Luis Tiant, who yielded only one hit in five innings of relief after replacing Sonny Siebert, was the winner when the Red Sox erased a two-run deficit to defeat the Tigers, 5-3. After the Tigers took a 3-1 lead, the Red Sox rallied for three runs in the fifth.

Doug Griffin doubled, Carl Yastrzemski tripled and Reggie Smith singled to tie the score. Smith stole second and counted the go-ahead run on a single by Juan Beniquez. [The Sporting News]
Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 28, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Red Sox      1  0  0    0  3  0    1  0  x  -   5 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          1   1   1   0     4   0   .203      Harper cf             1   1   0   0     0   0   .283
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   2   2     0   3   .244        Miller cf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .174
Kaline rf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .237        Gagliano ph,lf      0   0   0   1     1   0   .269
Cash 1b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Griffin 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .274
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .280      Yastrzemski lf,cf     4   1   2   2     1   0   .289
Northrup lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .238      Smith rf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .249
Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     1   1   .234
Brinkman ss           3   1   0   0     0   2   .211        Kennedy pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Coleman p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Burda 1b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .250
  Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez ss           5   1   2   1     0   0   .214
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Fisk c                3   0   3   0     1   0   .285
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Siebert p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Horton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Tiant p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .000

Totals               31   3   5   3     6   7             Totals               34   5  12   5     6   2

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 16,822
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Red Sox 14
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 0
Doubles: Stanley (4), Fisk 2 (15), Griffin (7)
Triples: Rodriguez (4), Yastrzemski (1)
Home Runs: Northrup (2)
Stolen Bases: Smith (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Coleman (11), Griffin (6)
GIDP: Burda (2)
Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (2,by Siebert), Harper (5,by Coleman), Kennedy (2,by Seelbach)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(9-6)          4.2   8   4   4   2   2   0  25   1.97
Zachary                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.23
Scherman                1.2   3   1   1   2   0   0   9   2.72
Seelbach                1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.38
Totals                  8    12   5   5   6   2   0  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 4     4   3   3   4   2   1  21   3.29
Tiant W(2-2)            5     1   0   0   2   5   0  18   3.03
Totals                  9     5   3   3   6   7   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Coleman (7), Seelbach (1), Siebert (4)
Wild Pitches: Siebert (2)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled; Rodriguez struck out; Kaline made
an out to second; Cash walked [McAuliffe to second]; Freehan
walked [McAuliffe to third, Cash to second]; Northrup grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper was hit by a pitch; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to second];
Yastrzemski singled [Harper scored]; Smith lined to right;
Petrocelli flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley flied out to left; Brinkman was hit by a
pitch; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Brinkman to second]; McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez singled
[Brinkman scored, McAuliffe to third]; Kaline grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Burda grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Fisk doubled; Siebert grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Cash flied out to left; Freehan grounded out (third
to first); Northrup homered; Stanley made an out to second; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski walked; Smith
forced Yastrzemski (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Coleman flied out to center;
McAuliffe walked; Siebert threw a wild pitch [McAuliffe to
second]; Rodriguez tripled [McAuliffe scored]; Kaline struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli singled; Burda lined to right; Beniquez
made an out to third; Fisk singled [Petrocelli to third];
OGLIVIE BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Oglivie popped to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: TIANT REPLACED OGLIVIE (PITCHING); Cash made an out
to third; Freehan flied out to right; Northrup flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller struck out; Griffin doubled; Yastrzemski
tripled [Griffin scored]; Smith singled [Yastrzemski scored];
Smith stole second; Petrocelli struck out; Burda was walked
intentionally; Beniquez singled [Smith scored, Burda to third];
ZACHARY REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Fisk walked [Beniquez to
second]; Tiant popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley doubled; Brinkman struck out; G. BROWN
BATTED FOR ZACHARY; G. Brown popped to catcher in foul
territory; McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez struck out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); On a bunt
Miller made an out to pitcher; Griffin singled; Yastrzemski
popped to left; Smith lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline flied out to right; Cash grounded out
(pitcher to first); Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli walked; KENNEDY RAN FOR PETROCELLI; On a
bunt Burda grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to
second) [Kennedy out at second]; Beniquez singled; Fisk doubled
[Beniquez to third]; Tiant walked; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR MILLER;
SEELBACH REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Gagliano walked [Beniquez
scored, Fisk to third, Tiant to second]; Griffin lined to right;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 8TH: GAGLIANO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); YASTRZEMSKI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
3B); Northrup made an out to third; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brinkman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smith grounded out (second to first); Kennedy was hit by a
pitch; Burda singled [Kennedy to third]; Beniquez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 9TH: HORTON BATTED FOR SEELBACH; Horton grounded out
(first unassisted); McAuliffe walked; Rodriguez struck out;
Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 5.
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