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Tuesday July 7, 1970
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A tenth-inning homer by Elliott Maddox, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter and stayed in the lineup to star at bat, gave the Tigers a 4-3 victory for a split of a twi-night doubleheader with the Red Sox, who won the first game, 8-4. Reggie Smith homered to a spark three-run outburst by the Red Sox in the first inning of the lidlifter. Rico Petrocelli hit for the circuit with a man on base in the third. The Red Sox added their other runs in the ninth, two counting on a single by Smith. Jim Northrup belted two homers for the Tigers.

In the nightcap, Mike Andrews and Smith homered in the third inning for the Red Sox, but the Tigers tied the score in the sixth when Maddox drew a walk as a pinch-hitter and Ike Brown and Don Wert doubled. The Red Sox regained the lead with three singles in the eighth, but back-to-back doubles by Jim Price and Maddox provided the tying tally in the Tigers' half. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, July 7, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox      3  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   8 10  1
Tigers       0  1  0    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   4  8  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            5   1   0   0     0   0   .218      McAuliffe 2b          2   0   1   1     2   0   .285
Smith cf              5   1   2   3     0   1   .296      Stanley cf            4   0   0   1     1   1   .268
Yastrzemski 1b        5   2   2   0     0   1   .298      Northrup rf           4   2   2   2     1   0   .279
T. Conigliaro rf      5   0   1   0     0   2   .287      Horton lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .310
Petrocelli ss         4   2   2   2     1   1   .253      Cash 1b               4   0   1   0     1   1   .233
Scott 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .292      Freehan c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .211
B. Conigliaro lf      3   0   1   1     1   0   .254      Wert 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .202
Satriano c            3   1   0   0     1   1   .234      Szotkiewicz ss        3   0   0   0     0   0   .113
Culp p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .104        Jones ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .230
  Wagner p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Maddox ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Lyle p              1   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilson p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .194
                                                            Scherman p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .167
                                                            G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  10   7     3   8             Totals               36   4   8   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:34
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Tigers 11
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Petrocelli, McAuliffe 2
Doubles: Cash (11), McAuliffe (12)
Home Runs: Smith (9), Petrocelli (14), Northrup 2 (17)
Stolen Bases: Jones (1)
GIDP: Szotkiewicz (1)
Hit by Pitch: McAuliffe (2,by Culp)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp W(8-8)             6.2   5   3   2   5   3   2  32   2.80
Wagner                  1     1   1   1   0   1   0   4   2.19
Lyle SV(14)             1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.26
Totals                  9     8   4   3   5   5   2  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(4-6)           2.1   8   5   5   0   3   2  15   4.22
Scherman                5.2   0   0   0   1   5   0  18   2.45
Hiller                  0     0   2   1   2   0   0   2   3.20
Timmermann              1     2   1   0   0   0   0   6   2.95
Totals                  9    10   8   6   3   8   2  41

Hit by Pitch: Culp (5)
Wild Pitches: Culp (6)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - John Rice


RED SOX 1ST: Andrews flied out to left; Smith homered;
Yastrzemski singled to center; T. Conigliaro struck out;
Petrocelli singled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Scott singled
[Yastrzemski scored, Petrocelli to third]; B. Conigliaro singled
to third [Petrocelli scored, Scott to second]; Satriano grounded
out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Stanley struck out; Northrup
walked [McAuliffe to second]; Horton grounded out (third to
first) [McAuliffe to third, Northrup to second]; Cash grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers
0.

RED SOX 2ND: Culp struck out; Andrews made an out to third;
Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan made an out to shortstop; Wert reached on an
error by Petrocelli; Szotkiewicz flied out to right; Wilson
struck out but Wert advanced to second and Wilson advanced to
first on a wild pitch; McAuliffe walked [Wert to third, Wilson
to second]; Stanley walked [Wert scored (unearned), Wilson to
third, McAuliffe to second]; Northrup grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski singled to right; T. Conigliaro struck
out; Petrocelli homered [Yastrzemski scored]; Scott singled to
center; SCHERMAN REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); B. Conigliaro flied
out to right; Satriano grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Horton flied out to center; Cash flied out to
center; Freehan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Culp grounded out (second to first); Andrews flied
out to center; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Wert singled to shortstop; Szotkiewicz grounded into
a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Wert out at
second]; Scherman singled to right; McAuliffe was hit by a pitch
[Scherman to second]; Stanley forced McAuliffe (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); T.
Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli walked;
Scott lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup homered; Horton flied out to center; Cash
doubled to right; Freehan struck out; Wert made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: B. Conigliaro grounded out (second to first);
Satriano was called out on strikes; Culp grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Szotkiewicz grounded out (second to pitcher);
Scherman grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Tigers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Andrews flied out to center; Smith struck out;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; Northrup
homered; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash walked;
WAGNER REPLACED CULP (PITCHING); Freehan flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: T. Conigliaro grounded out (third to first);
Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Wert flied out to right; JONES BATTED FOR
SZOTKIEWICZ; Jones singled to right; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
SCHERMAN; Jones stole second; G. Brown struck out; LYLE REPLACED
WAGNER (PITCHING); McAuliffe doubled to left [Jones scored];
Stanley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Tigers 4.

RED SOX 9TH: MADDOX REPLACED JONES (PLAYING SS); HILLER REPLACED
G. BROWN (PITCHING); B. Conigliaro walked; Satriano walked [B.
Conigliaro to second]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING);
Lyle forced B. Conigliaro (pitcher to third) [Satriano to
second]; Andrews reached on a fielder's choice [Satriano scored
(error by McAuliffe), Lyle to third, Andrews to second (error by
McAuliffe)]; Smith singled to right [Lyle scored (unearned),
Andrews scored (unearned)]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; T.
Conigliaro singled [Smith to second]; Petrocelli flied out to
center; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Northrup flied out to left; Horton singled to
center; Cash was called out on strikes; Freehan flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 4.



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