| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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