After being held scoreless on three hits in the first seven innings, the Red Sox rallied for three runs off Mickey Lolich in the eighth and defeated the Tigers, 3-2. Billy Conigliaro and Duane Josephson led off with singles and when Lolich threw late to second on a bunt by Phil Gagliano, all runners were safe.

 One run scored on a groundout by Doug Griffin. Luis Aparicio, after fouling off seven pitches, then doubled to drive in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 22, 1971 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  6  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   0     1   0   .209      Griffin 2b            4   1   0   1     0   1   .243
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Aparicio ss           4   0   1   2     0   1   .232
Kaline rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .294      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
G. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .344      Smith cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Freehan c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Northrup 1b           2   0   0   1     1   1   .273      Scott 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Conigliaro rf         3   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Josephson c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .248
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Beniquez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Lolich p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .138        Miller pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .357
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Montgomery c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
                                                          Garman p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .311
                                                            Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               32   2   5   2     4   3             Totals               29   3   6   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 10,554
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Red Sox 4
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Lolich, Aparicio, Scott
Doubles: Freehan (26), Petrocelli (23), Aparicio (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Gagliano (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Northrup (3)
GIDP: Rodriguez (14), Conigliaro (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(25-12)         8     6   3   3   1   4   0  31   2.96
Totals                  8     6   3   3   1   4   0  31

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garman W(1-0)           8     5   2   2   4   2   0  34   5.40
Tatum SV(9)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.19
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   3   0  37

Wild Pitches: Garman (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to
center; Kaline made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin struck out; Aparicio grounded out (third to
first); Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: G. Brown reached on an error by Scott [G. Brown to
first]; Garman threw a wild pitch [G. Brown to second]; Freehan
struck out; Northrup was called out on strikes; Stanley reached
on an error by Aparicio [G. Brown to third, Stanley to first];
Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
flied out to center; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Lolich grounded out (first unassisted); McAuliffe
flied out to left; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Conigliaro was called out on strikes; Josephson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline made an out to shortstop; G. Brown walked;
Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first) [G. Brown to second];
Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli
doubled to left; Scott singled to third [Petrocelli stayed at
second]; Conigliaro grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Petrocelli out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Rodriguez singled to
right [McAuliffe to third]; Kaline singled to left [McAuliffe
scored, Rodriguez to second]; G. Brown grounded out (second to
first) [Rodriguez to third, Kaline to second]; Freehan walked;
Northrup hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rodriguez scored]; Stanley
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Josephson flied out to center; Garman singled to
right; Garman was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Lolich [Garman to second]; Griffin flied out to center; Aparicio
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to right; Lolich singled to
right; McAuliffe walked [Lolich to second]; Rodriguez grounded
into a double play (second to first) [McAuliffe out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski walked; Smith flied out to center;
Petrocelli popped to first in foul territory; Scott flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Kaline grounded out (third to first); G. Brown flied
out to right; Freehan doubled to right; Northrup was walked
intentionally; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Conigliaro singled to left; Josephson singled
[Conigliaro to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR GARMAN; BENIQUEZ RAN
FOR JOSEPHSON; Gagliano reached on a fielder's choice on a
sacrifice bunt [Conigliaro to third, Beniquez to second]; MILLER
RAN FOR BENIQUEZ; Griffin forced Gagliano (shortstop to second)
[Conigliaro scored, Miller to third]; Aparicio doubled to left
[Miller scored, Griffin scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to center
[Aparicio to third]; Smith struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 9TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING C ); TATUM
REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); JONES BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Jones
flied out to center; COLLINS BATTED FOR LOLICH; Collins was
called out on strikes; McAuliffe grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 3.