Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Friday, September 21, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2
Tigers       2  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   5  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             3   1   3   0     0   0   .274      Taylor 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .228
  Evans ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Stanley cf            3   0   0   1     0   1   .247
Aparicio ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Kaline rf,1b          2   2   1   1     0   0   .256
Smith cf              1   0   0   1     2   0   .303        N. Cash 1b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Yastrzemski 3b        3   0   1   0     1   1   .299      Howard dh             3   0   2   0     0   0   .262
Cepeda dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .295        G. Brown ph,dh      0   0   0   0     1   0   .243
Miller rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Freehan c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .240
Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .252      I. Brown 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Cooper 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .192        Northrup ph,lf      2   0   1   1     0   0   .308
  Cater ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .316      Sharon lf,rf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .245
Griffin 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .252      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .230
Moret p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .243
  Pole p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   6   1     6   4             Totals               29   5   9   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 14,827
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Tigers 4
DP: Red Sox 3, Tigers 2
Errors: Yastrzemski, Miller, Perry
Doubles: Yastrzemski (25), Rodriguez (27)
Triples: Taylor (3)
Home Runs: Kaline (10), Sharon (7)
Stolen Bases: Harper (48)
Sacrifice Hits: Aparicio (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (2), Stanley (6)
GIDP: Smith (10), Cepeda (21), Freehan (12), Taylor (8)
Hit by Pitch: Kaline (3,by Moret)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret L(11-2)           5.1   7   4   4   0   2   2  22   3.21
Pole                    2.2   2   1   1   2   1   0  11   5.60
Totals                  8     9   5   5   2   3   2  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(14-12)          5.1   5   1   1   2   1   0  21   3.90
Hiller SV(38)           3.2   1   0   0   4   3   0  15   1.42
Totals                  9     6   1   1   6   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Moret (3)
Wild Pitches: Pole (2)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to right; Harper stole second;
Aparicio out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to
third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harper scored];
Yastrzemski doubled to right; Cepeda walked; Miller flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Taylor tripled to center; Stanley hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Taylor scored]; Kaline homered; Howard singled to
shortstop; Freehan grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Howard out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Cooper grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown flied to right; Sharon popped to third in
foul territory; Rodriguez doubled to right; Brinkman grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper singled to shortstop; Harper was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Aparicio singled to left; Smith
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Taylor struck out; Stanley was called out on
strikes; Kaline popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Cepeda
struck out; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Howard reached on an error by Yastrzemski; Freehan
lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Howard out at
first]; I. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Sharon homered; Rodriguez flied to center; Brinkman
singled to left; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper singled to left; Harper was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Perry [Harper to second]; Aparicio
popped to first in foul territory; Smith walked; HILLER REPLACED
PERRY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked [Harper to third, Smith to
second]; Cepeda grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline
was hit by a pitch; Al Kaline hit on head by Roger Moret
pickoff attempt during Frank Howard's at-bat; Howard singled
to right [Kaline to third, Howard to second (error by Miller)];
POLE REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Freehan walked; NORTHRUP BATTED
FOR I. BROWN; Northrup singled to center [Kaline scored, Howard
out at home (center to catcher), Freehan to third, Northrup to
second (on throw)]; Pole threw a wild pitch [Freehan scored,
Northrup to third]; Sharon popped to catcher in foul territory;
2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 7TH: KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); NORTHRUP
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SHARON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Miller walked; Fisk struck out; Cooper flied to right;
Griffin singled to center [Miller to third]; EVANS BATTED FOR
HARPER; Evans flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Brinkman singled to left; Taylor
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brinkman to second]; Stanley
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 8TH: N. CASH REPLACED KALINE (PLAYING 1B); Aparicio
struck out; Smith walked; Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: N. Cash struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR HOWARD; G.
Brown walked; Freehan forced G. Brown (third to second);
Northrup flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers
5.

RED SOX 9TH: G. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Miller popped
to shortstop; Fisk walked; CATER BATTED FOR COOPER; Cater flied
to center; Griffin popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 5.