An inside-the-park homer by Tony Taylor in the third inning and a two-run blast over the fence by Al Kaline in the fifth provided the Tigers with a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. Carlton Fisk hit his first major league homer for the Red Sox in the third. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1971 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  3  0
Tigers       0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   3 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .231      Taylor 2b             4   2   4   1     0   0   .265
Conigliaro rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Kaline rf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .296
Smith cf              1   1   0   0     3   0   .294      Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .240      Cash 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Scott 1b              3   0   1   1     1   1   .265      I. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Gagliano lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Stanley cf            4   0   3   0     0   0   .296
  Oglivie ph,lf       3   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .222
Josephson c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Cain p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .140
  Fisk c              3   1   2   1     0   1   .200        Timmermann p        3   0   0   0     0   2   .071
Curtis p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               28   2   3   2     6   6             Totals               33   3  10   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 12,612
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Tigers 9
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 2
Home Runs: Fisk (1), Taylor (3), Kaline (15)
Stolen Bases: Taylor (5)
GIDP: Conigliaro (8), Petrocelli (19), Brinkman (13)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(0-2)           7    10   3   3   2   5   2  32   3.77
Lyle                    1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.72
Totals                  8    10   3   3   3   5   2  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cain                    3.2   2   2   2   3   2   1  15   4.34
Timmermann W(6-6)       5.1   1   0   0   3   4   0  19   3.76
Totals                  9     3   2   2   6   6   1  34

Wild Pitches: Timmermann (2)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Don Denkinger


RED SOX 1ST: Griffin flied out to left; Aparicio grounded out
(third to first); Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Rodriguez popped to first; Taylor singled to
pitcher; On a bunt Kaline singled to third [Taylor to second];
FISK REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PLAYING C ); Freehan lined to right;
Duane Josephson left with unknown injury; Cash lined to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Petrocelli
flied out to center; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown struck out; Stanley singled to shortstop;
Brinkman forced Stanley (second to shortstop); Cain struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Gagliano grounded out (third to first); Fisk
homered; Curtis struck out; Griffin grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to right; Taylor hit an inside
the park homer to center; Kaline lined to center; Freehan lined
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio walked; Conigliaro grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Aparicio out at second]; Smith
walked; Petrocelli walked [Smith to second]; Scott singled to
center [Smith scored, Petrocelli to third]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED
CAIN (PITCHING); OGLIVIE BATTED FOR GAGLIANO; Oglivie struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: OGLIVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cash flied out
to right; I. Brown walked; Stanley singled to left [I. Brown to
second]; Brinkman singled to left [I. Brown to third, Stanley to
second]; Timmermann struck out; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk singled to third; On a bunt Curtis forced Fisk
(third to shortstop); Timmermann threw a wild pitch [Curtis to
second]; Griffin flied out to center; Aparicio grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Taylor singled to left; Kaline homered [Taylor
scored]; Freehan lined to left; Cash grounded out (first
unassisted); I. Brown grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Conigliaro made an out to second; Smith walked;
Petrocelli grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley singled; Brinkman grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Stanley out at second]; Timmermann was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers
3.

RED SOX 7TH: Scott struck out; Oglivie flied out to right; Fisk
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Taylor
singled to shortstop; Taylor stole second; Kaline flied out to
center; Freehan was walked intentionally; Cash grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: LAHOUD BATTED FOR CURTIS; Lahoud made an out to
shortstop; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED LAHOUD (PITCHING); I. Brown grounded
out (pitcher to first); Stanley grounded out (second to first);
Brinkman walked; Timmermann flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Conigliaro grounded out (second to first); Smith
walked; Petrocelli struck out; Scott walked [Smith to second];
Oglivie made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Tigers 3.