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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 6, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 4 3 3 0
Bressoud ss 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 1 1
Clinton rf 5 0 2 1
Malzone 3b 5 1 3 3
Tillman c 5 0 1 0
Gile 1b 4 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 4 0 1 0
Schwall p 3 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 12 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 4 0 1 1
Bruton cf 2 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Colavito lf 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 1 0
McAuliffe 3b 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Roarke c 3 1 1 0
Foytack p 0 0 0 0
  Kostro ph 1 0 0 0
  Koplitz p 0 0 0 0
  Farley ph 0 0 0 1
  Nischwitz p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 0 0 0 0
  Fletcher p 0 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 0 0 0 0
  Morton pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
Boston 104 000 1006120
Detroit 000 010 100242
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schwall  W (8-15) 6.1 3 2 2 6 2
  Earley   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Fornieles  SV (5) 2.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
8
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  L (9-7) 3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Koplitz   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Nischwitz   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Fletcher   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
4

  E–McAuliffe 2 (28).  DP–Boston 4, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (39,off Foytack), Detroit Fernandez (16,off Schwall).  3B–Boston Geiger (4,off Foytack).  HR–Boston Malzone (20,3rd inning off Foytack 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Farley (1,off Schwall).  HBP–Osborne (1,by Schwall); Colavito (2,by Fornieles).  Team–8.  WP–Fletcher (1).  HBP–Schwall (11,Osborne); Fornieles (8,Colavito).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Al Smith, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:32.  A–3,272.
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