Cashing in on a passed ball, the Red Sox scored five unearned runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Tigers, 5-4. Cecil Cooper doubled and Carl Yastrzemski walked in the big frame. With two out, Lerrin LaGrow threw a third strike past Rick Miller, but catcher Gene Lamont failed to handle the pitch and Miller reached first to load the bases. Rick Burleson followed with a ground-rule double, driving in two runs. Doug Griffin singled to produce another pair and took second on the throw home. Tim Blackwell then singled to drive in Griffin.

Luis Tiant, pitching for the Red Sox, gave up a homer by Jim Northrup in the seventh and yielded three more runs on a homer by Ben Oglivie, single by Gary Sutherland, double by Al Kaline and single by Northrup in the eighth before bearing down to preserve his 16th victory. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      31, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4 10  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    5  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  5  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Oglivie lf            4   1   3   1     0   1   .327      Harper lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Sutherland 2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Cooper dh             3   1   2   0     1   0   .267
Kaline dh             4   1   1   0     0   1   .257      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Northrup rf           4   1   2   3     0   0   .236      Yastrzemski 1b        3   1   0   0     1   1   .320
N. Cash 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Carbo rf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .257
Nettles cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Evans ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .213      Miller cf             3   1   0   0     0   1   .262
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Burleson ss           3   1   1   2     0   0   .320
Moses c               1   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Griffin 2b            3   1   1   2     0   0   .296
  Lamont c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .161      Blackwell c           3   0   1   1     0   1   .250
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   4     0   4             Totals               29   5   5   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 24,935
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Red Sox 3
DP: Tigers 1, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Oglivie (4), Kaline (13), Cooper 2 (17), Burleson (12)
Triples: Moses (3)
Home Runs: Northrup (10), Oglivie (3)
Stolen Bases: Carbo (2)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (7)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(7-11)          3.2   5   5   0   1   3   0  18   4.02
Ray                     2.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   8   3.94
Walker                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.74
Totals                  8     5   5   0   3   5   0  32

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(16-7)           9    10   4   4   0   4   2  36   2.85
Totals                  9    10   4   4   0   4   2  36

Passed Balls: Lamont (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


TIGERS 1ST: Oglivie doubled to left; Sutherland grounded out
(third to first); Kaline was called out on strikes; Northrup
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Cooper doubled to left;
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox
0.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash struck out; Nettles lined to shortstop;
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo popped to catcher in foul territory; Miller
lined to left; Burleson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman flied out to center; Moses tripled to
center; Oglivie struck out; Sutherland popped to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blackwell flied out to left; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline flied out to right; Northrup popped to third
in foul territory; N. Cash popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: LAMONT REPLACED MOSES (PLAYING C ); Cooper doubled
to left; Petrocelli grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski
walked; Carbo was called out on strikes; Miller struck out but
Cooper advanced to third and Yastrzemski advanced to second and
Miller advanced to first on a passed ball; Burleson doubled to
right [Miller to third, Yastrzemski scored (unearned), Cooper
scored (unearned)]; Griffin singled to right [Miller scored
(unearned), Burleson scored (unearned), Griffin to second (on
throw to home)]; Blackwell singled to center [Griffin scored
(unearned)]; RAY REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Harper popped to
left; 5 R (0 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Nettles popped to second; Rodriguez singled to
right; Brinkman flied out to center; Lamont grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Cooper walked; Petrocelli flied out to center;
Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Cooper out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie singled to center; Sutherland flied out to
center; Kaline flied into a double play (center to second to
first) [Oglivie out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Carbo walked; Carbo stole second; Miller flied out
to center [Carbo to third]; Burleson grounded out (third to
first); Griffin lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup homered; N. Cash grounded out (second to
pitcher); Nettles popped to left; Rodriguez singled to left;
Brinkman lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: WALKER REPLACED RAY (PITCHING); Blackwell struck
out; Harper grounded out (second to first); Cooper grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Lamont grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
homered; Sutherland singled to center; Kaline doubled to center
[Sutherland to third]; Northrup singled to right [Kaline scored,
Sutherland scored]; N. Cash popped to first in foul territory;
Nettles struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli flied out to right; Yastrzemski struck
out; EVANS BATTED FOR CARBO; Evans grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 5.

TIGERS 9TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rodriguez flied
out to center; Brinkman popped to shortstop; G. BROWN BATTED FOR
LAMONT; G. Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 5.