Bob Montgomery, who drove in four runs with a homer and single in the preceding night's game, accounted for two more RBIs with a single and double as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 9-3. Woodie Fryman, who started for the Tigers, was able to retire only one batter in the first inning before being kayoed in a four-run attack.

The Red Sox went on to pile up 13 hits in the game with every batter except Juan Beniquez sharing in the feast. Beniquez also was the only Red Sox batter who did not drive in at least one run. Danny Cater had the only homer. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Friday, September 27, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      4  3  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   9 13  1
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  8  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .237      LeFlore cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .242
  Miller lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Sutherland 2b         5   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Beniquez cf           4   1   0   0     1   2   .267      Kaline dh             1   0   0   0     1   1   .262
Cater 1b              4   2   1   1     0   1   .246        Sanders pr,dh       2   1   0   0     0   1   .276
Rice dh               5   2   2   1     0   0   .277      Oglivie 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Montgomery c          5   2   2   2     0   1   .244      Meyer lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Lynn rf               4   0   2   1     1   0   .455      Freehan c             3   0   2   1     1   0   .287
Burleson ss           5   0   2   1     0   0   .287      Roberts rf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .255
Griffin 2b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .267      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Hughes 3b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .200        Nettles ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .235
Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           4   0   2   1     0   1   .216
                                                          Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Slayback p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  13   9     4   7             Totals               35   3   8   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance:  8,177
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Tigers 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Burleson, Meyer
Doubles: Montgomery (9), Freehan (15), Nettles (5), Brinkman (14)
Home Runs: Cater (5)
GIDP: Burleson (11), Meyer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Cater (2,by Lemanczyk), LeFlore (3,by Cleveland)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(12-14)      9     8   3   1   2   4   0  38   4.32
Totals                  9     8   3   1   2   4   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(6-9)           0.1   3   4   4   2   0   0   6   4.32
Lemanczyk               7.2  10   5   4   2   7   1  34   3.54
Slayback                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.96
Totals                  9    13   9   8   4   7   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (9), Lemanczyk (2)
Wild Pitches: Cleveland (6)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper walked; Beniquez walked [Harper to second];
Cater flied out to center; Rice singled to center [Beniquez to
third, Harper scored]; Montgomery singled to right [Rice to
third, Beniquez scored]; Lynn singled to left [Montgomery to
second, Rice scored]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING);
Burleson singled to left [Lynn to second, Montgomery to third];
Griffin struck out; Hughes walked [Montgomery scored, Lynn to
third, Burleson to second]; Harper forced Hughes (shortstop to
second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Beniquez flied out to center; Cater was hit by a
pitch; Rice singled to center [Cater to third]; Montgomery
doubled to right [Rice to third, Cater scored]; Lynn was walked
intentionally; Burleson singled to left [Lynn to second,
Montgomery to third, Rice scored]; Griffin singled [Burleson to
second, Lynn out at third (third to shortstop), Montgomery
scored]; Hughes grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
flied out to left; Freehan singled to left; Roberts forced
Freehan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper struck out; Beniquez lined to center; Cater
homered; Rice popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman struck out;
LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland forced LeFlore (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Montgomery struck out; Lynn singled to right;
Burleson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline walked; SANDERS RAN FOR KALINE; Oglivie flied
out to left; Meyer lined to left; Freehan doubled to left
[Sanders scored]; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: SANDERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Griffin popped
to third in foul territory; Hughes struck out; Harper lined to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore singled to
right; Sutherland flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 8, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Beniquez struck out; Cater flied out to right; Rice
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Sanders flied out to center; Oglivie singled to
center; Meyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8,
Tigers 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Montgomery grounded out (second to first); Lynn
grounded out (first to pitcher); Burleson popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan walked; Roberts lined to second; Rodriguez
was called out on strikes; Brinkman singled to left [Freehan to
second]; LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 8, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Griffin singled to right; Hughes singled to left
[Griffin to third (error by Meyer), Hughes to second]; Harper
singled to left [Hughes to third, Griffin scored (unearned)];
Beniquez was called out on strikes; Cater struck out; Rice
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 9, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); Sutherland made
an out to third; Sanders struck out; Oglivie grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 9TH: SLAYBACK REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Montgomery
lined to left; Lynn grounded out (second to first); Burleson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Meyer flied out to right; Freehan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Roberts reached on an error by Burleson;
NETTLES BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Cleveland threw a wild pitch
[Roberts to second]; Nettles doubled to right [Roberts scored
(unearned)]; Brinkman doubled to center [Nettles scored
(unearned)]; LeFlore was hit by a pitch; Sutherland lined to
left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Tigers 3.