Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1972 at Fenway Park. 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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Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 1 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 2 2
Kaline rf 5 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Northrup lf 4 1 1 1
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 1 0 0
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 1 1 0 0
  Miller cf 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Griffin 2b 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski lf,cf 4 1 2 2
Smith rf 5 1 1 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Burda 1b 4 0 1 0
Beniquez ss 5 1 2 1
Fisk c 3 0 3 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Tiant p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Detroit 011 100 000350
Boston 100 030 10x5120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (9-6) 4.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Zachary   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Scherman   1.2 3 1 1 2 0
  Seelbach   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
6
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   4.0 4 3 3 4 2
  Tiant  W (2-2) 5.0 1 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Stanley (4,off Tiant), Boston Fisk 2 (15,off Coleman,off Scherman); Griffin (7,off Coleman).  3B–Detroit Rodriguez (4,off Siebert), Boston Yastrzemski (1,off Coleman).  HR–Detroit Northrup (2,3rd inning off Siebert 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Coleman (11,off Siebert); Griffin (6,off Coleman).  HBP–Brinkman (2,by Siebert); Harper (5,by Coleman); Kennedy (2,by Seelbach).  IBB–Burda (2,by Coleman).  SB–Smith (9,2nd base off Coleman/Freehan).  WP–Siebert (2).  HBP–Coleman (7,Harper); Seelbach (1,Kennedy); Siebert (4,Brinkman).  IBB–Coleman (3,Burda).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:57.  A–16,822.
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