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Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 1971
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 18, 1971 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 18, 1971 |
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Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 18, 1971 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Zepp |
Home Starting Pitcher | Gary Peters |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 13,021 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lou DiMuro 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Jake O'Donnell 3B: Frank Umont |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ike Brown | Second Baseman |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Jim Northrup | First Baseman |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Bill Zepp | Pitcher |
Billy Martin | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
George Scott | First Baseman |
Billy Conigliaro | Center Fielder |
Duane Josephson | Catcher |
Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Gary Peters | Pitcher |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 18, 1971
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Peters
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Peters
Stanley strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Peters
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Zepp
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zepp
Smith bunts towards second. Brown picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Zepp
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Zepp
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Zepp
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Yastrzemski trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Petrocelli moves to second. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Peters
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Peters
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Peters
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Zepp
Conigliaro hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Zepp
Josephson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Northrup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Zepp
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Peters
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Peters
Brinkman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zepp vs. Peters
Zepp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Zepp
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Zepp
Aparicio strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zepp
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Peters
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Peters
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Brown trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Peters
There goes Stanley. The throw from Josephson and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Peters
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Zepp
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zepp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Zepp
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Zepp
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Conigliaro vs. Zepp
Conigliaro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Petrocelli scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Josephson vs. Zepp
Josephson hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Peters
Kaline hits a line drive into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Peters
Northrup strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Peters
Freehan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Freehan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Peters
Rodriguez is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Zepp
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Zepp
Peters bunts towards first. Northrup scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Peters for the out. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aparicio vs. Zepp
Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Zepp
Smith hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Griffin scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Zepp
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Zepp
Petrocelli takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Scott vs. Zepp
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Peters
Brinkman hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Peters
Cesar Gutierrez pinch hits for Bill Zepp.
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Conigliaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Peters
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Peters
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Peters
Horton hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Conigliaro. Horton reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. Stanley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Stanley scores. Horton scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Bolin
Northrup is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Bolin
Freehan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Denehy
Dick McAuliffe now playing second base. Bill Denehy now pitching.
Conigliaro strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Denehy
Josephson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Denehy
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Brinkman. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lahoud vs. Denehy
Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Bobby Bolin.
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Northrup scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lahoud for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Lonborg
Jim Lonborg now pitching.
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Lonborg
Brinkman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Lonborg
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Denehy
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Denehy
Smith hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Denehy
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Stanley. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Petrocelli vs. Timmermann
Tom Timmermann now pitching.
Petrocelli hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Timmermann
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conigliaro vs. Timmermann
Conigliaro hits a popup, foul, towards first. Northrup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Lonborg
Dalton Jones pinch hits for Tom Timmermann.
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Lonborg
Stanley hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Josephson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Lonborg
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Josephson vs. Niekro
Joe Niekro now pitching.
Josephson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Northrup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Niekro
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lonborg vs. Niekro
Lonborg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Niekro
Aparicio hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Lonborg
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Lonborg
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Lonborg covering, for the out. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Lonborg
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Lonborg
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/18/1971 -- Detroit at Boston (N) Detroit AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Brown I, 2b 2 1 2 0 Aparicio L, ss 5 0 0 0 Denehy B, p 0 0 0 0 Smith R, rf 4 1 3 1 Timmermann T, p 0 0 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 4 1 2 0 Jones D, ph 1 0 0 0 Petrocelli R, 3b 3 2 2 3 Niekro J, p 0 0 0 0 Scott G, 1b 4 0 1 0 Stanley M, cf 4 1 2 0 Conigliaro B, cf 4 0 1 1 Horton W, lf 4 1 1 1 Josephson D, c 4 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 1 2 Griffin D, 2b 3 1 1 0 Northrup J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Peters G, p 1 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 1 0 Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Lahoud J, ph 1 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 3 0 0 0 Lonborg J, p 1 0 1 0 Zepp B, p 1 0 0 0 Gutierrez C, ph 1 0 0 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 7 3 34 5 11 5 Detroit 000 003 000 -- 3 Boston 000 110 30x -- 5 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Zepp B 5.0 6 2 2 2 1 Denehy B (L) 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 Timmermann T 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 Niekro J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Peters G 5.2 6 3 3 1 3 Bolin B 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 Lonborg J (W) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 E -- Brown I, Brinkman E DP -- Boston 1 LOB -- Detroit 4, Boston 8 2B -- Petrocelli R, Freehan B, Horton W, Kaline A, Yastrzemski C HR -- Petrocelli R CS -- Stanley M SH -- Peters G T -- 2:31 A -- 13021
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