Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 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 lf 4 0 2 1
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 2
Yastrzemski 1b 5 1 3 0
Cepeda dh 5 1 1 2
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Evans rf 2 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup rf 3 0 2 2
  Sharon ph,rf,lf 1 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brown dh 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph,dh 2 2 2 2
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
  Reese pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Sims c 2 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 2 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 2 1 1 0
  Kaline ph,1b,rf 2 0 1 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 1 2 1
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Boston 210 000 2005110
Detroit 000 021 021691
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.0 4 2 2 1 5
  Moret   2.1 3 3 3 3 2
  Bolin  L (3-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich   7.0 11 5 5 2 6
  Farmer   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Hiller  W (5-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
6

  E–Sims (5).  DP–Boston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Aparicio (12,off Lolich), Detroit Northrup (9,off Tiant).  HR–Boston Smith (14,1st inning off Lolich 1 on, 1 out); Cepeda (15,7th inning off Lolich 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Howard 2 (5,6th inning off Moret 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Moret 0 on, 0 out); Brinkman (5,9th inning off Bolin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sims (1,off Moret).  SB–Griffin (4,2nd base off Lolich/Sims); Evans (2,2nd base off Farmer/Sims).  CS–Yastrzemski (5,2nd base by Lolich/Sims).  WP–Lolich (6).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:52.  A–22,364.
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