Harmon Killebrew drove in one run with an infield out in the sixth inning and batted two more across the plate with a double in the eighth to account for the Twins' scoring in a 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. Jim Perry singled in the eighth and stopped at third on a double by Rod Carew before Killebrew hit his two-bagger. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       6, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   3  8  3
Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Harper cf             5   2   2   1     0   0   .224
Thompson ss           4   1   2   0     0   2   .356      Aparicio ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .283
Carew 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Killebrew 1b          4   0   2   3     0   1   .286      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Reese pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Oglivie rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Darwin cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .373        Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Braun 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .457        Tatum p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brye lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .162      Cater 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .130
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Miller pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               3   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Griffin 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .220
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .267
                                                          Siebert p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .333
                                                            Smith rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .235

Totals               34   3   8   3     0   7             Totals               34   2   7   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 13,799
Left on Base: Twins 5, Red Sox 8
DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Thompson, Killebrew, Perry, Harper
Doubles: Killebrew 2 (4), Tovar (2), Thompson (5), Carew (3), Harper (3), Aparicio (6)
Home Runs: Harper (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (1)
GIDP: Siebert (1)
Hit by Pitch: Darwin (2,by Siebert)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(2-1)            7     4   2   2   2   2   1  28   2.03
LaRoche SV(5)           2     3   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   3   1  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(2-1)          8     8   3   2   0   6   0  32   3.38
Tatum                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.29
Totals                  9     8   3   2   0   7   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Siebert (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry Barnett


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson struck
out; Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper doubled to center; On a bunt Aparicio
singled to pitcher [Harper scored (error by Perry), Aparicio to
second]; Yastrzemski lined to right [Aparicio to third];
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Oglivie struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew doubled to left; Darwin grounded out (third
to first); Braun grounded out (first unassisted) [Killebrew to
third]; Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Cater reached on an error by Thompson; Griffin
reached on an error by Killebrew on a sacrifice bunt [Cater to
second]; Fisk made an out to second; Siebert grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Griffin out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; Perry flied out
to left; Tovar doubled to left; Thompson singled to pitcher
[Tovar to third]; Carew lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski grounded out (second
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew struck out; Darwin was hit by a pitch;
Braun singled to left [Darwin to third, Braun out at second
(left to second)]; Brye struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli singled to shortstop; Oglivie grounded
out (first unassisted) [Petrocelli to second]; Cater grounded
out (first unassisted) [Petrocelli to third]; Griffin walked;
Fisk walked [Griffin to second]; Siebert popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry
grounded out (first unassisted); Tovar grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Harper lined to center; Aparicio flied out to left;
Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Red Sox 1.

TWINS 6TH: Thompson doubled to center [Thompson to third (error
by Harper)]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first) [Thompson scored (unearned)];
Darwin lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Oglivie
flied out to left; Cater lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 7TH: Braun lined to center; Brye popped to first in foul
territory; Mitterwald grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
grounded out (third to first); Siebert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 8TH: Perry singled to center; Tovar struck out; Thompson
was called out on strikes; Carew doubled to right [Perry to
third]; Killebrew doubled to center [Perry scored, Carew
scored]; REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Harper homered;
LAROCHE REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Aparicio doubled to left;
Yastrzemski flied out to left; Petrocelli popped to first in
foul territory; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR OGLIVIE; Gagliano grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 9TH: TATUM REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); SMITH REPLACED
SIEBERT (PLAYING RF); Braun lined to center; Brye was called out
on strikes; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Cater singled; MILLER RAN FOR CATER; Griffin flied
out to right; Fisk struck out; Smith singled to left [Miller to
second]; Harper made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Red Sox 2.