Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 22, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0
  Taylor ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Kaline ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Horton rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Cash 1b 3 1 0 0
Sims c 3 1 2 2
Stanley cf 3 0 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Zachary p 1 0 1 0
  Haller ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 3 1 1 0
  Miller cf 1 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 2 1 1 2
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Evans lf 3 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 1
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Detroit 000 002 0002100
Boston 111 000 00x350
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary  L (1-1) 5.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Seelbach   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  LaGrow   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
0
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (8-6) 5.1 7 2 2 4 3
  Veale   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Bolin  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Detroit McAuliffe (13,off McGlothen), Boston Harper (28,off Zachary).  HR–Detroit Sims (3,6th inning off McGlothen 1 on, 1 out), Boston Yastrzemski (9,3rd inning off Zachary 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Yastrzemski (9,off Zachary); McGlothen (1,off Zachary).  SB–Griffin (9,2nd base off Zachary/Sims).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:26.  A–34,632.
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