Leading off in the ninth inning, Ed Brinkman hit a homer to bring the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. The Tigers also had two round-trippers by Frank Howard, while Reggie Smith and Orlando Cepeda homered for the Red Sox. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Thursday, July      26, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      2  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5 11  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  2  1    0  2  1  -   6  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .260      Northrup rf           3   0   2   2     0   0   .268
  Miller lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Sharon ph,rf,lf     1   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Aparicio ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .261      Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .232
Smith cf              4   1   1   2     1   0   .296      G. Brown dh           1   0   0   0     1   0   .263
Yastrzemski 1b        5   1   3   0     0   1   .264        Howard ph,dh        2   2   2   2     0   0   .262
Cepeda dh             5   1   1   2     0   1   .284      Horton lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .344
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .248        Reese pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .143
Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .271      Sims c                2   0   0   0     1   1   .262
Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .294      McAuliffe 2b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Evans rf              2   0   1   0     2   0   .228        Taylor ph,2b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .215
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      N. Cash 1b            2   1   1   0     0   1   .243
  Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kaline ph,1b,rf     2   0   1   1     0   0   .221
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .228
                                                          Brinkman ss           4   1   2   1     0   1   .254
                                                          Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  11   5     4   6             Totals               30   6   9   6     5   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 22,364
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Tigers 6
DP: Red Sox 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Sims
Doubles: Aparicio (12), Northrup (9)
Home Runs: Smith (14), Cepeda (15), Howard 2 (5), Brinkman (5)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (4), Evans (2)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Sims (1)
GIDP: Taylor (5), Rodriguez (6)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   5     4   2   2   1   5   0  20   3.76
Moret                   2.1   3   3   3   3   2   2  12   2.80
Bolin L(3-3)            0.2   2   1   1   1   0   1   4   3.00
Totals                  8     9   6   6   5   7   3  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  7    11   5   5   2   6   2  33   3.56
Farmer                  1.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   3.38
Hiller W(5-3)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.50
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   6   2  41

Wild Pitches: Lolich (6)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio doubled to left; Smith
homered [Aparicio scored]; Yastrzemski singled to center; Cepeda
struck out while Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Northrup flied out to left; Stanley flied out to
center; G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli flied out to right; Fisk was called out
on strikes; Griffin singled to left; Griffin stole second; Evans
walked; Harper singled to center [Griffin scored, Evans to
third]; Aparicio popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Sims struck
out; McAuliffe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith popped to catcher in foul territory;
Yastrzemski singled to right; Lolich threw a wild pitch
[Yastrzemski to second]; Cepeda popped to second; Petrocelli
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: N. Cash was called out on strikes; Rodriguez popped
to first; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk popped to shortstop; Griffin was called out on
strikes; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup singled to right; Stanley struck out; G.
Brown walked [Northrup to second]; Horton was called out on
strikes; Sims popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Harper singled to left; Aparicio flied out to left;
Smith walked [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: McAuliffe flied out to left; N. Cash singled to
right; Rodriguez singled to left [N. Cash to second]; Brinkman
flied out to center; Northrup doubled to center [N. Cash scored,
Rodriguez scored]; Stanley flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli singled to right; Fisk struck out;
Griffin forced Petrocelli (shortstop to second); Evans singled
to right [Griffin to third]; Harper grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: MORET REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); HOWARD BATTED FOR
G. BROWN; Howard homered; Horton flied out to right; Sims
walked; TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE; Taylor grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sims out at second];
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 7TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Aparicio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (second to
first); Yastrzemski singled to right; Cepeda homered
[Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); KALINE BATTED
FOR N. CASH; Kaline flied out to center; Rodriguez walked;
Brinkman singled to shortstop [Rodriguez to second]; SHARON
BATTED FOR NORTHRUP; Sharon struck out; Stanley struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: SHARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KALINE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FARMER REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Fisk
flied out to right; Griffin grounded out (first to pitcher);
Evans walked; Evans stole second [Evans to third (error by
Sims)]; Miller walked; Aparicio lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Howard homered; Horton walked; REESE RAN FOR HORTON;
Sims out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Reese to
second]; BOLIN REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Taylor walked; Kaline
singled to center [Reese scored, Taylor to third]; Rodriguez
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kaline
out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SHARON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Smith lined to left; HILLER REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING);
Yastrzemski flied out to center; Cepeda flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Tigers 6.