Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 9, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 12, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 2 1 1
Aparicio ss 5 2 4 5
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 1
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
Smith cf 5 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 5 1 1 1
Scott 1b 5 2 2 1
Conigliaro rf 4 2 2 3
Josephson c 5 2 2 0
Lonborg p 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 12 14 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 1
Brown lf 3 1 0 1
Cash 1b 4 1 1 0
Freehan c 3 1 1 0
Northrup rf 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 2 2
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Gilbreth p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 1 1 1
  Whillock p 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 5
Boston 130 000 17012141
Detroit 300 010 200680
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  W (8-7) 9.0 8 6 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gilbreth   1.2 5 4 4 1 2
  Niekro   5.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Whillock  L (0-1) 0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Seelbach   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Denehy   1.2 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
4
5

  E–Aparicio (15).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Scott (16,off Whillock).  3B–Detroit McAuliffe (5,off Lonborg); Rodriguez (7,off Lonborg).  HR–Boston Aparicio (4,1st inning off Gilbreth 0 on, 1 out); Conigliaro (10,7th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Jones (5,7th inning off Lonborg 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Freehan (9,by Lonborg).  WP–Denehy (1).  HBP–Lonborg (12,Freehan).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:37.  A–13,775.
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