Tommy McCraw hit two singles, stole two buses and scored two runs to enable the Indians to defeat the Red Sox, 3-1. Gaylord Perry, who needed relief help from Steve Mingori with one out in the ninth inning, gained credit for his first A. L. victory. McCraw scored in the second inning on an error and crossed the plate in the fourth on a single by Ray Fosse. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     19, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .294      Harper cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .143
Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .214      Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .133
A. Johnson lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .188      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .067
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .067
McCraw 1b             4   2   2   0     0   2   .400      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .133
Fosse c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .286      Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .071
Bell rf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .231      Griffin 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .300
  Phillips rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montgomery c          3   0   2   0     1   0   .667
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .273        Miller pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               3   0   0   1     0   3   .000      Pattin p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burda ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               33   3  10   2     2   8             Totals               32   1   5   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  9,735
Left on Base: Indians 6, Red Sox 9
DP: Indians 0, Red Sox 2
Errors: Nettles, Aparicio
Stolen Bases: McCraw 2 (2), Bell 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Pattin (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Perry (1)
GIDP: A. Johnson (1), Duffy (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(1-1)            8.1   5   1   1   4   3   0  35   2.93
Mingori SV(1)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   4   0  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(0-2)           7     9   3   2   1   4   0  28   3.46
Tiant                   2     1   0   0   1   4   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    10   3   2   2   8   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Unser singled; Leon was called out on strikes; A.
Johnson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper was called out on strikes; Aparicio grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); McCraw
singled; McCraw stole second; Fosse made an out to shortstop;
Bell singled [McCraw scored (error by Aparicio) (unearned)];
Bell stole second; Duffy grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Petrocelli
flied out to center; Cater struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Perry struck out; Unser walked; Leon flied out to
center; A. Johnson singled to center [Unser to third]; Nettles
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin singled to right; Montgomery singled to
center [Griffin to second]; Pattin forced Montgomery (pitcher to
shortstop) [Griffin to third]; Harper reached on a fielder's
choice [Griffin out at home (third to catcher), Pattin to
second]; Aparicio walked [Pattin to third, Harper to second];
Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 1, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 4TH: McCraw singled; McCraw stole second; Fosse singled
to left [McCraw scored, Fosse out at second (left to third to
second)]; Bell singled; Duffy grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
was called out on strikes; Cater grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Perry was called out on strikes; Unser grounded out
(catcher to first); Leon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin walked; Montgomery flied out to center;
Pattin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Griffin to
second]; Harper singled to right [Griffin scored]; Aparicio
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 6TH: A. Johnson lined to right; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first); McCraw was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Smith
flied out to left; Petrocelli walked; Cater lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse singled to left; Bell singled to right [Fosse
to third]; Duffy made an out to shortstop; Perry hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Fosse scored]; Bell stole second; Unser grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox
1.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Montgomery
singled to center; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR PATTIN; Oglivie flied out
to right; Harper forced Montgomery (third to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 8TH: TIANT REPLACED OGLIVIE (PITCHING); Leon singled to
center; A. Johnson struck out; Nettles flied out to left; McCraw
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Aparicio made an out to second; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to right;
Petrocelli forced Smith (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
struck out; Duffy walked; Perry was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED BELL (PLAYING RF); Cater reached
on an error by Nettles; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Cater to second]; Montgomery walked; MILLER RAN FOR MONTGOMERY;
BURDA BATTED FOR TIANT; MINGORI REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING);
GAGLIANO BATTED FOR BURDA; Gagliano was called out on strikes;
Harper forced Miller (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 1.