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.

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