Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
April 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1972 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
Harper cf 3 2 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 1
Cater 1b 4 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 0
Josephson c 3 0 0 0
Pattin p 3 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 2 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 2 1
Brinkman ss 3 1 1 2
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Boston 101 000 000261
Detroit 020 000 10x360
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Tatum   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 1 9
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
9

  E–Aparicio (1).  2B–Boston Aparicio (1,off Lolich), Detroit Freehan (1,off Pattin).  HR–Detroit Brinkman (1,2nd inning off Pattin 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lolich (1,off Tatum).  IBB–McAuliffe (1,by Tatum).  WP–Lolich (1).  IBB–Tatum (1,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:18.  A–31,510.
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