Ken Brett held his former teammates to three hits in eight innings and was an easy winner when the Brewers defeated the Red Sox, 8-1. Ken Sanders pitched the final frame. Rick Auerbach drove in the Brewers' first two runs with a double and single and then accounted for another RBI with a single when the Brewers erupted for six runs in the fifth inning. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 8, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, June      23, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  2
Brewers      0  1  0    1  6  0    0  0  x  -   8 13  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .302      Theobald 2b           5   1   3   0     0   0   .225
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .277      May cf                5   1   3   0     0   0   .229
Yastrzemski lf        2   0   0   0     1   1   .283      Scott 1b              4   1   1   1     1   2   .245
  Oglivie lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Conigliaro rf         4   1   0   0     0   2   .230
Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Rodriguez c           2   2   1   2     2   1   .347
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Briggs lf             4   1   1   1     1   2   .244
Cater 1b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Heise 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
  Josephson 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Auerbach ss           4   0   3   3     0   0   .201
Griffin 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Brett p               4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Kennedy ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .292        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fisk c                2   0   0   0     1   1   .270
Curtis p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .143
  Krausse p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gagliano ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .271
  Newhauser p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   3   1     5   7             Totals               36   8  13   7     4   9

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 20,865
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Brewers 10
DP: Red Sox 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Aparicio, Josephson
Doubles: Auerbach (6)
Stolen Bases: Gagliano (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Conigliaro (2)
GIDP: Griffin (4), Smith (3), Scott (10)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (3,by Newhauser)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(3-3)           4     8   5   5   2   5   0  21   5.19
Krausse                 0.1   3   3   1   0   0   0   5   5.44
Tiant                   2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.51
Newhauser               1     1   0   0   1   2   0   6   5.79
Totals                  8    13   8   6   4   9   0  42

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett W(3-8)            8     3   1   1   5   7   0  30   4.10
Sanders SV(8)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.54
Totals                  9     3   1   1   5   7   0  33

Passed Balls: Fisk (5)
Hit by Pitch: Newhauser (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Aparicio
struck out; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald singled to left; On a bunt May singled to
third [Theobald to second]; Scott grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Theobald to third, May out at
second]; JOSEPHSON REPLACED CATER (PLAYING 1B); Conigliaro
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Brewers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith struck out; Petrocelli grounded out (second
to first); Josephson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; Briggs struck
out; Heise singled to left; Auerbach doubled [Heise scored];
Brett struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Fisk
grounded out (second to first); Curtis was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald lined to shortstop; May grounded out
(second to first); Scott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Harper singled to left; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski grounded
out (first to pitcher) [Harper to third]; Smith lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Conigliaro struck out; Rodriguez walked; Briggs
walked [Rodriguez to second]; Heise forced Briggs (shortstop to
second) [Rodriguez to third]; Auerbach singled to center
[Rodriguez scored, Heise to third]; Brett grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli walked; Josephson walked [Petrocelli to
second]; Griffin grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Petrocelli to third, Josephson out at second];
Fisk walked; Curtis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Theobald singled to left; On a bunt May singled to
third [Theobald to second]; Scott singled to center [Theobald
scored, May to second]; KRAUSSE REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING);
Conigliaro reached on an error by Josephson on a sacrifice bunt
[May to third, Scott to second]; Rodriguez singled to left [May
scored, Scott scored, Conigliaro to second]; Briggs singled to
left [Conigliaro scored (unearned), Rodriguez to second]; On a
bunt Heise made an out to pitcher; Auerbach singled to left
[Rodriguez scored, Briggs to second]; TIANT REPLACED KRAUSSE
(PITCHING); Brett forced Auerbach (pitcher to shortstop) [Briggs
scored (error by Aparicio) (unearned) (no RBI), Brett to
second]; Theobald grounded out (third to first); 6 R (4 ER), 6
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 8.

RED SOX 6TH: Harper singled to left; Aparicio forced Harper
(third to second); Yastrzemski walked [Aparicio to second];
Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Brewers 8.

BREWERS 6TH: May singled to center; Scott struck out; Conigliaro
made an out to shortstop; Fisk allowed a passed ball [May to
second]; Rodriguez walked; Briggs grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli popped to left; Josephson grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); KENNEDY BATTED FOR GRIFFIN;
Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 7TH: KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); OGLIVIE
REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING LF); Heise struck out; Auerbach
made an out to third; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Brewers 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Fisk struck out; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR TIANT;
Gagliano walked; Harper popped to right; Gagliano stole second;
Aparicio singled to left [Gagliano scored]; Oglivie made an out
to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 8TH: NEWHAUSER REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Theobald
singled to center; May forced Theobald (first to shortstop);
Scott walked [May to second]; Conigliaro struck out; Rodriguez
was hit by a pitch [May to third, Scott to second]; Briggs
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Brewers 8.

RED SOX 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Smith made an
out to shortstop; Petrocelli flied out to right; Josephson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Brewers 8.