Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
October 4, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1972 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 2b 5 0 0 0
Beniquez ss 4 1 1 0
Cooper 1b 5 0 3 1
Gagliano 3b 3 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 5 1 2 1
Evans lf 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 2 1
Correll c 4 1 2 1
Pattin p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 1 1 0
  Knox 2b 2 0 0 0
Brown I. 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown G. lf 4 0 1 0
Howard 1b 2 0 0 1
  Staton 1b 2 0 0 0
Horton rf 2 0 1 0
  Blessitt rf,cf 2 0 0 0
Lane cf 3 0 0 0
  Lamont c 0 0 0 0
Haller c 2 0 1 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Slayback p 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 1 0 0 0
  Gamble ss 2 0 0 0
Coleman p 2 0 0 0
  Jata c,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 121 000 0004100
Detroit 100 000 000141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (17-13) 9.0 4 1 1 1 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (19-14) 6.0 8 4 4 2 5
  LaGrow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Timmermann   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Slayback   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
6

  E–I Brown (1).  2B–Boston Miller (4,off Coleman); Cooper (1,off LaGrow), Detroit McAuliffe (16,off Pattin); Haller (5,off Pattin).  3B–Boston Miller (1,off Coleman).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:00.  A–21,956.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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