Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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."

"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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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 2 1 0
Cooper 1b 2 1 0 1
Rice dh 5 0 1 1
Lynn rf 3 1 2 1
Montgomery c 4 1 2 2
McAuliffe 3b 4 0 1 0
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 1 1 1
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Pole p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Knox 2b 4 1 1 0
Brown dh 4 0 1 1
Oglivie 1b 4 0 1 1
Meyer lf 4 0 0 0
Nettles rf 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Lamont c 3 0 0 0
LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Boston 100 501 000790
Detroit 200 000 000252
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (22-13) 5.0 3 2 2 0 4
  Pole  SV (1) 4.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
LaGrow  L (8-18) 3.2 5 6 4 3 2
  Walker   2.1 3 1 1 3 2
  Holdsworth   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
7
6

  E–LeFlore (9), Veryzer (3).  DP–Boston 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Boston Montgomery (10,off LaGrow).  3B–Boston Rice (1,off LaGrow); Lynn (2,off LaGrow).  SH–Cooper (5,off Walker).  HBP–Lynn (1,by Walker).  IBB–McAuliffe (5,by Holdsworth).  SB–Miller (13,2nd base off Walker/Lamont); Oglivie (12,2nd base off Tiant/Montgomery).  HBP–Walker (2,Lynn).  IBB–Holdsworth (2,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:20.  A–10,035.
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