September 12, 1971 · 4:33 AM EDT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
 DET | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Carlton FiskC2-3H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 1 RTop hitterTTTony Taylor2B4-4H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 2 RP5.1IP0 ER · 4 K · WP7.0IP3 ER · 5 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead BOS by 1 · DET by 1 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BA Orioles | 101 | 57 | .639 | — |
| 2DETigers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 12.0 |
| 3BORed Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 18.0 |
4NY Yankees | 81 | 81 | .500 | 22.0 |
5TE Rangers | 64 | 95 | .403 | 37.5 |
6CL Guardians | 60 | 102 | .370 | 43.0 |
| DGDoug Griffin2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LALuis AparicioSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BCBilly ConigliaroRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RSReggie SmithCF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| RPRico Petrocelli3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GSGeorge Scott1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PGPhil GaglianoLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJDuane JosephsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JCJohn CurtisP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BOBen OglivieLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CFCarlton FiskC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| JLJoe LahoudPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SLSparky LyleP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
HR: Fisk
RBI: Scott, Fisk
LOB: 10
HR: Taylor, Kaline
RBI: Taylor, Kaline 2
SB: Taylor
LOB: 17
Top 1 · BOS batting
Bottom 1 · DET batting
The Tigers edged the Red Sox 3-2 at Tiger Stadium.
Tom Timmermann got the win and John Curtis took the loss. Tony Taylor went 4-for-4 for the Tigers, while Carlton Fisk went 2-for-3 for the Red Sox.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
