Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 26, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1974 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper dh 6 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 6 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 2 1
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
Lynn lf 3 0 1 0
  Rice ph,lf 1 1 0 0
  Miller lf 0 0 0 0
McAuliffe 3b 3 0 1 0
  Cater ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes 3b 0 1 0 0
Burleson ss 3 1 0 0
Griffin 2b 2 1 1 0
Blackwell c 2 0 1 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Montgomery c 2 1 2 4
Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
Sutherland 2b 5 0 1 0
Kaline dh 5 0 1 0
Oglivie 1b 5 1 3 0
Meyer lf 5 1 2 2
Nettles rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 1
Lamont c 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Freehan c 0 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 12 3
Boston 000 000 102 25112
Detroit 000 003 000 03121
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (7-10) 10.0 12 3 3 0 4
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
0
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman   7.0 7 1 1 4 4
  Hiller  L (17-13) 2.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Ray   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
6
5

  E–McAuliffe (11), Burleson (19), Sutherland (16).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Brinkman (13,off Drago).  3B–Detroit Oglivie (3,off Drago); Rodriguez (5,off Drago).  HR–Boston Montgomery (4,9th inning off Hiller 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Meyer (3,6th inning off Drago 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Burleson (3,off Hiller).  HBP–Griffin (2,by Coleman); Hughes (1,by Hiller).  IBB–Griffin (3,by Hiller).  SB–Griffin (2,2nd base off Coleman/Lamont); Meyer (1,2nd base off Drago/Montgomery).  CS–LeFlore 2 (9,2nd base by Drago/Blackwell,2nd base by Drago/Montgomery).  HBP–Coleman (12,Griffin); Hiller (3,Hughes).  IBB–Hiller (19,Griffin).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:42.  A–7,636.
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