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Tuesday June 26, 1973
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The Tigers broke their eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox. Aurelio Rodriguez singled in the third inning and Gates Brown tripled to start the Tigers' scoring. Willie Horton homered in the fourth and two other runs followed in the fifth on singles by Ed Brinkman, Brown and Al Kaline and a sacrifice fly by Norm Cash. The Red Sox run counted in the eighth on singles by Dwight Evans and Rico Petrocelli and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Tuesday, June 26, 1973 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  0  1    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
G. Brown dh           3   1   3   1     1   0   .239      Miller rf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .281
Kaline rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .220      Smith cf              3   0   1   0     2   1   .269
N. Cash 1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .241      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .293
Horton lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .348      Yastrzemski lf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Evans lf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .246
Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .247      Cepeda dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   2   0     0   1   .256
Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .261      Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   0     0   1   .215      Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Strahler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guerrero 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kennedy pr,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
                                                          Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  10   4     1   5             Totals               33   1   7   0     4   5

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 20,152
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Red Sox 10
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: McAuliffe
Doubles: McAuliffe (12), Rodriguez (16), Smith (11)
Triples: G. Brown (1)
Home Runs: Horton (11)
Sacrifice Flies: N. Cash (2)
GIDP: Kaline (5), Stanley (4), Petrocelli (8)
Hit by Pitch: Guerrero (1,by Strahler)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strahler W(1-1)         8.2   7   1   1   4   5   0  37   3.38
Hiller SV(12)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.72
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   5   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(8-8)            9    10   4   4   1   5   1  36   4.08
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   5   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Strahler (1)
Wild Pitches: Strahler (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Joe Brinkman


TIGERS 1ST: G. Brown singled to right; Kaline popped to catcher;
N. Cash flied to right; Horton lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Miller popped to left; Smith walked; Fisk struck
out; Yastrzemski popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sims flied to center; Stanley flied to center;
McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cepeda lined to right; Petrocelli singled to
center; Cater popped to second; Aparicio flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman popped to third in foul territory;
Rodriguez singled to left; G. Brown tripled to right [Rodriguez
scored]; Kaline struck out; N. Cash grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); Miller
lined to left; Smith doubled to right; Fisk flied to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton homered; Sims popped to center; Stanley
struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda singled to center;
Petrocelli grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cepeda out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman singled to center; Rodriguez struck out; G.
Brown singled to left [Brinkman to second]; Kaline singled to
left [Brinkman scored, G. Brown to third]; N. Cash hit a
sacrifice fly to center [G. Brown scored]; Horton struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Cater grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero singled; Miller
singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Smith struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Sims flied to center; Stanley struck out; McAuliffe
doubled to left; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk walked; Yastrzemski flied to center; Cepeda
reached on an error by McAuliffe [Fisk to second]; Petrocelli
was called out on strikes; Cater forced Cepeda (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 7TH: EVANS REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING LF); Rodriguez
doubled to left; G. Brown walked; Kaline grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez to third, G.
Brown out at second]; N. Cash popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Guerrero was hit by a pitch; KENNEDY RAN FOR GUERRERO; Miller
lined to center; Smith walked [Kennedy to second]; Fisk popped
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 8TH: KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Horton singled
to left; Sims flied to center; Stanley grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans singled; Cepeda struck out; Petrocelli
singled to center [Evans to third, Petrocelli out at second
(center to second)]; Strahler threw a wild pitch [Evans scored];
Cater grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 9TH: McAuliffe popped to catcher in foul territory;
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Kennedy
grounded out (third to first); Miller walked; HILLER REPLACED
STRAHLER (PITCHING); Smith popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 1.



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