With two out in the first inning, the Red Sox erupted for five runs and defeated the Tigers, 7-4. Carl Yastrzemski beat out an infield hit, Tony Conigliaro singled and Rico Petrocelli and Billy Conigliaro followed with back-to-back homers. John Kennedy kept the inning going with a double and scored on a single by Jerry Moses. Ray Culp also singled for the seventh straight hit off Mickey Lolich before Lerrin LaGrow retired Mike Andrews to end the inning. [The Sporting News]
Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 9, 1970 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  2  -   4  6  0
Red Sox      5  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   7 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe ss          4   0   1   2     0   1   .263      Andrews 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .223
Stanley cf            5   0   0   1     0   2   .266      Smith cf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .299
Northrup rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .272        Thomas lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .351
G. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Yastrzemski 1b        4   2   1   0     0   1   .326
Cash 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .255        Pavletich 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .114
Jones 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .225      T. Conigliaro rf      4   1   3   1     0   0   .279
Wert 3b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .243      Petrocelli ss         4   1   1   3     0   0   .259
Price c               1   1   0   0     3   0   .197      B. Conigliaro lf,cf   4   1   2   2     0   0   .273
Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .123      Kennedy 3b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .267
  LaGrow p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moses c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .268
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Culp p                3   0   1   0     1   2   .119
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wagner p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Nagelson ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .154
  Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .069
  Kaline ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .280

Totals               31   4   6   4     6   7             Totals               36   7  12   7     2   8

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 27,188
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Red Sox 7
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Kennedy (6)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (18), B. Conigliaro (14)
Sacrifice Flies: McAuliffe (1)
GIDP: Wert (7)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(10-13)         0.2   7   5   5   0   1   2   9   3.54
LaGrow                  3.1   5   2   2   1   2   0  16   7.04
Hiller                  3     0   0   0   0   5   0   9   3.19
Kilkenny                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.59
Totals                  8    12   7   7   2   8   2  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp W(12-10)           8     6   4   4   5   5   0  34   3.07
Wagner SV(2)            1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   3.60
Totals                  9     6   4   4   6   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: LaGrow (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Ed Runge


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to pitcher); Stanley
struck out; Northrup singled to left; G. Brown walked [Northrup
to second]; Cash made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews made an out to shortstop; Smith struck out;
Yastrzemski singled; T. Conigliaro singled to right [Yastrzemski
to second]; Petrocelli homered [Yastrzemski scored, T.
Conigliaro scored]; B. Conigliaro homered; Kennedy doubled to
left; Moses singled to left [Kennedy scored]; Culp singled to
center [Moses to second]; LAGROW REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING);
Andrews forced Culp (second to shortstop); 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 2ND: Jones struck out; Wert was called out on strikes;
Price grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski
grounded out (shortstop to first); T. Conigliaro singled to
shortstop; Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 3RD: LaGrow grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe
struck out; Stanley lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 3RD: B. Conigliaro grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kennedy walked; Moses forced Kennedy (pitcher to shortstop);
Culp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup made an out to second; G. Brown grounded
out (first to pitcher); Cash flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Andrews singled to left; Smith singled to second
[Andrews to second]; LaGrow threw a wild pitch [Andrews to
third, Smith to second]; Yastrzemski reached on a fielder's
choice [Andrews out at home (second to catcher), Smith to
third]; T. Conigliaro singled to left [Smith scored, Yastrzemski
to second]; Petrocelli flied out to center [Yastrzemski to
third]; B. Conigliaro singled to left [Yastrzemski scored, T.
Conigliaro to second]; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

TIGERS 5TH: Jones singled to right; Wert grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Jones out at second];
Price walked; COLLINS BATTED FOR LAGROW; Collins flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 5TH: HILLER REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Moses struck
out; Culp struck out (catcher to first); Andrews struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Stanley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith flied out to left; Yastrzemski struck out; T.
Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

TIGERS 7TH: THOMAS REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING LF); PAVLETICH
REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 1B); B. CONIGLIARO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); G. Brown made an out to shortstop; Cash
popped to catcher in foul territory; Jones grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli flied out to right; B. Conigliaro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 7.

TIGERS 8TH: Wert flied out to center; Price walked; NAGELSON
BATTED FOR HILLER; Nagelson singled to center [Price to second];
McAuliffe singled to center [Price scored, Nagelson to third];
Stanley forced McAuliffe (shortstop to second) [Nagelson
scored]; Northrup singled to center [Stanley to second]; G.
Brown made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: KILKENNY REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); Moses
grounded out (shortstop to first); Culp walked; Andrews forced
Culp (shortstop to second); Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 7.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash walked; Jones walked [Cash to second]; Wert
singled to center [Cash scored, Jones to second]; WAGNER
REPLACED CULP (PITCHING); Price walked [Jones to third, Wert to
second]; KALINE BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Kaline struck out;
McAuliffe hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jones scored, Wert to
third]; Stanley was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 4, Red Sox 7.
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