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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1971-09-10 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 18251 · night · 2:17

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 6–1. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Gary Peters earned the win. Rico Petrocelli went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Gary Peters L: Mickey Lolich SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Doug Griffin	4	0	0	0	0
Luis Aparicio	4	0	3	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	4	0	0	0	0
Reggie Smith	4	1	1	0	0
Rico Petrocelli	4	2	2	2	1
George Scott	4	1	2	1	0
Billy Conigliaro	4	1	1	2	1
Duane Josephson	4	1	1	1	1
Gary Peters	3	0	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ike Brown	2	1	1	1	2	0
Norm Cash	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Stanley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Hosley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Lane	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Peters	9.0	3	3	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Mickey Lolich	5.0	9	1
Tom Timmermann	1.0	0	3
Jack Whillock	2.0	1	0
Ron Perranoski	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doug Griffin: 13
Luis Aparicio: 53
Carl Yastrzemski: 3/G

Bot 1

Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Tony Taylor: 43
Al Kaline: 7

Top 2

Reggie Smith: 5
Rico Petrocelli: HR/7
George Scott: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Billy Conigliaro: HR/89.2-H
Duane Josephson: 63
Gary Peters: HP
Doug Griffin: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bill Freehan: 53
Ike Brown: 63
Norm Cash: 8

Top 3

Luis Aparicio: S8/L
Carl Yastrzemski: 4(1)/FO
Reggie Smith: 8(B)4(1)/DP

Bot 3

Mickey Stanley: S7/L
Ed Brinkman: 7
Mickey Lolich: 54/SH.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 6

Top 4

Rico Petrocelli: K/C
George Scott: 63
Billy Conigliaro: 53

Bot 4

Tony Taylor: 4/P
Al Kaline: 8
Bill Freehan: K

Top 5

Duane Josephson: HR/7
Gary Peters: 9
Doug Griffin: 8
Luis Aparicio: D7
Carl Yastrzemski: 31

Bot 5

Ike Brown: W
Norm Cash: 8
Mickey Stanley: 64(1)/FO
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 6

Reggie Smith: T8
Rico Petrocelli: D7.3-H
George Scott: T.2-H
Billy Conigliaro: K
Duane Josephson: K
Gary Peters: K/C

Bot 6

Tim Hosley: 8
Aurelio Rodriguez: S6#
Tony Taylor: 6(1)/FO
Al Kaline: 6/L

Top 7

Doug Griffin: 63
Luis Aparicio: S7/L
Carl Yastrzemski: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bill Freehan: 9
Ike Brown: W
Norm Cash: W.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 3/L
Ed Brinkman: 13

Top 8

Reggie Smith: 43
Rico Petrocelli: 7/L
George Scott: 63

Bot 8

Marv Lane: 63
Aurelio Rodriguez: 7/L
Tony Taylor: 53

Top 9

Billy Conigliaro: 63
Duane Josephson: 43
Gary Peters: K

Bot 9

Al Kaline: 53
Bill Freehan: 63
Ike Brown: HR/7
Norm Cash: 3/G