Making the first start of his major league career, Vern Ruhle allowed only two hits in seven innings before giving way to John Hiller, who completed the Tigers' 3-1 victory over the Red Sox. Fred Lynn collected both hits off Ruhle and accounted for the Red Sox run with a homer in the second inning.

The Tigers picked up their initial tally off Luis Tiant in the first when Ron LeFlore walked, stole second and scored on the 2,997th hit of Al Kaline's career. After Lynn's tying homer, the Tigers decided the contest in the fourth with two runs on a walk to Bill Freehan, single by Reggie Sanders and triple by Jim Nettles. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 19, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  1
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .241      Harper lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .231
Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Cooper dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Kaline dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .262        Beniquez ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Freehan c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .275      Carbo rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Sanders 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .246        Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Nettles rf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .236      Lynn cf               3   1   2   1     1   1   .563
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .223      McAuliffe 3b,2b       3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Brinkman ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .213        Cater ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burleson 2b,ss        3   0   0   0     0   0   .293
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .255
                                                            Rice ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
                                                            Hughes 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
                                                          Blackwell c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .170
                                                            Montgomery c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     2   6             Totals               30   1   3   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 12,290
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Red Sox 5
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Brinkman
Triples: Nettles (1)
Home Runs: Lynn (2)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore 2 (18), Harper (27)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle W(1-0)            7     2   1   1   2   2   1  25   2.41
Hiller                  2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   2.27
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   5   1  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(20-13)          9     5   3   3   2   6   0  34   3.00
Totals                  9     5   3   3   2   6   0  34

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to right; LeFlore stole second;
Sutherland struck out; Kaline singled to center [LeFlore
scored]; Oglivie struck out; Freehan forced Kaline (third to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Sanders struck out; Nettles flied out to left;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Carbo struck out; Lynn homered; McAuliffe struck
out; Burleson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled to right; LeFlore forced Brinkman
(shortstop to second); LeFlore stole second; Sutherland flied
out to left; Kaline made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Harper grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie made an out to pitcher; Freehan walked;
Sanders singled to right [Freehan to second]; Nettles tripled to
right [Sanders scored, Freehan scored]; Rodriguez flied out to
right; Brinkman walked; LeFlore forced Brinkman (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); Carbo grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Sutherland made an out to first; Kaline flied out to
center; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn singled to center; McAuliffe grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Lynn to second]; Burleson grounded out
(third to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan flied out to right; Sanders flied out to
left; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Blackwell grounded out (pitcher to first); Harper
walked; Harper stole second; Cooper flied out to center;
Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman flied out to left; LeFlore was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Carbo flied out to center; Lynn walked; McAuliffe
forced Lynn (shortstop unassisted) [McAuliffe to second (error
by Brinkman)]; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Kaline
struck out; Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: HILLER REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); RICE BATTED FOR
GUERRERO; Rice struck out; JOHNSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Johnson
popped to third in foul territory; Harper walked; BENIQUEZ
BATTED FOR COOPER; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

TIGERS 9TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MCAULIFFE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); HUGHES REPLACED RICE (PLAYING
3B); BURLESON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MONTGOMERY
REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); Freehan flied out to right;
Sanders grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski singled to center; EVANS BATTED FOR
CARBO; Evans flied out to center; Lynn struck out; CATER BATTED
FOR MCAULIFFE; Cater popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 1.