The Red Sox retained their 3½-game lead over the Orioles in the East Division by coming from behind with a two-run double by Denny Doyle in the ninth inning to defeat the Tigers, 6-5. Rick Miller drew a walk to open the rally. An error then put the Tigers in the hole when Gary Sutherland dropped a pop fly by Rico Petrocelli.

Rick Burleson sacrificed, leading to an intentional pass for Cecil Cooper. Doyle followed with his double to drive in the tying and winning runs. The Red Sox' happiness over their victory was subdued because Jim Rice was hit on the left hand by a pitched ball during the game and suffered a fracture that will put him out of action for the rest of the season. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1975 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  0  0    1  1  2  -   6  7  0
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   5 12  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cooper dh             4   0   0   1     1   0   .308      LeFlore cf            5   2   2   1     0   0   .260
Doyle 2b              4   1   2   2     1   0   .291      Sutherland 2b         5   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     1   1   .270      Oglivie lf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .294
Lynn cf               4   0   0   1     0   2   .329      Horton dh             5   0   2   1     0   0   .270
Rice lf               1   1   0   0     1   0   .309      Freehan c             5   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Evans rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .247
Fisk c                4   1   1   0     0   0   .325      Meyer 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Carbo rf              0   1   0   0     3   0   .256      Veryzer ss            3   0   3   0     1   0   .256
  Miller lf           0   1   0   0     1   0   .196      Roberts rf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   2     0   0   .241        Brown ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .176
  Beniquez pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .291        Molinaro pr,rf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .429
  Heise 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burleson ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .258        Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moret p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   6   7   6     8   4             Totals               37   5  12   5     2   3

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  9,059
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Tigers 9
DP: Red Sox 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Sutherland
Doubles: Doyle 2 (20), LeFlore (13), Oglivie (14), Veryzer (13)
Caught Stealing: Rice (5), Petrocelli (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (17), Oglivie (3), Meyer (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (5), Lynn (4)
GIDP: Petrocelli (16), Lynn (11)
Hit by Pitch: Rice (4,by Ruhle)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret                   6     7   3   3   2   2   0  27   3.60
Drago W(2-2)            3     5   2   2   0   1   0  14   3.95
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   3   0  41

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   1.1   3   2   2   1   0   0   9   3.99
Glynn                   6     3   2   2   4   3   0  22   4.15
Pentz L(0-4)            1     1   2   1   2   1   0   7   3.33
Grilli                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   6   5   8   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Ruhle (7)
Wild Pitches: Glynn (1)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Rich Garcia


RED SOX 1ST: Cooper flied out to left; Doyle doubled;
Yastrzemski lined to left; Lynn grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled; Sutherland singled [LeFlore
scored]; Oglivie out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Sutherland to second]; Horton flied out to center; Freehan
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice was hit by a pitch; Fisk singled [Rice to
second]; Carbo walked [Rice to third, Fisk to second];
Petrocelli lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Rice scored];
Burleson singled [Fisk to third, Carbo to second]; GLYNN
REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Cooper grounded out (first
unassisted) [Fisk scored, Carbo to third, Burleson to second];
Doyle grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez flied out to left; Meyer struck out;
Veryzer singled; Roberts made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Lynn
was called out on strikes; Rice walked; Rice was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Sutherland
flied out to right; Oglivie doubled; Horton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk flied out to center; Carbo walked; Petrocelli
grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Carbo
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
singled; Meyer struck out; Veryzer doubled [Rodriguez to third];
Roberts made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper
lined to left; Doyle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore popped to right; Sutherland grounded out
(second to first); Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Lynn struck
out; Rice popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton singled; Freehan flied out to right;
Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; Meyer grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Carbo walked;
Glynn threw a wild pitch [Carbo to second]; Petrocelli singled
[Carbo scored, Petrocelli to second]; Burleson singled
[Petrocelli to third]; Cooper made an out to shortstop;
Petrocelli was caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher
to pitcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: EVANS REPLACED RICE (PLAYING RF); MILLER REPLACED
CARBO (PLAYING LF); Veryzer walked; Jim Rice left game with a
broken hand, suffered on his hit- by-pitch in the 2nd; he will
miss the rest of the season; DRAGO REPLACED MORET
(PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Brown walked (walk was
charged to Moret) [Veryzer to second]; MOLINARO RAN FOR BROWN;
LeFlore forced Veryzer (pitcher to third) [Molinaro to second];
Sutherland grounded out (second to first) [Molinaro to third,
LeFlore to second]; Oglivie singled [Molinaro scored, LeFlore
scored]; Horton singled [Oglivie scored, Horton to second];
Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 3, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 8TH: MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Doyle walked;
Yastrzemski singled [Doyle to third]; Lynn hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Doyle scored]; PENTZ REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); Evans
struck out; Fisk grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez singled; Meyer out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Rodriguez to second]; Veryzer singled to
shortstop [Rodriguez stayed at second]; Molinaro flied to left
in foul territory; LeFlore singled [Rodriguez scored, Veryzer to
third, LeFlore to second]; Sutherland grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Miller walked; Petrocelli reached on an error by
Sutherland [Miller to second]; BENIQUEZ RAN FOR PETROCELLI;
Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Miller to
third, Beniquez to second]; Cooper was walked intentionally;
Doyle doubled [Miller scored, Beniquez scored (unearned), Cooper
to third]; GRILLI REPLACED PENTZ (PITCHING); Yastrzemski was
walked intentionally; Lynn grounded into a double play (first to
catcher to pitcher) [Cooper out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: HEISE REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING 3B); Oglivie struck
out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 5.