Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1973 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 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Guerrero ss 5 1 0 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 1 2 2
  Miller cf 0 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 1
Cater 1b 4 1 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 3 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 9 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf 4 1 0 0
Freehan dh 4 1 0 0
Brown G. lf 4 2 2 2
  Brown I. lf 0 0 0 0
  Gamble pr 0 1 0 0
Cash 1b 5 0 0 0
Sims c 4 1 3 2
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 1
Stanley cf 3 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Boston 010 100 030 0590
Detroit 300 020 000 1691
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (4-4) 9.2 9 6 6 6 6
Totals
9.2
9
6
6
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   7.2 8 5 5 0 6
  Seelbach   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hiller  W (1-2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
9
5
5
1
9

  E–Brinkman (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Griffin (7,off Lolich); Yastrzemski (7,off Lolich), Detroit McAuliffe (7,off Tiant).  HR–Boston Fisk (7,2nd inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out); Yastrzemski (6,4th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out), Detroit G Brown (3,1st inning off Tiant 1 on, 1 out); Sims (2,1st inning off Tiant 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cepeda (3,by Seelbach).  SF–Stanley (2,off Tiant).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,by Tiant).  CS–Cepeda (1,2nd base by Lolich/Sims); Stanley (2,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk).  SB–Sims (1,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  HBP–Tiant (3,Rodriguez).  IBB–Seelbach (1,Cepeda).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:00.  A–10,030.
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