Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Conigliaro rf 4 0 0 0
Smith cf 1 1 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 1 1
Gagliano lf 1 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Josephson c 0 0 0 0
  Fisk c 3 1 2 1
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 4 2 4 1
Kaline rf 4 1 2 2
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 3 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
Cain p 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Boston 001 100 000230
Detroit 001 020 00x3100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (0-2) 7.0 10 3 3 2 5
  Lyle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
3
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain   3.2 2 2 2 3 2
  Timmermann  W (6-6) 5.1 1 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  HR–Boston Fisk (1,3rd inning off Cain 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Taylor (3,3rd inning off Curtis 0 on, 1 out); Kaline (15,5th inning off Curtis 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Freehan (9,by Curtis).  SB–Taylor (5,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk).  WP–Timmermann (2).  IBB–Curtis (1,Freehan).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:22.  A–12,612.
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