After being idle for 11 days with back trouble, Luis Tiant flirted with a no-hitter while pitching the Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Tigers. The Cuban veteran righthander held the Tigers hitless for 7 2/3 innings before yielding a single by Aurelio Rodriguez. Tom Veryzer doubled in the same stanza. Billy Baldwin then homered in the ninth for the Tigers' third hit. The Red Sox decided the outcome in the second with two runs on a triple by Jim Rice, infield out by Carlton Fisk, singles by Rico Petrocelli and Dwight Evans and a grounder by Rick Burleson. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 11, 1975 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  3  1
Red Sox      0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  8  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Baldwin rf,cf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .211      Cooper dh             3   1   0   0     1   0   .322
Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     0   3   .256      Doyle 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .275
Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   2   1     0   0   .273
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .269      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .326
Oglivie lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Rice lf               3   1   2   0     1   1   .311
Freehan c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .249      Fisk c                4   0   1   1     0   1   .326
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .251      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .242
Veryzer ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Evans rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .271
LeFlore cf            2   0   0   0     0   2   .256      Burleson ss           3   0   0   1     0   0   .258
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Roberts rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   3   1     1  10             Totals               33   3   8   3     2   6

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance:  9,508
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Red Sox 8
DP: Tigers 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Veryzer
Doubles: Veryzer (10), Yastrzemski (30)
Triples: Rice (4)
Home Runs: Baldwin (3)
Stolen Bases: Rice (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(2-6)        8     8   3   3   2   6   0  35   4.50
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   6   0  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(16-13)          9     3   1   1   1  10   1  31   4.23
Totals                  9     3   1   1   1  10   1  31

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Nick Bremigan


TIGERS 1ST: Baldwin popped to catcher in foul territory;
Sutherland flied out to left; Meyer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to left; Doyle struck out;
Yastrzemski doubled; Lynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton struck out; Oglivie flied out to left;
Freehan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice tripled; Fisk grounded out (second to first)
[Rice scored]; Petrocelli singled; Evans singled [Petrocelli to
third]; Burleson reached on an error by Veryzer [Petrocelli
scored (RBI), Evans to third]; Cooper reached on a fielder's
choice [Evans out at home (first to catcher to third to
pitcher), Burleson to third, Cooper to second]; Doyle made an
out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
flied out to right; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Lynn
grounded out (second to first); Rice singled; Fisk singled [Rice
to second]; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Baldwin flied out to right; Sutherland struck out;
Meyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans struck out; Burleson grounded out (second to
first); Cooper walked; Doyle singled [Cooper to third];
Yastrzemski singled [Cooper scored, Doyle to third]; Lynn popped
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Horton struck out; Oglivie grounded out (shortstop
to first); Freehan walked; Rodriguez was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice struck out; Fisk struck out; Petrocelli flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer grounded out (first unassisted); LeFlore
struck out; Baldwin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans flied out to left; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cooper lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Sutherland struck out; Meyer flied out to left;
Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Doyle struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); Freehan
struck out; Rodriguez singled to center; Veryzer doubled
[Rodriguez to third]; BROWN BATTED FOR LEFLORE; Brown struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: ROBERTS REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING RF); BALDWIN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Rice walked; Fisk flied out to
center; Rice stole second; Petrocelli flied out to right [Rice
to third]; Evans lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Baldwin homered; Sutherland struck out; Meyer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 3.