Cash's 10th roundtripper opened the scoring in the second inning. Despite the home run, Cash is hitting .195 on the season.
The Red Sox countered Cash's big hit with a three-run homer from Tony Conigliaro in the third inning, but starter Denny McLain and the bullpen shut Boston down the rest of the way.
Willie Horton's sacrifice fly tied the game, 3-3, in the third inning. In the fifth, Horton struck again with a single to score Dick McAuliffe with the go-ahead run. McAuliffe had scored on Horton's fly ball as well.
Detroit (42-36) grabbed two insurance runs in the seventh---again McAuliffe scored---and one more in the eighth. McAuliffe scored that run, too---giving him four runs scored on the day. Boston relievers Sparky Lyle and Bob Osinski were the victims of the Tigers' late uprising.
McLain (7-7) went 6.2 innings for the win, scattering seven hits, walking four and striking out four.
Lee Stange started and took the loss for Boston, which slipped into a second-place tie with the Tigers, six games behind league leader Chicago.
| Game 78 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
WP- McLain (7-7)
LP- Stange
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