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Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox

1971-09-21 · Night game · Fenway Park · 10 innings · Att: 11323 · night · 2:19

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 6th. Jim Lonborg earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	9
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	10

W: Jim Lonborg L: Jack Whillock SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Frantz · 1B: Bill Deegan · 2B: Nestor Chylak · 3B: Don Denkinger · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	5	0	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	5	0	2	0	0	1
Gates Brown	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Kaline	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Freehan	4	1	2	0	1	0
Jim Northrup	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mickey Stanley	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Timmermann	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dalton Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Collins	1	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Taylor	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Doug Griffin	4	0	1	0	0
Luis Aparicio	5	0	2	1	0
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	1	0	0
Reggie Smith	4	0	0	0	2
Rico Petrocelli	4	1	2	0	0
George Scott	4	0	1	2	1
Joe Lahoud	4	0	0	0	2
Duane Josephson	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Lonborg	3	0	2	0	0
Cecil Cooper	1	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Tom Timmermann	7.0	8	3
Fred Scherman	1.0	0	1
Jack Whillock	1.1	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Lonborg	10.0	9	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick McAuliffe: 3/G
Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Gates Brown: 43

Bot 1

Doug Griffin: 4
Luis Aparicio: 53
Carl Yastrzemski: 2/FL

Top 2

Al Kaline: 6
Bill Freehan: 9
Jim Northrup: 8

Bot 2

Reggie Smith: 9/L
Rico Petrocelli: S8
George Scott: K
Joe Lahoud: 43

Top 3

Mickey Stanley: 63
Ed Brinkman: 43
Tom Timmermann: K23

Bot 3

Duane Josephson: 8/L
Jim Lonborg: S9
Doug Griffin: S8.1-2
Luis Aparicio: S9/L.2-3;1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Dick McAuliffe: 9/L
Aurelio Rodriguez: 7/FL
Gates Brown: 3

Bot 4

Reggie Smith: 43
Rico Petrocelli: 53
George Scott: 53

Top 5

Al Kaline: 2/FL
Bill Freehan: S8/G
Jim Northrup: W.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 5

Joe Lahoud: K/C
Duane Josephson: 8
Jim Lonborg: E4.B-1
Doug Griffin: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Ed Brinkman: 4
Tom Timmermann: K
Dick McAuliffe: 8

Bot 6

Luis Aparicio: 3/G
Carl Yastrzemski: S9
Reggie Smith: K
Rico Petrocelli: D8.1-3
George Scott: S9.3-H;2-H
Joe Lahoud: 4

Top 7

Aurelio Rodriguez: S7/G
Gates Brown: K
Al Kaline: S7/L.1-2
Bill Freehan: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Northrup: K
Mickey Stanley: 7

Bot 7

Duane Josephson: 9
Jim Lonborg: S8/G
Doug Griffin: 4
Luis Aparicio: 3/G

Top 8

Ed Brinkman: W
Dalton Jones: S9/L.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Aurelio Rodriguez: 3/FL
Gates Brown: 4

Bot 8

Carl Yastrzemski: 63
Reggie Smith: K
Rico Petrocelli: 4

Top 9

Al Kaline: 53
Bill Freehan: S9/L
Jim Northrup: S8/L.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Kevin Collins: S8/G.3-H;1-3
Tony Taylor: S8/G.3-H;1-3
Dick McAuliffe: 9

Bot 9

George Scott: 63
Joe Lahoud: K/C
Duane Josephson: 8

Top 10

Aurelio Rodriguez: D7
Gates Brown: 7
Al Kaline: K
Bill Freehan: 1

Bot 10

Cecil Cooper: S9
Doug Griffin: 34/SH.1-2
Luis Aparicio: S8/L.2-H