A two-run homer by Al Kaline in the ninth inning and throwing error by Tim Blackwell on which two more runs scored enabled the Tigers to defeat the Red Sox, 7-5. The Red Sox took a 5-3 lead with a four-run outburst in the seventh, three runs coming on a homer by Cecil Cooper. Kaline's clout tied the score in the ninth. Jim Northrup followed with a double and Ben Oglivie walked. Northrup advanced to third after Aurelio Rodriguez flied out. Blackwell, rookie catcher for the Red Sox, tried to pick Northrup off third, but his throw sailed into left field and both Northrup and Oglivie scored on the error. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Tuesday, July      30, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  4  -   7 12  0
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   5  9  5


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Miller cf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .266
  Lane pr,lf,cf       2   0   1   0     0   1   .235        Harper ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Sutherland 2b         5   1   2   2     0   0   .250      Cooper 1b             3   1   1   3     1   0   .263
Kaline dh             4   1   1   2     1   1   .257        Beniquez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Northrup rf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .233      Evans rf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .289
Freehan 1b            1   1   1   0     0   0   .295      Yastrzemski lf        5   0   0   0     0   0   .323
  N. Cash ph,1b       4   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Carbo dh              2   0   1   0     1   1   .259
Nettles lf,cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .192        Cater ph,dh         1   0   1   0     0   0   .280
  Sharon ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .319
  Oglivie ph,lf       0   1   0   0     1   0   .309      McAuliffe 3b          2   0   0   0     1   1   .213
Rodriguez 3b          5   1   1   0     0   0   .210        Hughes 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Brinkman ss           5   1   2   0     0   2   .224      Griffin 2b            3   2   1   0     1   1   .295
Moses c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .233      Blackwell c           2   1   1   0     1   0   .245
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamont c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .172        Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   7  12   5     2   7             Totals               34   5   9   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 21,456
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Red Sox 8
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Cooper, Yastrzemski 2, Griffin, Blackwell
Doubles: Northrup (11), Miller (5), Carbo (13), Cater (5)
Home Runs: Kaline (7), Cooper (8)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (7)
Caught Stealing: Miller (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Blackwell (1)
Hit by Pitch: Stanley (1,by Cleveland)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 6     7   5   5   5   5   1  29   4.36
Hiller W(13-7)          3     2   0   0   0   2   0  11   2.53
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   7   1  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(7-10)       8    12   6   5   1   5   1  40   4.80
Veale                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   6.35
Segui                   0.2   0   1   0   1   1   0   3   4.19
Totals                  9    12   7   5   2   7   1  44

Passed Balls: Blackwell (2)
Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (5)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry McCoy


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley popped to first in foul territory;
Sutherland flied out to right; Kaline walked; Northrup grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
flied out to center; Evans singled to center; Yastrzemski popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan singled to center; Nettles singled to center
[Freehan to second]; Rodriguez popped to right; Brinkman struck
out; Moses singled to left [Nettles to second, Freehan scored];
Stanley flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo struck out; Burleson grounded out (shortstop
to first); McAuliffe popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland reached on an error by Yastrzemski
[Sutherland to second]; Kaline lined to center; Northrup
grounded out (third to first); N. CASH BATTED FOR FREEHAN;
Blackwell allowed a passed ball [Sutherland to third]; N. Cash
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: N. CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Griffin
walked; Blackwell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Griffin to second]; Miller doubled to center [Griffin scored];
Cooper walked; Evans struck out while Miller was caught stealing
third (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red
Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Nettles struck out; Rodriguez singled to center;
Brinkman singled to left [Rodriguez to third (error by
Yastrzemski)]; Moses popped to right; Stanley was hit by a pitch
[Brinkman to second]; LANE RAN FOR STANLEY; Sutherland singled
to left [Lane to second, Brinkman scored, Rodriguez scored];
Kaline struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: LANE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NETTLES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Yastrzemski popped to left; Carbo
doubled to left; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Carbo to third]; McAuliffe walked; Griffin struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup reached on an error by Cooper; N. Cash
singled to right [Northrup to second]; Nettles lined into a
double play (first unassisted) [N. Cash out at first]; Rodriguez
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Blackwell walked; Miller popped to left; Cooper
grounded out (second to first) [Blackwell to second]; Evans
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman popped to left; Moses reached on an error
by Griffin; Lane singled to center [Moses to second]; Sutherland
popped to right; Kaline popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; Carbo walked;
Burleson struck out; McAuliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup lined to left; N. Cash popped to second;
Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin singled to right; Blackwell singled to
right [Griffin to third]; Miller singled to right [Blackwell to
second, Griffin scored]; Cooper homered [Blackwell scored,
Miller scored]; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Evans struck
out; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); CATER BATTED
FOR CARBO; Cater doubled to left; Burleson struck out; 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 8TH: CATER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HUGHES REPLACED
MCAULIFFE (PLAYING 3B); Rodriguez grounded out (first
unassisted); Brinkman singled to left; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
MOSES; G. Brown struck out; Lane struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: LAMONT REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); Hughes
popped to left; Griffin flied out to right; Blackwell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red
Sox 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Sutherland singled to right; Kaline homered
[Sutherland scored]; Northrup doubled to left; VEALE REPLACED
CLEVELAND (PITCHING); N. Cash was called out on strikes; SHARON
BATTED FOR NETTLES; SEGUI REPLACED VEALE (PITCHING); OGLIVIE
BATTED FOR SHARON; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Rodriguez
flied out to right [Northrup to third]; Oglivie stole second
[Oglivie scored (error by Blackwell) (unearned), Northrup scored
(unearned)]; Brinkman was called out on strikes; 4 R (2 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: OGLIVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LANE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); HARPER BATTED FOR MILLER; On a bunt
Harper singled; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR COOPER; Beniquez grounded
out (first unassisted) [Harper to second]; Evans grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Red Sox 5.