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Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 16, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 16, 1973 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 16, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 16, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 10,030 |
Time of Game | 3 hours |
Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Marty Springstead 2B: Bill Kunkel 3B: Larry Barnett |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommy Harper | Center Fielder |
Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
Orlando Cepeda | DH |
Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Danny Cater | First Baseman |
Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
Bill Freehan | DH |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Duke Sims | Catcher |
Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 16, 1973
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Lolich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lolich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Lolich
Guerrero hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Lolich
Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Tiant
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Tiant
Sims hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Lolich
Cepeda hits a line drive into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Lolich
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Lolich
Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Lolich
Cater strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
There goes Stanley. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Tiant
Brinkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Tiant
Northrup 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
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Lolich
Griffin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Griffin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Lolich
Evans is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Lolich
Harper hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Lolich
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Lolich
Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Lolich
Cepeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Lolich
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Lolich
Lolich fires to first and has Cepeda trapped. There's the throw to Brinkman who tags Cepeda for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Lolich
Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Tiant
Sims takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
There goes Sims. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Sims steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brinkman vs. Tiant
Brinkman hits a popup into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Lolich
Cater is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Lolich
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Lolich
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Tiant
Northrup hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sims vs. Tiant
Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freehan scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. Sims moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a popup towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Lolich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Lolich
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Lolich
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Tiant
Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Tiant
Northrup strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Lolich
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Lolich
Petrocelli strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Lolich
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Lolich
Ike Brown now playing left field.
Cater hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Lolich
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cater moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Lolich
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Lolich
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cater scores. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Guerrero vs. Lolich
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. Griffin scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Lolich
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Guerrero goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Seelbach
Chuck Seelbach now pitching.
Cepeda is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Seelbach
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Tiant
Sims hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a line drive into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Tiant
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Seelbach
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Seelbach
Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman misplays the ball. That's an error on Brinkman. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Seelbach
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cater moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oglivie vs. Hiller
Ben Oglivie pinch hits for Dwight Evans. John Hiller now pitching.
Oglivie strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Hiller
Harper strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Tiant
Ben Oglivie now playing right field.
Brinkman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Tiant
Northrup bunts towards the mound. Tiant fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Griffin covering - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Hiller
Guerrero hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sims settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Hiller
Yastrzemski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Hiller
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tiant
Tommy Harper now playing left field. Rick Miller now playing center field.
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Tiant
John Gamble pinch runs for Ike Brown.
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sims vs. Tiant
Sims hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. Gamble moves to third. Sims moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Tigers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanley vs. Tiant
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gamble tags and scores. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/16/1973 -- Boston at Detroit (N) Boston AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Harper T, cf-lf 5 0 1 1 Northrup J, rf 4 1 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 5 1 0 1 Freehan B, dh 4 1 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 5 1 2 2 Brown G, lf 4 2 2 2 Miller R, cf 0 0 0 0 Brown I, lf 0 0 0 0 Cepeda O, dh 4 0 1 0 Gamble J, pr 0 1 0 0 Petrocelli R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 5 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 4 1 1 1 Sims D, c 4 1 3 2 Cater D, 1b 4 1 1 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 1 1 Griffin D, 2b 4 1 3 0 Stanley M, cf 3 0 1 1 Evans D, rf 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Oglivie B, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Brinkman E, ss 4 0 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 5 9 5 35 6 9 6 Boston 010 100 030 0 -- 5 Detroit 300 020 000 1 -- 6 2 outs when winning run was scored. Boston IP H R ER BB SO Tiant L (L) 9.2 9 6 6 6 6 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Lolich M 7.2 8 5 5 0 6 Seelbach C 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 Hiller J (W) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 E -- Brinkman E DP -- Boston 1 LOB -- Boston 5, Detroit 8 2B -- Griffin D, McAuliffe D, Yastrzemski C HR -- Brown G, Sims D, Fisk C, Yastrzemski C SB -- Sims D CS -- Stanley M, Cepeda O SF -- Stanley M HBP -- by Tiant L (Rodriguez A) T -- 3:00 A -- 10030
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