Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
September 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1973 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 2 2
Stanley cf 5 0 1 0
Howard dh 3 0 1 0
  Brown G. ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Horton lf 5 0 0 0
  Northrup lf 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 0 0
Brown I. 1b 3 1 1 2
  Cash ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Sharon rf 4 1 3 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 1
Brinkman ss 5 0 2 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Smith cf 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 3b 4 0 0 0
Cepeda dh 3 1 1 0
Cater 1b 4 1 1 0
Montgomery c 4 1 3 2
Griffin 2b 3 0 1 1
Evans rf 2 0 0 0
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Pole p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
Detroit 122 000 0005120
Boston 020 000 011484
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (14-13) 8.1 8 4 4 3 4
  Hiller  SV (33) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (12-13) 2.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Pole   6.1 6 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
3

  E–Aparicio (19), Smith (5), Yastrzemski (15), Montgomery (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  PB–Montgomery (2).  2B–Detroit Howard (8,off Curtis); Stanley (21,off Pole), Boston Montgomery (5,off Lolich).  HR–Detroit Taylor (5,1st inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out); I Brown (1,3rd inning off Curtis 1 on, 2 out), Boston Montgomery (6,9th inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Taylor (1,off Curtis); Griffin (6,off Lolich).  SB–Sharon 2 (2,2nd base off Curtis/Montgomery,2nd base off Pole/Montgomery).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:43.  A–25,224.
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