Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 3 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0
Cepeda dh 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Miller cf 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 0 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 3 0
  Gamble pr 0 0 0 0
  Northrup rf 0 0 0 0
Freehan 1b 3 0 1 0
Howard dh 4 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 2 0
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 9 1
Boston 000 000 000060
Detroit 000 000 01x191
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (1-4) 8.0 9 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
1
1
1
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (5-2) 9.0 6 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
4

  E–Brinkman (8).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Cepeda (6,off Perry), Detroit Kaline (4,off Curtis).  HR–Detroit Taylor (2,8th inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Taylor (4,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk).  WP–Perry (1).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:11.  A–9,236.
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