The Tigers defeated the Red Sox for the seventh straight time this season, posting a 5-4 victory with the aid of homers by Mickey Stanley and Jim Northrup. Stanley broke a 3-3 tie with a smash in the sixth inning and Northrup provided what proved to be the winning run with his round-tripper in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Friday, May       18, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  1
Tigers       0  1  2    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   5  7  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .235      Northrup rf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .263
Aparicio ss           5   0   1   1     0   0   .255      Freehan c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .317
Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     1   0   .246      G. Brown dh           4   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Cepeda dh             4   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Sims lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .327
  Miller pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      N. Cash 1b            3   1   0   1     1   0   .211
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .211      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .261
  Kennedy pr,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Stanley cf            3   1   1   2     0   0   .230
Fisk c                4   2   4   1     0   0   .325      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .175
Cater 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Griffin 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .304      Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .230        Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4   9   3     4   4             Totals               30   5   7   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 21,845
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Tigers 6
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Aparicio, Rodriguez 2, Timmermann
Doubles: Freehan (6)
Home Runs: Fisk (8), Stanley (4), Northrup (1)
Stolen Bases: Harper (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Harper (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Stanley (3)
GIDP: Aparicio (4)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (2,by Pattin)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(2-7)           6.2   7   5   4   3   1   2  31   6.27
Veale                   1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.57
Totals                  8     7   5   4   3   2   2  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman                  3.1   5   3   2   3   1   1  18   5.82
Timmermann W(1-1)       5     4   1   0   0   2   0  20   3.38
Hiller SV(6)            0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.31
Totals                  9     9   4   2   4   4   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Pattin (2)
Wild Pitches: Timmermann (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Marty Springstead


RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Aparicio flied to center; Harper
stole second; Yastrzemski walked; Cepeda struck out; Petrocelli
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup flied to center; Freehan flied to right; G.
Brown singled to shortstop; Sims popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk homered; Cater grounded out (shortstop to
first); Griffin grounded out (second to first); Evans flied to
right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash walked; McAuliffe singled to right [N. Cash
to third, McAuliffe to second (on throw)]; Stanley hit a
sacrifice fly to right [N. Cash scored]; Rodriguez reached on a
fielder's choice [McAuliffe out at third (shortstop to third)];
Brinkman grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
singled to center; Yastrzemski forced Aparicio (shortstop
unassisted); Cepeda forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Freehan was
hit by a pitch; G. Brown singled to third [Freehan to second];
Sims singled to center [Freehan to third, G. Brown to second];
N. Cash forced Sims (first to shortstop) [Freehan scored, G.
Brown scored (error by Aparicio) (unearned), N. Cash to second];
McAuliffe was walked intentionally; Stanley forced McAuliffe
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Fisk
singled to right; Cater singled to center [Fisk to second];
Griffin singled to center [Fisk scored, Cater to second]; Evans
walked [Cater to third, Griffin to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED
FRYMAN (PITCHING); Harper reached on an error by Rodriguez
[Cater scored (unearned) (no RBI), Griffin to third, Evans to
second, Harper to first]; Aparicio grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Harper out at second]; 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez flied to left; Brinkman grounded out
(third to first); Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cepeda grounded out (pitcher to first); Petrocelli flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan doubled; G. Brown flied to left; Sims flied
to center; N. Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk singled to center; Cater forced Fisk (second
to shortstop); Griffin flied to center; Timmermann threw a wild
pitch [Cater to second]; Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
homered; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Brinkman
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper struck out; Aparicio flied to center;
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup homered; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to
first); G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Sims walked;
VEALE REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); N. Cash flied to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first);
Petrocelli singled to left; KENNEDY RAN FOR PETROCELLI; Fisk
singled to left [Kennedy to second]; Cater flied to center;
Griffin reached on an error by Rodriguez [Kennedy out at home
(first to second to catcher to shortstop to catcher), Fisk to
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); McAuliffe
popped to third; Stanley flied to right; Rodriguez struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans singled to right; Harper reached on an error
by Timmermann on a sacrifice bunt [Evans to third, Harper to
first]; Aparicio grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans scored
(unearned), Harper to second]; HILLER REPLACED TIMMERMANN
(PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Harper
to third]; Cepeda was walked intentionally; MILLER RAN FOR
CEPEDA; Kennedy struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Tigers 5.