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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1971-09-12 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 12612 · 2:22

Detroit Tigers defeated Boston Red Sox 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 5th. Tom Timmermann earned the win. Al Kaline 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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
DET	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		3	10

W: Tom Timmermann L: John Curtis SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Griffin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Aparicio	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Conigliaro	4	0	0	0	0	1
Reggie Smith	1	1	0	0	3	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	0	0	1	1
George Scott	3	0	1	1	1	1
Phil Gagliano	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carlton Fisk	3	1	2	1	0	1
John Curtis	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Oglivie	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Lahoud	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Taylor	4	2	4	1	0	0
Al Kaline	4	1	2	2	0	0
Bill Freehan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Norm Cash	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ike Brown	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mickey Stanley	4	0	3	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Les Cain	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Timmermann	3	0	0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Curtis	7.0	10	2	5
Sparky Lyle	1.0	0	1	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Cain	3.2	2	3	2
Tom Timmermann	5.1	1	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doug Griffin: 7
Luis Aparicio: 53
Billy Conigliaro: K

Bot 1

Aurelio Rodriguez: 3/P
Tony Taylor: S1#
Al Kaline: S5/BG.1-2
Bill Freehan: 9/L
Norm Cash: 4/L

Top 2

Reggie Smith: 63
Rico Petrocelli: 8
George Scott: 13

Bot 2

Ike Brown: K
Mickey Stanley: S6#
Ed Brinkman: 46(1)/FO
Les Cain: K

Top 3

Phil Gagliano: 53
Carlton Fisk: HR/7
John Curtis: K
Doug Griffin: 53

Bot 3

Aurelio Rodriguez: 9
Tony Taylor: HR8/IPHR
Al Kaline: 8/L
Bill Freehan: 8/L

Top 4

Luis Aparicio: W
Billy Conigliaro: 54(1)3/GDP
Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: W.1-2
George Scott: S8/G.2-H;1-3
Ben Oglivie: K

Bot 4

Norm Cash: 9
Ike Brown: W
Mickey Stanley: S7.1-2
Ed Brinkman: S7.2-3;1-2
Tom Timmermann: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: K

Top 5

Carlton Fisk: S5#
John Curtis: 56(1)/FO/BG
Doug Griffin: WP.1-2#
Doug Griffin: 8
Luis Aparicio: 13

Bot 5

Tony Taylor: S7/G
Al Kaline: HR/7.1-H
Bill Freehan: 7/L
Norm Cash: 3/G
Ike Brown: 53

Top 6

Billy Conigliaro: 4
Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Mickey Stanley: S/78
Ed Brinkman: 4(1)3/GDP
Tom Timmermann: K/C

Top 7

George Scott: K
Ben Oglivie: 9
Carlton Fisk: K/C

Bot 7

Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Tony Taylor: S6#
Al Kaline: SB2
Al Kaline: 8
Bill Freehan: IW
Norm Cash: 3/G

Top 8

Joe Lahoud: 6
Doug Griffin: 63
Luis Aparicio: 7

Bot 8

Ike Brown: 13
Mickey Stanley: 43
Ed Brinkman: W
Tom Timmermann: 9

Top 9

Billy Conigliaro: 43
Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: K
George Scott: W.1-2
Ben Oglivie: 6

Notes & reviews

Duane Josephson left with unknown injury

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