Wilbur Wood gained his 11th victory of the season when the White Sox won the first game of a day-night doubleheader, 5-4, but the Red Sox rallied to triumph in the second game, 10-8. Bill Melton homered with two men on base for the White Sox in the first inning of the sunshine contest, but Wood then fell behind, 4-3, but his teammates rallied to score two runs in the sixth. After Carlos May and Melton walked and Rick Reichardt singled to load the bases, Walt Williams drew a pass to force in May. Melton followed across the plate with the deciding run as Rich Morales rolled into a double play. In the night game, the White Sox exploded for six runs in the third inning, three scoring on a homer by Ed Herrmann, to take a 7-3 lead. The Red Sox cut the deficit and then gained their victory with three runs in the eighth. Duane Josephson batted in the tying tally with a triple and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Phil Gagliano. Carl Yastrzemski subsequently singled to drive in Gagliano for his fourth RBI of the game. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago White Sox 5, Boston Red Sox 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, June 17, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
White Sox 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 5 1 Red Sox 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .299 Harper cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .297 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Aparicio ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .273 D. Allen 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .310 Kennedy pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 May lf 2 2 0 0 2 0 .304 Yastrzemski lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .215 Melton 3b 3 2 1 3 1 0 .231 Smith rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .257 Alvarado ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .232 Reichardt cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Cater 1b 2 0 0 2 1 0 .198 Johnstone cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Fisk c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Williams ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .222 Culp p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .227 Brinkman c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Peters p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Morales ss,3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Gagliano ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Wood p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .136 Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 5 5 4 6 4 Totals 32 4 9 4 6 4 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 14,638 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Red Sox 10 DP: White Sox 2, Red Sox 2 Errors: Melton Doubles: Smith (8), Gagliano (2) Home Runs: Melton (7) Stolen Bases: Kelly (15) Caught Stealing: Harper (3) Sacrifice Flies: Cater (4) GIDP: D. Allen (6), Morales (5), Fisk (5), Griffin (3) Hit by Pitch: Aparicio (1,by Wood), Smith (1,by Wood) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(11-4) 8 9 4 4 6 3 0 38 1.91 Forster SV(8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.63 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 4 0 41 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Culp L(4-6) 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 24 3.23 Peters 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 9 4.13 Tiant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.81 Totals 9 5 5 5 6 4 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Wood 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Kunkel WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Kelly stole second; Andrews struck out; D. Allen flied out to center [Kelly to third]; May walked; Melton homered [Kelly scored, May scored]; Reichardt singled to left; Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to center; Aparicio walked [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first) [Harper to third, Aparicio to second]; Smith made an out to second; Petrocelli flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Wood grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Cater grounded out (first unassisted); Griffin singled to left; Fisk grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Allen walked; May flied out to right; Melton popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Culp singled to right; On a bunt Harper singled to third [Culp to third (error by Melton)]; Aparicio was hit by a pitch [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski popped to center; Smith was hit by a pitch [Culp scored, Harper to third, Aparicio to second]; Petrocelli singled to left [Harper scored, Aparicio to third, Smith to second]; Cater walked [Aparicio scored, Smith to third, Petrocelli to second]; Griffin grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cater out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Reichardt grounded out (third to first); Herrmann made an out to third; Morales lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Culp grounded out (second to first); Harper walked; Harper was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Wood lined to second; On a bunt Kelly singled; Andrews singled to right [Kelly to third]; D. Allen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 5TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski singled to left; Smith doubled to left [Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli was walked intentionally; Cater hit a sacrifice fly to right [Yastrzemski scored, Smith to third]; Griffin forced Petrocelli (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 3, Red Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: May walked; Melton walked [May to second]; Reichardt singled to left [May to third, Melton to second]; PETERS REPLACED CULP (PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Williams walked [May scored, Melton to third, Reichardt to second]; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Melton scored (no RBI), Reichardt to third, Williams out at second]; Wood was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 6TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Fisk lined to center; Peters singled to left; Harper forced Peters (third to second); Aparicio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); D. Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 7TH: Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Smith walked; Petrocelli flied out to center; Cater made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: May flied out to right; Melton made an out to second; Reichardt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 8TH: ALVARADO REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING SS); MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Griffin was called out on strikes; Fisk struck out; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR PETERS; Gagliano doubled to left; MILLER RAN FOR GAGLIANO; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: TIANT REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Brinkman flied out to center; Morales made an out to shortstop; Wood grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 9TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING CF); Aparicio walked; KENNEDY RAN FOR APARICIO; FORSTER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); On a bunt Yastrzemski made an out to third; Smith was called out on strikes; Petrocelli forced Kennedy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Red Sox 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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