With Joe Coleman pitching a three-hitter, the Tigers defeated the Red Sox, 7-2. Tom Haller, Coleman's batterymate, hit a triple and double, driving in two runs and scoring two. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       18, 1972 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2  3  0
Tigers       1  1  0    0  4  0    0  1  x  -   7  8  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .264      G. Brown lf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .300        Stanley cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Smith rf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .240      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Josephson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .341      Cash 1b               3   1   1   1     1   0   .310
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     1   2   .178      Horton rf             1   1   1   0     2   0   .254
Miller lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .148        Kaline rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .206      Northrup cf,lf        4   1   1   1     0   0   .181
Fisk c                3   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Haller c              4   2   2   2     0   1   .214
Krausse p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .222      McAuliffe 2b          2   0   1   1     0   0   .241
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Taylor ph,2b        2   1   1   1     0   0   .276
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Coleman p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .167

Totals               30   2   3   1     4   8             Totals               32   7   8   6     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  7,770
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Tigers 4
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 0
Doubles: Fisk (7), McAuliffe (3), Northrup (2), Haller (1)
Triples: Haller (1)
Home Runs: Smith (3), Cash (7), Taylor (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(1-1)          4.2   7   6   6   3   2   1  24   4.74
Lee                     1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.14
Tiant                   2     1   1   1   0   1   1   7   4.86
Totals                  8     8   7   7   3   5   2  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(6-2)          9     3   2   2   4   8   1  34   2.30
Totals                  9     3   2   2   4   8   1  34

Wild Pitches: Lee 2 (2), Coleman 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Nestor Chylak


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

TIGERS 1ST: G. Brown popped to third in foul territory;
Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; Cash homered;
Horton walked; Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Josephson flied out to center; Petrocelli singled
to left; Miller popped to first in foul territory; Griffin
walked [Petrocelli to second]; Coleman threw a wild pitch
[Petrocelli to third, Griffin to second]; Fisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Haller tripled to center; McAuliffe doubled [Haller
scored]; Brinkman struck out; Coleman grounded out (third to
first); G. Brown lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Krausse made an out to second; Harper struck out;
Aparicio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Cash
walked; Horton singled to left [Cash to second]; Northrup
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Cash to third, Horton to
second]; Haller grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith walked; Josephson flied out to right;
Petrocelli walked [Smith to second]; Miller was called out on
strikes; Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe flied out to center; Brinkman grounded out
(second to first); Coleman flied to right in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk doubled to left; Krausse was called out on
strikes; Harper walked; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Fisk to third, Harper to second]; Coleman threw a wild pitch
[Fisk scored, Harper to third]; Smith grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: G. Brown singled to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Cash grounded out (shortstop to first) [G. Brown to second];
Horton walked; Northrup doubled to left [G. Brown scored, Horton
to third]; Haller doubled to right [Horton scored, Northrup
scored]; LEE REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING); TAYLOR BATTED FOR
MCAULIFFE; Lee threw a wild pitch [Haller to third]; Lee threw a
wild pitch [Haller scored]; Taylor grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 6.

RED SOX 6TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY
REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); KALINE REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING RF); Josephson
made an out to shortstop; Petrocelli struck out; Miller struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman struck out; Coleman struck out; Stanley
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
flied out to center; BURDA BATTED FOR LEE; Burda flied to right
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: TIANT REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied out
to left; Cash made an out to second; Kaline flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper popped to catcher in foul territory;
Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith homered;
Josephson made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup grounded out (third to first); Haller was
called out on strikes; Taylor homered; Brinkman lined to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 7.

RED SOX 9TH: Petrocelli struck out; Miller flied out to left;
Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 7.