Pitching his the fourth straight complete game, Mickey Lolich brought his record with the Tigers to 3-1 by defeating the Red Sox, 5-1. The Tigers gave their ace lefthander his working margin in the first inning with three runs on a double by Mickey Stanley, homer by Dick McAuliffe and singles by Willie Horton, Jim Northrup and Don Wert. Al Kaline batted in the Tigers' other runs with a single in the second and a double in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1970 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  3
Tigers       3  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .244      Stanley 1b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .261
Smith cf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .364      McAuliffe 2b          3   1   1   2     2   0   .270
Yastrzemski lf        5   0   1   0     0   3   .350      Kaline rf             5   0   2   2     0   1   .289
Scott 1b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .243      Horton lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .316
Petrocelli ss         3   0   2   1     1   0   .205      Northrup cf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .350
T. Conigliaro rf      4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     1   2   .343
Alvarado 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .231      Wert 3b               1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Moses c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .389        Maddox 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lee p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Gutierrez ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .317
  Phillips p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              2   1   0   0     1   0   .154
  B. Conigliaro ph    1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Jarvis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pavletich ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1  10   1     4   7             Totals               33   5  10   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 19,461
Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Tigers 13
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 3
Errors: Smith, Petrocelli, Alvarado
Doubles: Smith (3), Moses (4), Stanley (2), Kaline (4)
Home Runs: McAuliffe (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lolich (3), Stanley (1)
GIDP: Scott (2), Andrews (2), Smith (2)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (1,by Lolich), Horton (1,by Phillips), Northrup (2,by Jarvis)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee L(0-1)              1.2   6   4   4   1   0   1  11   6.75
Phillips                3.1   2   0   0   1   3   0  16   0.00
Jarvis                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.08
Brett                   1     1   1   1   3   2   0   7   3.18
Totals                  8    10   5   5   5   6   1  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(3-1)           9    10   1   1   4   7   0  39   1.72
Totals                  9    10   1   1   4   7   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Phillips (1), Jarvis (1), Lolich (1)
Wild Pitches: Jarvis (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak


RED SOX 1ST: Andrews popped to first in foul territory; Smith
doubled to right; Yastrzemski struck out; Scott walked;
Petrocelli made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley doubled to right; McAuliffe homered [Stanley
scored]; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton
singled to left; Northrup singled to pitcher [Horton to second];
Freehan flied out to right; Wert singled to center [Horton
scored, Northrup out at home (first to second to catcher), Wert
to second (error by Smith)]; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 3.

RED SOX 2ND: T. Conigliaro popped to first in foul territory;
Alvarado singled to shortstop; Moses struck out; Lee struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Gutierrez singled to center; Lolich out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gutierrez to second];
Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gutierrez to third];
McAuliffe walked; PHILLIPS REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Kaline
singled to shortstop [McAuliffe to second, Gutierrez scored];
Horton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 4.

RED SOX 3RD: MADDOX REPLACED WERT (PLAYING 3B); Andrews walked;
Smith singled to left [Andrews to second]; Yastrzemski struck
out; Scott was hit by a pitch [Andrews to third, Smith to
second]; Petrocelli walked [Andrews scored, Smith to third,
Scott to second]; T. Conigliaro flied out to right; Alvarado
made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers
4.

TIGERS 3RD: Northrup made an out to third; Freehan was called
out on strikes; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Moses lined to first; Phillips grounded out (second
to first); Andrews walked; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Gutierrez reached on an error by Alvarado; Lolich
popped to catcher in foul territory; Stanley singled to third
[Gutierrez to second]; McAuliffe lined to center; Kaline flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled to second; Scott grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at
second]; Petrocelli singled to center; T. Conigliaro grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton was hit by a pitch; Northrup was called out
on strikes; Freehan walked [Horton to second]; Maddox reached on
an error by Petrocelli [Freehan to second, Horton to third];
Gutierrez struck out; Lolich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Alvarado made an out to first; Moses doubled to
left; B. CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; B. Conigliaro singled
to center [Moses to third]; Andrews grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [B. Conigliaro out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: JARVIS REPLACED B. CONIGLIARO (PITCHING); Stanley
singled to center; Jarvis threw a wild pitch [Stanley to
second]; McAuliffe grounded out (third to first); Kaline struck
out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Smith made an out to third; Yastrzemski was called
out on strikes; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup was hit by a pitch; Freehan grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Northrup to second]; Maddox grounded out
(third to first); Gutierrez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli singled to left; T. Conigliaro forced
Petrocelli (third to second); Alvarado singled to right [T.
Conigliaro to second]; Moses lined to left; PAVLETICH BATTED FOR
JARVIS; Pavletich made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: BRETT REPLACED PAVLETICH (PITCHING); Lolich walked;
Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Lolich to
second]; McAuliffe walked; Kaline doubled to left [McAuliffe to
third, Lolich scored]; Horton was walked intentionally; Northrup
struck out; Freehan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Andrews singled to left; Smith grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Andrews out at
second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.