| Sox beat A's |
| Boston- Carl Yastzemski's hit a three run homer in the Red Sox 6th inning as Boston beat Vida Blue and the A's 4 - 2. Bill Lee got the win, Sparky Lyle got the save. |
| Outs: | 3 | Inning: | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E | |
| Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| 1971 Oakland As | |||||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | SB | CS | |
| Bert Campaneris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Monday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sal Bando | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Jackson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rudi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Epstein | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Green | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Duncan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Tenace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Angel Mangual | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | PC | |||
| Vida Blue | 5.3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | ||
| Darold Knowles | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| 1971 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||
| AB | Runs | Hits | 2b | 3b | HR | BB | SO | RBI | SB | CS | |
| Luis Aparicio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Griffin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rico Petrocelli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Yastrzemski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Scott | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Conigliaro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lahoud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Montgomery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IP | Hits | Runs | BB | SO | W | L | S | PC | |||
| Bill Lee | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||
| Sparky Lyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||||