Friday September 21, 1973
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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Friday, September 21, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Tigers 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 5 9 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper lf 3 1 3 0 0 0 .274 Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .228 Evans ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Stanley cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .247 Aparicio ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Kaline rf,1b 2 2 1 1 0 0 .256 Smith cf 1 0 0 1 2 0 .303 N. Cash 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Yastrzemski 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .299 Howard dh 3 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Cepeda dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .295 G. Brown ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243 Miller rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Freehan c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .240 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .252 I. Brown 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Northrup ph,lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .308 Cater ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Sharon lf,rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .245 Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brinkman ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .243 Pole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 1 6 1 6 4 Totals 29 5 9 4 2 3 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 14,827 Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Tigers 4 DP: Red Sox 3, Tigers 2 Errors: Yastrzemski, Miller, Perry Doubles: Yastrzemski (25), Rodriguez (27) Triples: Taylor (3) Home Runs: Kaline (10), Sharon (7) Stolen Bases: Harper (48) Sacrifice Hits: Aparicio (12) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (2), Stanley (6) GIDP: Smith (10), Cepeda (21), Freehan (12), Taylor (8) Hit by Pitch: Kaline (3,by Moret) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret L(11-2) 5.1 7 4 4 0 2 2 22 3.21 Pole 2.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 11 5.60 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 3 2 33 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(14-12) 5.1 5 1 1 2 1 0 21 3.90 Hiller SV(38) 3.2 1 0 0 4 3 0 15 1.42 Totals 9 6 1 1 6 4 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Moret (3) Wild Pitches: Pole (2) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Don Denkinger RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to right; Harper stole second; Aparicio out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harper scored]; Yastrzemski doubled to right; Cepeda walked; Miller flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Taylor tripled to center; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to left [Taylor scored]; Kaline homered; Howard singled to shortstop; Freehan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howard out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown flied to right; Sharon popped to third in foul territory; Rodriguez doubled to right; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. RED SOX 3RD: Harper singled to shortstop; Harper was picked off first (pitcher to first); Aparicio singled to left; Smith grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Taylor struck out; Stanley was called out on strikes; Kaline popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Cepeda struck out; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Howard reached on an error by Yastrzemski; Freehan lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Howard out at first]; I. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. RED SOX 5TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: Sharon homered; Rodriguez flied to center; Brinkman singled to left; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 3. RED SOX 6TH: Harper singled to left; Harper was picked off first but was safe on an error by Perry [Harper to second]; Aparicio popped to first in foul territory; Smith walked; HILLER REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked [Harper to third, Smith to second]; Cepeda grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline was hit by a pitch; Al Kaline hit on head by Roger Moret pickoff attempt during Frank Howard's at-bat; Howard singled to right [Kaline to third, Howard to second (error by Miller)]; POLE REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Freehan walked; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Northrup singled to center [Kaline scored, Howard out at home (center to catcher), Freehan to third, Northrup to second (on throw)]; Pole threw a wild pitch [Freehan scored, Northrup to third]; Sharon popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5. RED SOX 7TH: KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SHARON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Miller walked; Fisk struck out; Cooper flied to right; Griffin singled to center [Miller to third]; EVANS BATTED FOR HARPER; Evans flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Brinkman singled to left; Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brinkman to second]; Stanley flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5. RED SOX 8TH: N. CASH REPLACED KALINE (PLAYING 1B); Aparicio struck out; Smith walked; Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: N. Cash struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR HOWARD; G. Brown walked; Freehan forced G. Brown (third to second); Northrup flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5. RED SOX 9TH: G. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Miller popped to shortstop; Fisk walked; CATER BATTED FOR COOPER; Cater flied to center; Griffin popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.

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