Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1971 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 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 1
Smith rf 4 1 3 2
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 5 0 0 0
Scott 1b 5 0 1 0
Josephson c 3 2 1 0
Conigliaro cf 4 1 3 1
Griffin 2b 4 1 0 0
Peters p 3 0 1 1
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Northrup 1b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 3 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 2 1
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 1 1 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 2
  Zepp p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Boston 010 110 0205100
Detroit 000 002 001382
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  W (1-1) 8.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Tatum   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lyle  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (0-3) 6.0 6 3 3 5 1
  Zepp   1.2 3 2 1 2 1
  Scherman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
8
3

  E–Northrup (2), Stanley (1).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Freehan (4,off Peters); Kaline (4,off Peters).  HR–Boston Smith (1,5th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out), Detroit I Brown (1,6th inning off Peters 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Aparicio (1,off Zepp).  SF–Smith (1,off Zepp).  SB–Josephson (1,2nd base off Niekro/Freehan).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:44.  A–14,963.
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