Luis Tiant pitched five innings and gained his 22nd victory, with Dick Pole finishing the game, as the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 7-2. Tiant gave up three singles and two runs in the first but then held the Tigers hitless for the rest of his stint. Pole gave up two hits in the final four frames. The Red Sox, who had scored once in their half of the first, broke the game apart with five runs in the fourth, going ahead to stay when Fred Lynn tripled, Bob Montgomery doubled and Rick Miller singled. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  0    5  0  1    0  0  0  -   7  9  0
Tigers       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   2   1   0     1   1   .237      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .247
Cooper 1b             2   1   0   1     2   0   .265      Knox 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .289
Rice dh               5   0   1   1     0   1   .269      G. Brown dh           4   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Lynn rf               3   1   2   1     1   1   .472      Oglivie 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Montgomery c          4   1   2   2     1   1   .248      Meyer lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
McAuliffe 3b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .213      Nettles rf            2   0   0   0     1   1   .232
Burleson ss           5   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Miller cf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .245      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .221
Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .267      Lamont c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      LaGrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pole p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7   9   6     7   6             Totals               31   2   5   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 10,035
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Tigers 3
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 2
Errors: LeFlore, Veryzer
Doubles: Montgomery (10)
Triples: Rice (1), Lynn (2)
Stolen Bases: Miller (13), Oglivie (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Cooper (5)
GIDP: Burleson 2 (13), Meyer (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lynn (1,by Walker)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(22-13)          5     3   2   2   0   4   0  18   2.92
Pole SV(1)              4     2   0   0   1   1   0  14   3.65
Totals                  9     5   2   2   1   5   0  32

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaGrow L(8-18)          3.2   5   6   4   3   2   0  19   4.64
Walker                  2.1   3   1   1   3   2   0  14   5.01
Holdsworth              3     1   0   0   1   2   0  10   4.75
Totals                  9     9   7   5   7   6   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Walker (2)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Cooper walked; Rice
tripled to right [Cooper scored]; Lynn struck out; Montgomery
walked; McAuliffe flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Knox singled to right
[LeFlore to third]; G. Brown singled to right [Knox to third,
LeFlore scored]; Oglivie forced G. Brown (first to shortstop)
[Knox scored]; Oglivie stole second; Meyer popped to first in
foul territory; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Burleson made an out to shortstop; Miller made an
out to shortstop; Griffin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center;
Lamont flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper made an out to second; Cooper flied out to
center; Rice lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore flied out to center; Knox grounded out
(pitcher to first); G. Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn tripled to left; Montgomery doubled to right
[Lynn scored]; McAuliffe made an out to catcher; Burleson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller singled to center
[Montgomery scored]; Griffin singled to center [Miller to
second]; Harper walked [Miller to third, Griffin to second];
WALKER REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); Cooper walked [Miller scored,
Griffin to third, Harper to second]; Rice reached on an error by
Veryzer [Cooper to second, Harper to third, Griffin scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Lynn walked [Harper scored (unearned),
Cooper to third, Rice to second]; Montgomery grounded out
(second to first); 5 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer
grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: McAuliffe singled to right; Burleson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at
second]; Miller walked; Miller stole second; Griffin struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Veryzer made an out to first; Rodriguez struck out;
Lamont struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper singled to center; Cooper out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Harper to second]; Rice struck out;
Lynn was hit by a pitch; Montgomery singled to center [Lynn to
third, Harper scored]; McAuliffe flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: POLE REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); LeFlore singled to
left; Knox struck out; G. Brown grounded out (shortstop to
first) [LeFlore to second]; Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: HOLDSWORTH REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Burleson
made an out to first; Miller grounded out (pitcher to first);
Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Meyer grounded out (third to first); Nettles walked;
Veryzer flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper struck out; Cooper flied out to left; Rice
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Lamont grounded out (second to first); LeFlore lined
to pitcher; Knox flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 7, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Lynn singled to center [Lynn to third (error by
LeFlore)]; Montgomery was called out on strikes; McAuliffe was
walked intentionally; Burleson grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: G. Brown grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
singled to left; Meyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 7, Tigers 2.