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Saturday September 8, 1973
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Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  1  0    0  2  0    1  1  1  -   6 11  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  9  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taylor 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .220      Harper lf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .277
Stanley cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Aparicio ss           4   0   2   0     1   0   .274
Howard dh             4   2   3   1     1   0   .259      Smith cf              4   0   2   1     1   1   .303
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .319      Yastrzemski 3b        5   0   0   0     0   1   .295
  Northrup lf         1   1   0   0     0   0   .297      Cepeda dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .299
Freehan c             2   0   1   0     3   0   .249        Evans pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
I. Brown 1b           5   0   2   2     0   0   .293      Miller rf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .249
Sharon rf             5   2   2   1     0   1   .235      Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Cooper 1b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   1     0   0   .236        Cater ph,1b         2   1   1   0     0   0   .320
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .261
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   5     5   2             Totals               36   1   9   1     3   8

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 24,694
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Red Sox 12
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Yastrzemski 3
Doubles: Sharon (8), Smith (19)
Home Runs: Sharon (6), Howard (12)
Stolen Bases: Miller (12), Harper 2 (39), Aparicio (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Brinkman (2)
GIDP: Brinkman (20)
Hit by Pitch: Miller (3,by Coleman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(19-15)        5.2   3   0   0   3   6   0  24   3.93
Hiller SV(32)           3.1   6   1   1   0   2   0  16   1.46
Totals                  9     9   1   1   3   8   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee L(16-9)             8.2  11   6   5   5   2   2  42   2.89
Garman                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.27
Totals                  9    11   6   5   5   2   2  43

Hit by Pitch: Coleman (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Russ Goetz


TIGERS 1ST: Taylor walked; Stanley forced Taylor (second to
shortstop); Howard singled to right [Stanley to third]; Horton
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Howard to second]; Freehan
walked; I. Brown grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper flied to right; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith walked; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sharon homered; Rodriguez singled to right; Brinkman
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Rodriguez out at second]; Taylor singled to right; Stanley
flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Cepeda struck out; Miller was hit by a pitch; Fisk
struck out; Miller stole second; Cooper flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Howard popped to first; Horton lined to shortstop;
Freehan walked; I. Brown singled to third [Freehan to third
(error by Yastrzemski), I. Brown to second]; Sharon struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin struck out; Harper walked; Harper stole
second; Harper stole third; Aparicio walked; Aparicio stole
second; Smith struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Taylor flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Cepeda flied to right; Miller was called out on
strikes; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley singled to left; Howard walked [Stanley to
second]; Horton popped to right; Freehan walked [Stanley to
third, Howard to second]; I. Brown forced Freehan (shortstop
unassisted) [Stanley scored, Howard to third]; Sharon reached on
an error by Yastrzemski [Howard scored (unearned) (no RBI), I.
Brown to third (error by Yastrzemski), Sharon to second];
Rodriguez grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper singled to right; Griffin flied to left;
Harper forced Cooper (shortstop to second); Aparicio flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); Taylor
flied to right; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith singled to right; Yastrzemski popped to
second; Cepeda popped to center; Miller singled to right [Smith
to third]; HILLER REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Fisk forced
Miller (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red
Sox 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Howard homered; Horton struck out; Freehan grounded
out (third to first); I. Brown popped to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: NORTHRUP REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING LF); CATER BATTED
FOR COOPER; Cater singled to first; Griffin flied to right;
Harper struck out; Aparicio singled to left [Cater to second];
Smith doubled to left [Cater scored, Aparicio to third];
Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 8TH: CATER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sharon doubled;
Rodriguez grounded out (second to first) [Sharon to third];
Brinkman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Sharon scored]; Taylor
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Cepeda singled to left; EVANS RAN FOR CEPEDA;
Miller flied to left; Fisk flied to center; Cater popped to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 9TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Stanley grounded
out (third to first); Howard singled to left; Northrup forced
Howard (third to second); Freehan singled to center [Northrup to
second]; I. Brown singled to right [Northrup scored, Freehan to
third]; GARMAN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Sharon popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Griffin singled to shortstop; Harper was called out
on strikes; Aparicio singled to center [Griffin to second];
Smith popped to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 1.



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