36 Jaster, Larry BOS 33.2 5.08 19 2 3 0 0 24 4 13.37 McDaniel, Lindy BOS 26.0 6.23 20 0 0 0 0 13 7 13.85

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June 30, July 1,2 v Detroit Tigers (38-40)

June 30-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR, and Bill Lee pitched 7 solid innings as Boston beat the Tigers 7-3. (59-20)
W-Bill Lee (13-2) L-Joe Moeller (5-7)

July 1-Don Baylor drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Boston beat Detroit 4-3. (60-20)
W-Sparky Lyle (1-1) L-Fred Lasher (0-1)

July 2-For the 2nd straight day, Boston beat Detroit in their last at-bat as Ted Simmons drove in Ron Santo in the bottom of the 9th of a 2-1 Sox win. (61-20)
W-Rollie Fingers (3-2) L-Daryl Patterson (1-3)

July 3,4,5 at Cleveland Indians (39-48)

July 3-Jack Hiatt hit a 2 run single capping a 4 run 8th inning, breaking a scoreless tie as Cleveland beat the Sox 4-1. (61-21)
W-Steve Hargan (6-5) L-Jim York (6-3)

July 4-Toby Harrah hit his first career HR, a 3 run shot, and Don Baylor added 2 RBI as Boston nudged the Indians 7-6. (62-21)
W-Bill Lee (14-2) L-Steve Bailey (7-3) S-Sparky Lyle (22)

July 5-Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR, and Don Baylor added a 2 run shot as Boston goes into the All-Star break with a 9-2 win. (63-21)
W-Dock Ellis (16-0) L-Tom Kelley (3-10)

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In front of 34,302 fans, Willie Mays became the Major League's all time Home Run King, smoking homerun number 715, a solo shot of Cincinnati righthander Sammy Ellis. The Giants lost the game 4-2, but it didn't matter, as all anyone wanted to talk about was Mays breaking Ruth's 36 year old mark. Boxscore below:

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Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants July 4, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Reds (CIN) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 1 Giants (SFG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 CINCINNATI ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg V. Pinson (CF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .269 F. Robinson (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 P. Rose (2B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 T. Perez (1B) 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 .313 J. Bench (C) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243 D. Concepcion (SS) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 L. May (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 F. Duffy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 C. Mashore (LF) 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .199 D. Chaney (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 S. Ellis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .050 J. Edwards (C) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 J. Pena (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L. Boehmer (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378 D. McGinn (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 TOTALS 40 8 3 4 1 4 6 1 2B: T. Perez (13), V. Pinson (14), L. May (5) HR: T. Perez (14) CS: P. Rose CINCINNATI ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA S. Ellis 7.0 4 0 1 2 2 5 110 4.69 J. Pena 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 31 3.06 D. McGinn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 24 4.22 TOTALS 11.0 4 2 1 2 2 8 165 SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Fuentes (SS) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .322 G. Brown (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 K. Henderson (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 B. Bonds (RF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .279 D. Kingman (1B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 G. Tenace (P) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .203 W. Mays (CF) 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .368 T. Haller (C) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 B. Etheridge (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 D. Mason (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .145 G. Perry (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .156 M. Shannon (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 F. Linzy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Reynolds (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 4 2 2 1 2 8 0 2B: G. Brown (6), W. Mays (18), T. Haller (10) HR: W. Mays (19) SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA G. Perry 8.0 4 1 1 1 1 4 99 2.27 F. Linzy 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 1 28 2.70 B. Reynolds 1.0 2 2 0 2 2 1 30 2.25 TOTALS 11.0 8 3 1 4 4 6 157 WP: D. McGinn (3-1) LP: B. Reynolds (5-4) Temperature: 69F Wind: Calm Attendance: 34,302 Time: 3:25

MLB Trade News:

The Milwaukee Brewer fire Sale continues:
Minnesota sends RF Dan Ford, C Bud Bulling, P Pete Hamm
Milwaukee sends 3B Carmen Fanzone
I guess the Brewers are just stocking up their minor leagues with a bunch of peak high 70's players hoping a few pan out.

Los Angeles sends C Steve Yeager SS Tim Foli
Milwaukee sends LF/1B Carl Yastrzemski
The last star the original Seattle Pilots had, is now gone. The players gotten in return are not bad, but this was another salary dump.

Up next are the All-Star Game Festivities!

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1971 Home Run Derby

In what some could call a "Changing of the Guard" with regards to Home Run Hitters, 24 year old Darrell Evans beat 40 year old Willie Mays in the Final Round of the HR Derby. Ron Santo and Reggie Smith were both invited to the Derby, and Santo was the only one to make it out of the first round. Complete totals below:

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1971 Home Run Showdown FIRST ROUND (10 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS Willie Mays (SFG) 9 Darrell Evans (ATL) 9 Ron Santo (BOS) 6 Jimmy Wynn (HOU) 6 Reggie Jackson (OAK) 5 Willie Horton (DET) 4 George Foster (CLE) 3 Reggie Smith (BOS) 2 Roberto Clemente (STL) 1 Amos Otis (NYM) 1 SECOND ROUND (5 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS Darrell Evans (ATL) 5 Willie Mays (SFG) 3 Jimmy Wynn (HOU) 2 Ron Santo (BOS) 1 FINAL ROUND (5 Outs) PLAYER HOMERS DARRELL EVANS (ATL) 5 Willie Mays (SFG) 3 WINNER: Darrell Evans

1971 All-Star Game

Jimmy Wynn hit a grand slam, and Darrell Evans added a solo shot as the National League beat up on the American 10-4. Dock Ellis started for the American League, going two innings, allowing 2 hits. 4 other Red Sox were named as starters, Reggie Smith (1-4), Rico Petrocelli (2-2 2BB), Ron Santo 0-4 2K), and Ted Simmons (2-4). Bill Lee was named to the team but didn't not participate due to injury. In a bizarre twist, OF Roberto Clemente, who spent most of the season in the American League before being traded to the Cardinals, started for the National League, going 2-5. Wynn was named MVP. Boxscore below:

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National League All Stars at American League All Stars July 10, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E All Stars (NL) 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 10 17 0 All Stars (AL) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg A. Otis (CF) 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .319 P. Rose (2B) 6 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .329 S. Garvey (1B) 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .301 D. Allen (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .310 J. Wynn (LF) 5 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 .279 J. Torre (C) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261 R. Clemente (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .358 G. Alley (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 H. Aaron (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .318 B. Mazeroski (P) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288 D. Evans (P) 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .306 W. Mays (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .366 C. Flood (P) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299 TOTALS 43 17 3 10 2 10 5 0 2B: S. Garvey, B. Mazeroski, R. Clemente, J. Wynn 3B: P. Rose HR: D. Evans, J. Wynn ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA F. Jenkins 2.0 3 1 1 3 3 2 33 3.14 B. Singer 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.85 B. Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 37 2.80 G. Perry 3.0 5 1 0 1 1 4 55 2.27 B. Wynne 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.86 TOTALS 9.0 9 3 1 4 4 8 153 AMERICAN LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg T. Oliva (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .356 D. Johnson (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 R. Smith (CF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .323 W. Horton (LF) 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 .327 B. Powell (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .343 R. Petrocelli (SS) 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .310 R. Santo (3B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .310 T. Simmons (C) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 G. Foster (P) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299 R. White (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 T. Agee (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .349 J. Nettles (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 TOTALS 33 9 3 4 1 4 8 0 HR: W. Horton GIDP: D. Johnson, R. Smith ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Ellis 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 1.84 D. Chance 3.0 5 2 1 2 2 2 73 3.14 G. Peters 1.0 6 1 1 6 6 1 45 2.47 D. Leonhard 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 3 37 1.80 F. Beene 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 17 2.56 TOTALS 9.0 17 3 2 10 10 6 206 WP: B. Johnson LP: G. Peters Temperature: 74F Wind: 3 MPH (out to center) Attendance: 54,220 Time: 3:27

The Sox also made a deal with the Atlanta Braves during the All-Star Break. Boston sends P Lindy McDaniel, 1B Bill Buckner, and 2B Frank White to Atlanta in exchange for RP Cecil Upshaw. This was alot to give up for a short reliever, but McDaniel has struggled all year and I think his age is finally catching up with him. We hate to lose Buckner, but after reacquiring him, came to the conclusion he was behing John Mayberry and Jeff Burroughs on the depth chart. White may be a good prospect, but he is very slow in coming along. Upshaw was 0-2 with a 1.56 in AAA for the Braves and 0-1 2.81 in 14 games with the big club. He gives us depth should we not be able to come to terms with Rollie Fingers at seasons end.

Editors Note: The Don Money trade ended badly for us as we received Buckner (since traded) and Chris Speier, who was an 84/92 when he acquired him and is now just an 84. Oh well, win some lose some.

Kicking off the 2nd half of the year for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Detroit Tigers followed by 3 games at home against the A's. As a side note, Bill Lee is out for the next month with an inflamed rotator cuff.

Re: Impossible Dream???

July 12,13,14 v Detroit Tigers (39-45)

July 12-Joe Lahoud and Rico Petrocelli each drove in 2 runs, and Cecil Upshaw won in his Red Sox debut in relief as Boston beat Detroit 5-3. (64-21)
W-Cecil Upshaw (1-0) L-Pat Dobson (9-6) S-Sparky Lyle (23)

July 13-Willie Horton homered twice and drove in 4, and Bernie Smith added a 2 run shot as Detroit beat Boston 6-3. (64-22)
W-Juan Pizarro (5-8) L-Steve Carlton (8-6) S-Fred Gladding (10)

July 14-Larry Jaster pitched 5 shutout innings, and Joe Lahoud added a solo HR as the Red Sox beat the Tigers 4-1. (65-22)
W-Cecil Upshaw (2-0) L-Joe Moeller (5-8) S-Sparky Lyle (24)

July 15,16,17 v Oakland Athletics (43-47)

July 15-Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR, Tony Conigliaro had 4 hits and Roger Moret pitched 6 innings, allowing just 1 run in his ML debut as Boston beat the A's 8-4. (66-22)
W-Roger Moret (1-0) L-Chuck Dobson (4-9)

July 16-Oakland led 9-1 after two innings, knocking 16-0 Dock Ellis out of the game after 1 1/3 innings, but in the 5th, Rico Petrocelli hit a 3 run HR to bring Boston back to within 4 at 9-5. In the 7th, Tony C. hit a grand slam to tie the game at 9 and later in the inning Ted Simmons hit a 3 run HR to give Boston a 12-9 lead they would not relinquish. Boxscore below: (67-23)
W-Jose Santiago (1-0) L-Blue Moon Odom (1-4) S-Sparky Lyle (25)

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Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox July 16, 1971 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E Athletics (OAK) 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 1 Red Sox (BOS) 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 x 12 9 1 OAKLAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Metzger (SS) 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 .180 T. Uhlaender (CF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279 S. Bando (3B) 2 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 .306 R. Jackson (LF) 5 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 .286 B. Allison (RF) 5 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 .214 R. Webster (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .198 C. Tovar (2B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 K. Suarez (C) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .157 J. Nash (P) 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .179 B. Odom (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 P. Lindblad (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 D. Blanco (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 TOTALS 38 11 7 9 0 9 8 0 2B: R. Jackson (20) 3B: B. Allison (4) GIDP: C. Tovar OAKLAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA J. Nash 5.0 5 3 2 4 4 1 110 4.36 B. Odom 1.0 3 5 1 5 5 0 49 5.65 P. Lindblad 2.0 1 0 1 1 1 3 32 2.88 TOTALS 8.0 9 8 4 10 10 4 191 BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg R. Smith (1B) 5 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 .313 R. Petrocelli (SS) 4 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 .300 T. Conigliaro (RF) 5 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 .315 D. Baylor (LF) 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 .286 J. Foy (3B) 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .241 J. Lahoud (CF) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243 T. Harrah (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 T. Simmons (C) 4 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 .285 D. Ellis (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .060 K. Brett (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 H. Killebrew (P) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 J. Santiago (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Lewis (P) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245 R. Fingers (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Lyle (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 9 8 12 4 12 4 1 2B: R. Smith (18) HR: R. Smith (27), T. Conigliaro (23), T. Simmons (10), R. Petrocelli (16) GIDP: R. Smith, T. Simmons BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA D. Ellis 1.1 6 2 0 9 8 0 45 2.45 K. Brett 3.2 3 2 0 0 0 2 62 1.90 J. Santiago 2.0 1 3 0 0 0 4 45 3.48 R. Fingers 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.51 S. Lyle 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1.49 TOTALS 9.0 11 7 0 9 8 8 178 WP: J. Santiago (1-0) LP: B. Odom (2-4) SV: S. Lyle (25) Temperature: 67F Wind: 9 MPH (out to left) Attendance: 33,379 Time: 3:47

July 17-Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run bomb in the first inning and Joe Foy, subbing for Rico Petrocelli, had 3 hits as Boston completed the sweep of the A's, winning 6-5. (68-23)
W-Steve Carlton (9-6) L-Dennis Ribant (6-6) S-Sparky Lyle (26)

Sox Notes:

Cecil Upshaw's line since joining the Sox: 4G 2-0 5.2 IP 1H 5/0 K/BB ratio
1st Round Pick Dan Quisenberry's line so far in Rookie Ball: 7G 0-0 18IP 0.50 ERA, 7H 3/2 K/BB ratio

Up next for the Sox is the end of the homestand with the Yankees coming to town for 3 games followed by us headed to Cleveland to play the Indians.

Re: Impossible Dream???

July 18,29,20 v New York Yankees (43-47)

July 18-Reggie Smith went 3-3 with a double and solo HR and Ron Santo drove in a pair as Boston edge New York 4-3. (69-22)
W-Denny McClain (12-5) L-Al Downing (3-6) S-Rollie Fingers (2)

July 19-Frank Howard homered and drove in 4, and Mike McCormick pitched 8 1/3 innings of 2 run ball as the Yanks beat the Sox 6-2. (69-23)
W-Mike McCormick (6-8) L-Larry Jaster (3-1)

July 20-The Sox banged out 14 hits and 8 runs, led by Rico Petrocelli and Reggie Smith who each had 3 hits and a HR as Boston took two of three, winning 8-2. (70-23)
W-Dock Ellis (17-0) L-Mel Stottlemyre (4-8)

July 21,22,23 at Cleveland Indians (41-55)

July 21-Steve Carlton pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout, walking 4 and striking out 5, and he was supported by solo HR's from Rico Petrocelli and Don Baylor as Boston blanked the Indians 2-0. (71-23)
W-Steve Carlton (10-6) L-Steve Hargan (6-6)

July 22-Bill Sorrell had 2 hits and 3 RBI, and George Foster added 3 hits and 2 RBi as Cleveland beat Boston 7-2. (71-24)
W-Tom Kelley (5-10) L-Denny McClain (12-6)

July 23-Syd O'Brien went 4-4 with a 2 run HR, and Frank Baker added a solo shot as the Indians beat the Red Sox 4-1. (71-25)
W-Jerry Koosman (5-12) L-Roger Moret (1-1) S-Phil Hennigan (11)

MLB Trade News:
A moderate flurry of trade activity leading up to the trade deadline. First the Red Sox made a couple of trades, designed for helping the future. First we sent OF Billy North to the LA Dodgers in exchange for IF Billy Grabarkewitz. North was tearing up AA ball to the tune of .411 4-82 to go along with 35 steals, but we weren't sure he'd ever get the chance to play everyday in Boston. Grabarkewitz was hitting .346 12-83 with 111 BB in AA, and will at least be able to take Joe Foy's spot in a year or two.

The second deal saw Boston send IF Chris Speier to the Philadephia Phillies for SS Larry Bowa. Speier wasn't what we though he was when we acquired him. Bowa doesn't hit for any power, but is currently hitting .346 in AAA with only 1 error in 101 games. He should be our starting SS next year with Petrocelli moving to 3rd.

Other deals:
St. Louis sends P Willie Prall P Buddy Schultz P Mike Bascik
Milwaukee sends P Rich Folkers
Good move for the Cards, once again fleecing the Brewers for a few non descript minor leaguers.

New York sends P Rick Baldwin
Milwaukee sends C Carl Taylor
Again, trading a useful part (Taylor) for a minor leaguer who probably will amount to nothing.

Minnesota sends P Bill Campbell P Tom Johnson
San Diego sends P Bob Johnson
Edge Minnesota as they receive San Diego's all time appearance leader, and only real solid reliever.

Leading up to the Trade deadline, and the end of July are 3 games in KC against the Royals followed by 3 games Cleveland against the Indians.