'71 O's split with '46 Bosox

Game 1 (Memorial Stadium): A matchup with 2 twenty game winners: Tex Hughson and Mike Cuellar. Boston scored 2 in the 3rd and 1 in the 4th. The O's narrowed it to 4-2. Rip Russell's 2 run homer in the top of the 9th broke it open for the Bosox. Hughson went the distance and allowed only 3 hits an 1 earned run (2 runs total).


Game 2 (Memorial Stadium): Baltimore chased 25 game winner Boo Ferriss from the hill after only 4 2/3 IP and 8 ER's allowed. Boog Powell and Brooks Robinson both went 3 for 4. Powell had 4 RBI's. Jim Palmer scattered 9 hits and 2 earned runs for a complete game victory.

Game 3 (Fenway Park): Dave McNally dominated the boys from Beantown by toossing a 2 hit complete game shutout. Ted Williams' level of frustration increased as his BA dropped to .091. Paul Blair went 3 for 5 and had 2 ribbies. McNally helped his own cause with a 2 run double.

Game 4 (Fenway Park): Boston scored early and often enroute to a 7-1 victory. Suprise starter Bill Zuber went 7 1/3 and gave up only 1 run on 3 hits. Teddy Ballgame broke out with 2 hits, which included a big homer, to move his average back to the Mendoza line (.200). Pat Dobson took the loss for Baltimore and was victimize by some poor fielding. Dick Hall finished out the final 2 frames and gave up 2 insurance runs.