Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 12, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1962 at Tiger Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Runnels 1b 4 0 2 1
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
Clinton rf 3 0 0 0
  Geiger ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 4 1 2 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0
Hardy cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
Schilling 2b 4 1 0 0
Conley p 3 1 2 2
  Radatz p 1 0 1 2
Totals 36 5 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 2 0
Colavito lf 4 1 1 0
McAuliffe 3b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Brown c 2 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Roarke c 0 0 0 0
Mossi p 1 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 1
  Nischwitz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 020 000 120591
Detroit 000 000 100141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Conley  W (4-2) 6.1 4 1 1 2 2
  Radatz  SV (6) 2.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi  L (2-4) 6.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Jones   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Nischwitz   2.0 2 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
8

  E–Bressoud (3), Jones (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Conley (1,off Mossi); Runnels (5,off Mossi), Detroit Cash (5,off Conley).  SH–Bressoud (2,off Mossi).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Al Salerno, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–2:47.  A–7,689.
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