After being held hitless for the first five innings, the Indians jumped on Ray Culp for six runs on three walks, two doubles and one single to defeat the Red Sox, 7-3. Ray Lamb walked to lead off and, with one out, Jack Brohamer doubled.

Vince Colbert, running for Lamb, was out at the plate on a grounder by Alex Johnson, but Graig Nettles doubled to drive in two runs. After passes to Tommy McCraw and Ray Fosse, Ron Lolich knocked in two runs with a single and Frank Duffy followed with a single to drive in two more tallies. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  1  -   3  9  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  6    1  0  x  -   7  5  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             5   0   2   0     0   2   .289      Unser cf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .209
Griffin 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .249
Yastrzemski lf        3   1   2   1     1   0   .283      A. Johnson lf         3   1   0   0     0   0   .219
Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Bell rf             1   0   1   1     0   0   .225
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   1     0   1   .232      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   2     1   0   .236
Burda 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .179      McCraw 1b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .275
Beniquez ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fosse c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .251
Fisk c                4   1   2   0     0   0   .270      Lolich rf,lf          4   1   1   2     0   0   .300
Culp p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Duffy ss              3   0   1   2     0   0   .218
  Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lamb p                1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Oglivie ph          0   1   0   0     0   0   .221        Colbert pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Peters p            0   0   0   1     0   0   .286        Hennigan p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     1   7             Totals               28   7   5   7     6   1

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 34,370
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Indians 3
DP: Red Sox 0, Indians 0
Errors: Petrocelli
Doubles: Harper (13), Brohamer (5), Nettles (10), Bell (8)
Triples: Fisk (5)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (1)
Caught Stealing: McCraw (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Peters (1)
Hit by Pitch: Oglivie (1,by Hennigan)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp L(4-7)             5.2   3   6   6   6   1   0  25   4.16
Tiant                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.48
Peters                  2     1   1   0   0   0   0   8   3.68
Totals                  8     5   7   6   6   1   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamb W(2-1)             6     6   1   1   1   6   0  25   3.86
Hennigan SV(1)          3     3   2   2   0   1   0  13   3.00
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   7   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Hennigan (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Merle Anthony


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Griffin was called out on
strikes; Yastrzemski walked; Smith grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Unser walked; Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Unser to second]; A. Johnson popped to center; Nettles
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli grounded out (catcher to first); Burda
singled to right; Beniquez grounded out (catcher to first)
[Burda to second]; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: McCraw walked; McCraw was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Fosse popped to right; Lolich grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Culp was called out on strikes; Harper doubled;
Griffin grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Lamb
made an out to pitcher; Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith lined to right; Petrocelli struck out; Burda
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); A.
Johnson flied out to center; Nettles walked; McCraw grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
singled to center; Culp forced Fisk (second to shortstop); On a
bunt Harper singled [Culp to second]; Griffin flied out to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Lolich
grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled to center; Smith made an out to
third; Yastrzemski stole second; Petrocelli singled to center
[Yastrzemski scored]; Burda struck out; Beniquez forced
Petrocelli (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Lamb walked; COLBERT RAN FOR LAMB; On a bunt Unser
struck out; Brohamer doubled [Colbert to third]; A. Johnson
reached on a fielder's choice [Colbert out at home (shortstop to
catcher), Brohamer to third]; Nettles doubled [Brohamer scored,
A. Johnson scored]; McCraw was walked intentionally; Fosse
walked [Nettles to third, McCraw to second]; Lolich singled
[Nettles scored, McCraw scored, Fosse to third, Lolich to second
(on throw)]; TIANT REPLACED CULP (PITCHING); Duffy singled to
left [Fosse scored, Lolich scored, Duffy out at second (left to
third to second)]; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Indians 6.

RED SOX 7TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); BELL REPLACED
A. JOHNSON (PLAYING RF); LOLICH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Fisk flied out to left; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR TIANT; Oglivie was
hit by a pitch; Harper struck out; Griffin singled to right
[Oglivie to third]; Yastrzemski singled to left [Oglivie scored,
Griffin to second]; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: PETERS REPLACED OGLIVIE (PITCHING); Hennigan
reached on an error by Petrocelli; On a bunt Unser forced
Hennigan (catcher to shortstop); Brohamer flied out to right;
Bell doubled [Unser scored (unearned)]; Nettles grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Indians 7.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli lined to center; Burda grounded out
(pitcher to first); Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: McCraw grounded out (third to first); Fosse
grounded out (second to first); Lolich flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 7.

RED SOX 9TH: Fisk tripled; Peters lined out on a sacrifice fly
to center [Fisk scored]; Harper popped to center; Griffin
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Indians 7.