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Sunday September 23, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!


Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 0

Game Played on Sunday, September 23, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0
Tigers       0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   3  5  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .275      Knox 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Stanley cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Smith cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Northrup lf           4   2   2   2     0   0   .309
Yastrzemski 3b        3   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Cepeda dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .293      G. Brown dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Miller rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .254      N. Cash 1b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .258
Montgomery c          3   0   1   0     0   1   .325      Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Cooper 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .185      Rodriguez 3b          2   1   0   0     1   1   .227
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Brinkman ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   1   0     1   6             Totals               27   3   5   3     2   5

Time of Game: 1:41   Attendance: 17,324
Left on Base: Red Sox 3, Tigers 4
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Rodriguez
Doubles: G. Brown (11)
Home Runs: Northrup 2 (12)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (14), Knox (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(19-13)          8     5   3   3   2   5   2  31   3.39
Totals                  8     5   3   3   2   5   2  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(22-15)        9     1   0   0   1   6   0  30   3.61
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   6   0  30

Passed Balls: Montgomery (3)
Wild Pitches: Tiant (2)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
flied to left; Smith flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Knox was called out on strikes; Stanley flied to
center; Northrup flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda was called out on
strikes; Miller lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline popped to catcher in foul territory; G. Brown
doubled to left; N. Cash grounded out (first unassisted) [G.
Brown to third]; Freehan flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Montgomery struck out; Cooper popped to third;
Griffin reached on an error by Rodriguez; Griffin stole second;
Harper walked; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez walked; Brinkman out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Rodriguez to second]; Knox popped to
shortstop; Stanley singled to left [Rodriguez scored];
Montgomery allowed a passed ball [Stanley to second]; Northrup
flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith flied to center; Yastrzemski flied to center;
Cepeda lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline struck out; G. Brown popped to third; N. Cash
walked; Freehan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller struck out; Montgomery singled to left;
Cooper struck out; Griffin forced Montgomery (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez popped to third in foul territory;
Brinkman singled to left; Knox out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Brinkman to second]; Tiant threw a wild pitch [Brinkman
to third]; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper was called out on strikes; Aparicio grounded
out (third to first); Smith flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup homered; Kaline struck out; G. Brown
grounded out (second to first); N. Cash flied to left; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski lined to right; Cepeda popped to
catcher in foul territory; Miller grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan was called out on strikes; Rodriguez was
called out on strikes; Brinkman lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Montgomery lined to left; Cooper grounded out
(shortstop to first); Griffin popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Knox flied to center; Stanley flied to left;
Northrup homered; Kaline flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Harper flied to left; Aparicio grounded out (third
to first); Smith popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 3.



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