Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
May 19, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1970 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 2 0
Cash 1b 5 1 1 2
Horton lf 5 1 1 0
Northrup cf 2 1 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 0
Niekro p 1 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 2
  McRae p 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 3b 4 1 0 0
Smith cf 4 2 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 1 2
Conigliaro rf 5 0 3 1
Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 1
Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0
Moses c 4 0 2 0
Nagy p 1 0 1 1
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Matchick ph 1 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Derrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
  Satriano ph 0 0 0 0
  Alvarado pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Detroit 000 220 000481
Boston 210 000 011591
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   3.0 4 3 3 1 4
  McRae   4.2 4 1 1 4 3
  Lasher  L (1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.1
9
5
5
7
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   3.2 4 2 0 3 1
  Stange   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Jarvis   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Brett   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Lonborg  W (3-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
6
3

  E–Gutierrez (6), Schofield (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  PB–Moses 2 (3).  HR–Detroit Cash (5,5th inning off Stange 1 on, 0 out), Boston Yastrzemski (10,1st inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McRae (1,off Jarvis).  CS–Kaline (2,2nd base by Lonborg/Moses).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–3:13.  A–18,415.
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