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Friday April 12, 1974
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Hitting the first grand-slam of his major league career, Bernie Carbo started the Red Sox off to a 6-3 victory over the Tigers. Tommy Harper doubled in the first inning and Carl Yastrzemski and Bob Montgomery walked to load the bases before Carbo connected for his drive off Lerrin LaGrow. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Friday, April 12, 1974 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  8  0
Red Sox      4  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  8  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .138      Harper dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .111
  G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     1   0  1.000      Miller cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .167
  Knox pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cooper 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Rodriguez 3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .133      Yastrzemski lf        3   1   1   2     1   1   .400
Northrup rf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .156      Montgomery c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .313
Kaline dh             5   1   1   2     0   0   .276      Carbo rf              4   1   2   4     0   0   .357
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .222      McAuliffe 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Stanley cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Freehan c             1   0   1   0     3   0   .529      Guerrero ss           1   0   0   0     2   0   .333
R. Cash 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .353      Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sutherland 2b         4   0   2   0     0   0   .417        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   8   2     5   3             Totals               29   6   8   6     4   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  8,481
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Red Sox 3
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Montgomery, Lee
Doubles: Sutherland (3), Freehan (1), Harper (1), Yastrzemski (2), McAuliffe (1)
Home Runs: Kaline (1), Carbo (1)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (1)
Caught Stealing: Carbo (1)
GIDP: R. Cash (1), Harper (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(0-1)           2     5   6   6   3   0   1  13   8.00
Fryman                  6     3   0   0   1   3   0  20   6.75
Totals                  8     8   6   6   4   3   1  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(1-1)              7     5   1   0   3   1   0  29   2.63
Cleveland               2     3   2   2   2   2   1  11   5.40
Totals                  9     8   3   2   5   3   1  40

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


TIGERS 1ST: Brinkman popped to first; Rodriguez grounded out
(second to first); Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper doubled to left; Miller flied out to center;
Cooper grounded out (second to first) [Harper to third];
Yastrzemski walked; Yastrzemski stole second; Montgomery walked;
Carbo homered [Harper scored, Yastrzemski scored, Montgomery
scored]; McAuliffe popped to third; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline flied out to right; Horton walked; Stanley
singled to center [Horton to second]; Freehan walked [Horton to
third, Stanley to second]; R. Cash grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 2ND: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero
walked; Harper grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland doubled to right; Brinkman popped to
left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Northrup grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller singled to left; Cooper singled to right
[Miller to third]; Yastrzemski doubled to right [Miller scored,
Cooper scored]; FRYMAN REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Montgomery
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Yastrzemski to third]; Carbo
grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe popped to first; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline reached on an error by Lee [Kaline to first];
Horton popped to first in foul territory; Stanley flied out to
left; Freehan doubled to left [Kaline to third]; R. Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin popped to shortstop; Guerrero walked; On a
bunt Harper grounded out (pitcher to first) [Guerrero to
second]; Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski struck out; Montgomery grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Kaline
popped to catcher in foul territory; Horton grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: Carbo singled to left; Carbo was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); McAuliffe doubled to left;
Griffin popped to second; Guerrero grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
walked; R. Cash singled to right [Freehan to second]; Sutherland
singled to left [Freehan to third, R. Cash to second]; Brinkman
forced Freehan (pitcher to catcher) [R. Cash scored (error by
Montgomery) (unearned) (no RBI), Sutherland to third, Brinkman
to second]; Rodriguez lined to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper flied out to left; Miller popped to third;
Cooper was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 8TH: CLEVELAND REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Northrup singled
to left; Kaline homered [Northrup scored]; Horton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Freehan walked; R. Cash struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski flied out to center; Montgomery singled
to third [Montgomery out at second (third to second)]; Carbo
popped to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Sutherland grounded out (third to first); G. BROWN
BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown walked; KNOX RAN FOR G. BROWN;
Rodriguez struck out; Northrup singled to right [Knox to
second]; Kaline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 6.



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