Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 24, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 1 1 1
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 1
Sims c 4 0 2 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Fryman p 2 0 1 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  Slayback p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 3 1 0 0
  Miller cf 0 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 2 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 2
Smith rf 4 2 3 2
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 3
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Evans lf 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 0
Tiant p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Detroit 100 010 000271
Boston 400 030 00x791
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (8-3) 4.1 7 6 5 1 7
  Seelbach   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Slayback   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
1
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (14-5) 9.0 7 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–Rodriguez (16), Petrocelli (13).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Northrup (12,off Tiant), Boston Aparicio (25,off Fryman); Fisk (28,off Fryman); Evans (3,off Fryman).  HR–Boston Smith (21,1st inning off Fryman 1 on, 0 out); Petrocelli (15,5th inning off Seelbach 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Cash (3,off Tiant).  SB–Smith (12,2nd base off Fryman/Sims).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:43.  A–34,182.
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