John Hiller, who had won five games in relief, was pinned with his first loss of the season when the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 8-5. Joe Coleman, who started for the Tigers, was staked to a 4-0 lead, but Hiller took over in the fifth inning after Tommy Harper and Carlton Fisk each singled a run home for the Red Sox. Hiller walked Rico Petrocelli with the bases loaded to force in another run before the inning ended.

Two unearned runs, scoring on a single by Fisk after an error by Gary Sutherland, put the Red Sox ahead in the sixth, but the Tigers tied the score with a run-producing single by Willie Horton in the seventh. In the eighth, Fisk singled with two out and steamed home on a double by Carl Yastrzemski. When the throw from Ed Brinkman on the relay from the outfield hit Fisk and bounced away, Yastrzemski also crossed the plate. The Red Sox iced the decision with another unearned run in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       11, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  3  2    0  2  1  -   8 14  0
Tigers       0  0  4    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 11  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper dh             6   2   1   1     0   1   .149      Sharon cf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .297
Cooper 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .250        N. Cash ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Fisk c                5   1   3   3     0   0   .289      Sutherland 2b         5   2   3   1     0   0   .289
Yastrzemski lf        5   1   1   1     0   2   .327      Stanley 1b,cf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .214
Carbo rf              3   0   0   0     2   2   .232      Kaline dh             4   1   2   1     1   0   .278
Petrocelli 3b         2   0   1   1     3   0   .246      Horton lf             4   0   2   3     0   0   .271
McAuliffe 2b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Moses c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Beniquez cf           5   2   4   0     0   0   .219        G. Brown ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Burleson ss           5   2   3   0     0   0   .400        Knox pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Moret p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lamont c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marichal p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Northrup rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .221
  Clemons p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .184
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           3   1   1   0     0   1   .202
                                                          Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   8  14   6     5   6             Totals               35   5  11   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 10,487
Left on Base: Red Sox 11, Tigers 8
DP: Red Sox 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Sutherland, Stanley, Brinkman
Doubles: Beniquez (3), Burleson (2), Yastrzemski (8), Brinkman (1), Horton (6)
Triples: Cooper (1)
Stolen Bases: Beniquez (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (1)
GIDP: McAuliffe (4), Kaline (3)
Hit by Pitch: Brinkman (1,by Marichal)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret                   3     4   4   4   3   0   0  16   4.40
Marichal                3.2   6   1   1   0   0   0  17   7.84
Clemons W(1-0)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  11.81
Drago                   2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.59
Totals                  9    11   5   5   3   2   0  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 4.1   6   3   3   2   3   0  21   3.63
Hiller L(5-1)           3.2   6   4   1   2   3   0  20   0.98
Fryman                  1     2   1   0   1   0   0   5  10.57
Totals                  9    14   8   4   5   6   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Marichal (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


RED SOX 1ST: Harper popped to shortstop; Cooper tripled; Fisk
popped to second; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Sharon flied out to left; Sutherland popped to
second; Stanley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo walked; Petrocelli flied out to center;
McAuliffe grounded out (second to first) [Carbo to second];
Beniquez singled to shortstop [Carbo to third]; Beniquez stole
second; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline walked; Horton flied out to right; Moses
flied to right in foul territory; Northrup popped to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper struck out; Cooper grounded out (third to
first); Fisk popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez lined to center; Brinkman doubled to left;
Sharon walked; Sutherland singled to right [Brinkman scored,
Sharon to third]; Stanley lined to third; Kaline singled to left
[Sharon scored, Sutherland to second]; Horton doubled to left
[Sutherland scored, Kaline scored]; Moses popped to catcher in
foul territory; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Carbo struck
out; Petrocelli walked; McAuliffe grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup walked; MARICHAL REPLACED MORET (PITCHING);
Rodriguez hit into a double play (right to first) [Northrup out
at second]; Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Beniquez doubled to right; Burleson singled to
second [Beniquez to third]; Harper singled to shortstop
[Beniquez scored, Burleson to second]; Cooper popped to center;
Fisk singled to left [Burleson scored, Harper to second]; HILLER
REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski forced Fisk (first to
shortstop) [Harper to third]; Carbo walked [Yastrzemski to
second]; Petrocelli walked [Harper scored, Yastrzemski to third,
Carbo to second]; McAuliffe popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Sharon flied out to center; Sutherland grounded out
(second to first); Stanley singled to left; Kaline singled to
left [Stanley to second]; Horton grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burleson doubled to left; Harper reached on an error by
Sutherland [Burleson to third]; Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted) [Harper to second]; Fisk singled to left [Burleson
scored (unearned), Harper scored (unearned)]; Yastrzemski struck
out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Moses popped to catcher in foul territory; Northrup
popped to center; Rodriguez singled to left; Brinkman was hit by
a pitch [Rodriguez to second]; N. CASH BATTED FOR SHARON; N.
Cash grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 7TH: N. CASH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Carbo grounded out (second to
first); Petrocelli singled to center; McAuliffe flied out to
left; Beniquez singled to right [Petrocelli to second]; Burleson
forced Beniquez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland singled to right; Stanley out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Sutherland to second];
Kaline flied out to center [Sutherland to third]; Horton singled
to left [Sutherland scored]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR MOSES; G. Brown
singled to center [Horton to second]; KNOX RAN FOR G. BROWN;
CLEMONS REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); Northrup grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 8TH: LAMONT REPLACED KNOX (PLAYING C ); Harper grounded
out (third to first); Cooper struck out; Fisk singled to left;
Yastrzemski doubled to left [Fisk scored, Yastrzemski scored
(error by Brinkman) (unearned)]; Carbo was called out on
strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: DRAGO REPLACED CLEMONS (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck
out; Brinkman struck out; N. Cash grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: FRYMAN REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Petrocelli
walked; On a bunt McAuliffe grounded into a double play (third
to shortstop to second) [Petrocelli out at second]; On a bunt
Beniquez singled to third; Burleson singled to center [Beniquez
scored (error by Stanley) (unearned), Burleson to second];
Harper flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
8, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Sutherland singled to left; Stanley popped to
catcher in foul territory; Kaline grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Sutherland out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 5.