Bill Freehan capped an eight-run outburst in the ninth inning with a grand-slam homer to power the Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Red Sox. The Tigers bunched four hits, a walk and an error for their first four runs, two scoring on a double by Dick McAuliffe, before Freehan came to the plate and whacked his homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Thursday, June      29, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  8  -   8 11  1
Red Sox      2  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 11  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b,ss       5   1   1   2     0   0   .203      Griffin 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .272
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   0     1   1   .248      Oglivie rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .216
G. Brown lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Yastrzemski lf        5   2   2   0     0   0   .294
  I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Smith cf              3   2   1   1     1   0   .250
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   3   1     0   0   .245
Freehan c             4   2   1   4     0   1   .280      Burda 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .256
Cash 1b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Beniquez ss           3   0   0   1     0   0   .176
Kaline rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .246      Fisk c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .286
Northrup cf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .250      McGlothen p           4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .209        Newhauser p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Horton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Jata ph,lf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .255
Timmermann p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .063
  Comer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor 2b           2   1   1   0     0   0   .308

Totals               37   8  11   8     2   7             Totals               34   4  11   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 17,775
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Red Sox 8
DP: Tigers 3, Red Sox 2
Errors: Cash, Griffin
Doubles: McAuliffe (6), Yastrzemski (8)
Home Runs: Freehan (4)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (2), Smith (10)
Caught Stealing: Oglivie (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Beniquez (1)
GIDP: Kaline (5), Brinkman (6), Yastrzemski (5)
Hit by Pitch: G. Brown (1,by McGlothen), Freehan (3,by McGlothen), Petrocelli (1,by Perranoski)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann              4     6   3   1   0   1   0  18   2.28
Perranoski              2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.60
Zachary                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.17
Scherman W(3-0)         1.2   2   1   1   2   0   0   7   2.83
Seelbach SV(7)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.29
Totals                  9    11   4   2   3   3   0  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               8.1   8   4   3   1   6   0  35   2.87
Newhauser L(0-1)        0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   9.00
Lee                     0.2   1   2   2   1   1   1   4   3.96
Totals                  9    11   8   3*  2   7   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Perranoski (1), McGlothen 2 (3)

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe flied out to center; Rodriguez was called
out on strikes; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
grounded out (first to pitcher); Yastrzemski singled;
Yastrzemski stole second; Smith reached on an error by Cash
[Yastrzemski scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Smith stole second;
Petrocelli singled [Smith scored (unearned)]; Burda grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Cash grounded out (first to pitcher); Kaline singled;
Northrup lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Beniquez popped to third in foul territory; Fisk
singled; McGlothen lined into a double play (center to first)
[Fisk out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman struck out; Timmermann struck out;
McAuliffe made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
popped to left; Yastrzemski doubled; Smith singled [Yastrzemski
scored]; Petrocelli singled [Smith to third]; Burda forced
Petrocelli (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez singled; G. Brown was hit by a pitch
[Rodriguez to second]; Freehan was hit by a pitch [Rodriguez to
third, G. Brown to second]; Cash popped to third in foul
territory; Kaline grounded into a double play (third to first)
[G. Brown out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Fisk
grounded out (pitcher to first); McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup singled; Brinkman grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Northrup out at second];
COMER BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Comer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Griffin was
called out on strikes; Oglivie singled; Yastrzemski flied out to
center; Oglivie was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe lined to right; Rodriguez flied out to
left; G. Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli was
hit by a pitch; Burda walked [Petrocelli to second]; Beniquez
forced Burda (shortstop to second) [Petrocelli to third]; Fisk
forced Beniquez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan struck out; Cash grounded out (second to
first); Kaline singled; Northrup singled to second [Kaline to
second]; HORTON BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Horton grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: ZACHARY REPLACED HORTON (PITCHING); TAYLOR REPLACED
PERRANOSKI (PLAYING 2B); MCAULIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); McGlothen singled; Griffin singled [McGlothen to second];
On a bunt Oglivie popped to first in foul territory; SCHERMAN
REPLACED ZACHARY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Griffin out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); McAuliffe
grounded out (first to pitcher); Rodriguez singled; G. Brown
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Smith walked; Petrocelli singled [Smith to second];
On a bunt Burda singled [Smith to third, Petrocelli to second];
Beniquez lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Smith scored,
Petrocelli to third]; Fisk walked [Burda to second]; On a bunt
McGlothen hit into a double play (first to shortstop) [Burda out
at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan reached on an error by Griffin; Cash popped
to catcher in foul territory; Kaline walked [Freehan to second];
Northrup singled [Freehan scored (unearned), Kaline to third];
JATA BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Jata singled [Kaline scored, Northrup
to second]; NEWHAUSER REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Taylor
singled [Northrup to third, Jata to second]; McAuliffe doubled
[Northrup scored, Jata scored, Taylor to third]; LEE REPLACED
NEWHAUSER (PITCHING); Rodriguez was walked intentionally; I.
BROWN BATTED FOR G. BROWN; I. Brown was called out on strikes;
Freehan homered (unearned, but earned for the pitcher) [Taylor
scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), McAuliffe scored
(unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Rodriguez scored
(unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Cash popped to right; 8
R (7 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: SEELBACH REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); JATA STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oglivie struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 4.