Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 17, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1971 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 1
Smith rf 4 3 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 3 2 2
  Thomas lf 2 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 2 1
Scott 1b 6 0 3 3
Josephson c 2 0 1 1
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Pavletich c 0 0 0 0
Conigliaro cf 4 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 2 0
Culp p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 0 0
Northrup cf,1b 5 3 2 2
Cash 1b 4 2 3 2
  Gutierrez pr 0 0 0 0
  Stanley cf 1 0 0 0
Horton lf 6 2 5 6
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Price c 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 5 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Boswell p 0 0 0 0
  Hannan p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 1 1 0 0
Totals 41 10 12 10
Boston 340 101 000 09132
Detroit 105 000 300 110123
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp   6.0 8 8 7 5 2
  Bolin   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Lee   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Tatum  L (0-2) 1.1 1 1 1 4 0
Totals
9.2
12
10
9
9
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   1.1 7 6 5 1 0
  Scherman   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Boswell   1.1 0 1 1 3 1
  Hannan   2.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Timmermann  W (2-0) 4.0 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
10.0
13
9
8
9
5

  E–Petrocelli (2), Culp (1), Northrup (3), Cash (1), Rodriguez (2).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 4.  2B–Boston Smith (3,off Lolich); Griffin (2,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Horton 2 (2,3rd inning off Culp 3 on, 0 out,7th inning off Bolin 0 on, 0 out); Northrup (1,7th inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out); Cash (2,7th inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Culp 3 (3,off Lolich,off Hannan,off Timmermann).  HBP–Griffin (1,by Timmermann).  IBB–Smith (2,by Timmermann); Rodriguez (1,by Tatum); Kaline (1,by Tatum); Northrup (1,by Tatum).  WP–Patterson (1).  HBP–Timmermann (1,Griffin).  IBB–Tatum 3 (3,Rodriguez,Kaline,Northrup); Timmermann (1,Smith).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:30.  A–15,758.
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