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Monday August 10, 1970
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The Conigliaro brothers, Tony and Billy, batted in seven runs between them to help the Red Sox outlast the Tigers, 11-10. The Red Sox had an 11-3 lead going into the ninth inning, but the Tigers almost pulled the game out of the fire with a seven-run rally. Billy Conigliaro, who had three hits, homered with two men on base in the fourth inning and knocked in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the eighth. Tony Conigliaro drove in three with a single and a pair of sacrifice flies.

The Tigers sent 11 men to the plate in the ninth. chasing both Sonny Siebert and Sparky Lyle, before Chuck Hartenstein saved the game by striking out Bill Freehan. Gates Brown, Jim Northrup and Norm Cash each batted in two runs with singles. Northrup also had a homer in the game and a total of four RBIs. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 11, Detroit Tigers 10

Game Played on Monday, August 10, 1970 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  7  -  10 14  0
Red Sox      0  2  3    4  0  1    0  1  x  -  11 17  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b,ss       5   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Andrews 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     1   2   .269      Smith cf              4   3   3   0     1   0   .303
Kaline rf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .282      Yastrzemski 1b        3   2   2   0     0   1   .329
Northrup lf           5   2   3   4     0   0   .277        Pavletich ph,1b     2   1   2   0     0   0   .162
Cash 1b               5   0   2   2     0   1   .258      T. Conigliaro rf      2   1   1   3     0   0   .280
Freehan c             4   2   1   0     1   1   .231        Thomas lf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .362
Wert 3b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .248      Petrocelli ss         4   1   1   0     1   2   .259
Gutierrez ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .245      B. Conigliaro lf,rf   5   1   3   4     0   1   .280
  Jones ph,2b         2   1   1   0     0   0   .231      Kennedy 3b            4   1   2   2     1   0   .274
Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .163      Satriano c            5   1   1   1     0   1   .252
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Siebert p             4   0   1   1     0   1   .107
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hartenstein p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nagelson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  G. Brown ph         1   1   1   2     0   0   .262

Totals               40  10  14   9     2   6             Totals               39  11  17  11     3   6

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 21,959
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Red Sox 9
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Andrews
Doubles: Freehan (13), Wert (12), Kaline (18), Satriano (8), Petrocelli (20)
Triples: Stanley (6)
Home Runs: Northrup (21), B. Conigliaro (15)
Sacrifice Flies: T. Conigliaro 2 (4)
GIDP: Cash (11), Jones (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(10-10)         2.1   7   5   5   1   1   0  15   3.65
Patterson               1.2   4   4   4   1   1   1  10   4.78
Hiller                  2     3   1   1   1   2   0  10   3.23
Scherman                2     3   1   1   0   2   0   9   3.47
Totals                  8    17  11  11   3   6   1  44

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(12-6)         8.1  12   7   5   1   4   1  36   3.52
Lyle                    0.1   2   3   0   1   1   0   5   4.69
Hartenstein SV(1)       0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.70
Totals                  9    14  10   5   2   6   1  42

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe made an out to first; Stanley tripled to
center; Kaline flied out to left; Northrup made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews lined to left; Smith singled to center;
Yastrzemski struck out; T. Conigliaro lined to third; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash made an out to shortstop; Freehan doubled to
left; Wert doubled to center [Freehan scored]; Gutierrez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); B.
Conigliaro flied out to right; Kennedy singled to center;
Satriano doubled [Kennedy scored]; Siebert singled to right
[Satriano scored]; Andrews flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 2.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe lined to right; Stanley was called out on
strikes; Kaline singled to shortstop; Northrup homered [Kaline
scored]; Cash struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith singled to second; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Smith to third]; T. Conigliaro hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Smith scored]; Petrocelli walked [Yastrzemski to
second]; B. Conigliaro singled to left [Yastrzemski to third,
Petrocelli to second]; PATTERSON REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING);
Kennedy singled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Petrocelli scored,
B. Conigliaro to second]; Satriano flied out to left; Siebert
made an out to first; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan popped to first in foul territory; Wert
flied out to center; Gutierrez grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Andrews flied out to center; Smith walked;
Yastrzemski singled to left [Smith to third]; T. Conigliaro
singled to left [Smith scored, Yastrzemski to second];
Petrocelli struck out; B. Conigliaro homered [Yastrzemski
scored, T. Conigliaro scored]; Kennedy flied out to right; 4 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 9.

TIGERS 5TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR PATTERSON; Collins made an out to
second; McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Stanley singled to
center; Kaline flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
3, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 5TH: HILLER REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Satriano popped
to catcher in foul territory; Siebert flied out to right;
Andrews lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red
Sox 9.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup singled to center; Cash grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Northrup out at
second]; Freehan lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith singled to left; PAVLETICH BATTED FOR
YASTRZEMSKI; Pavletich singled to left [Smith to third]; T.
Conigliaro out on a sacrifice fly to second in foul territory
[Smith scored]; Petrocelli doubled to left [Pavletich to third];
B. Conigliaro struck out; Kennedy was walked intentionally;
Satriano was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 10.

TIGERS 7TH: PAVLETICH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); THOMAS
REPLACED T. CONIGLIARO (PLAYING LF); B. CONIGLIARO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Wert singled to left; JONES BATTED FOR
GUTIERREZ; Jones grounded into a double play (third to shortstop
to first) [Wert out at second]; NAGELSON BATTED FOR HILLER;
Nagelson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 10.

RED SOX 7TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCHERMAN
REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); Siebert struck out; Andrews flied out to center;
Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 10.

TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
struck out; Kaline doubled; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 10.

RED SOX 8TH: Pavletich singled to center; Thomas singled to
right [Pavletich to second]; Petrocelli struck out; B.
Conigliaro singled to left [Pavletich scored, Thomas to second];
Kennedy popped to first in foul territory; Satriano grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 11.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash singled to right; Freehan walked [Cash to
second]; Wert forced Cash (third unassisted) [Freehan to
second]; Jones singled [Freehan to third, Wert to second]; G.
BROWN BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; G. Brown singled to left [Freehan
scored, Wert scored, Jones to third]; LYLE REPLACED SIEBERT
(PITCHING); McAuliffe struck out; Stanley walked [G. Brown to
second]; Kaline reached on a fielder's choice [Jones scored
(unearned) (no RBI), G. Brown to third, Stanley to second (error
by Andrews)]; Northrup singled to left [G. Brown scored
(unearned), Stanley scored (unearned), Kaline to third, Northrup
to second (on throw to home)]; Cash singled to right [Kaline
scored (unearned), Northrup scored (unearned)]; HARTENSTEIN
REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Freehan struck out; 7 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 10, Red Sox 11.



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