After yielding four hits and two runs in the first two innings, Luis Tiant did not allow a hit the rest of the way and pitched the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Indians. Dave Duncan homered for one of the Indians' tallies. John Kennedy tied the score at 2-2 with a homer for the Red Sox in the second. A walk to Tommy Harper, an error, safe bunt by Luis Aparicio and infield out by Carl Yastrzemski produced the go-ahead run in the third and Danny Cater doubled home an insurance marker in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Friday, May       11, 1973 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Indians      1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  1
Red Sox      0  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4  7  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         3   1   1   0     1   1   .250      Harper lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .263
Torres rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .160      Aparicio ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .268
  Cardenas ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   1     1   0   .235
Hendrick cf           3   0   0   1     0   1   .241      Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   2   .311
Spikes dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .240      Cater dh              3   1   1   1     0   1   .250
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .153      Kennedy 3b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .200
Duncan c              4   1   1   1     0   2   .238      Griffin 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .221      Miller cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Evans rf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .235
  Brohamer ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ragland 2b            1   0   0   0     1   1   .308
  Gamble ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   4   2     3   8             Totals               29   4   7   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 12,803
Left on Base: Indians 4, Red Sox 5
DP: Indians 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Chambliss
Doubles: Torres (5), Bell (3), Cater (1)
Home Runs: Duncan (3), Kennedy (1)
Stolen Bases: Fisk (1), Aparicio (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (2)
GIDP: Aparicio (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cater (1,by Strom)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(1-3)            4     4   3   2   2   1   1  18   4.09
Lamb                    4     3   1   1   1   4   0  15   1.17
Totals                  8     7   4   3   3   5   1  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(4-3)            9     4   2   2   3   8   1  33   4.02
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   8   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Strom (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein singled to center; Torres doubled to
left [Lowenstein to third]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Lowenstein scored, Torres to third]; Spikes struck out;
Chambliss flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to left; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski flied to
left; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Duncan homered; Bell doubled to left [Bell out at
third (left to second)]; Duffy popped to catcher in foul
territory; Ragland was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater was hit by a pitch; Kennedy homered [Cater
scored]; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller flied
to center; Evans grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein struck out; Torres flied to right;
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper walked; Harper was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Chambliss; assist by Strom [Harper to
second]; On a bunt Aparicio singled [Harper to third];
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Harper scored
(unearned), Aparicio to second]; Fisk struck out; Cater grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Kennedy popped to right; Griffin singled to left;
Miller lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Griffin out
at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell lined to center; Duffy was called out on
strikes; Ragland walked; Lowenstein flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans walked; LAMB REPLACED STROM (PITCHING);
Harper struck out; Aparicio grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Torres flied to center; Hendrick flied to left;
Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski flied to left; Fisk singled to second;
Cater struck out; Fisk stole second; Kennedy was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss flied to center; Duncan flied to center;
Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Miller
grounded out (third to first); Evans grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

INDIANS 8TH: BROHAMER BATTED FOR DUFFY; Brohamer popped to
shortstop; GAMBLE BATTED FOR RAGLAND; Gamble walked; Lowenstein
walked [Gamble to second]; Torres popped to shortstop; Hendrick
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: CARDENAS REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING SS); BROHAMER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio singled to
center; Aparicio stole second; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk was
called out on strikes; Cater doubled to left [Aparicio scored,
Yastrzemski to third]; Kennedy flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
popped to left; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Red Sox 4.