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When Sonny Siebert reported ill, Luis Tiant took over the starting assignment and pitched the Red Sox to an 8-2 victory over the Twins. Tiant also drove in two runs with a single. Carlton Fisk accounted for two RBIs with a homer and double. Bobby Darwin hit a round-tripper for the Twins. [The Sporting News] Boston Red Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway ParkTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 8 1 Red Sox 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 x - 8 10 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .278 Harper cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Thompson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Miller cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Carew 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Beniquez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .244 Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Darwin cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .254 Smith rf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .269 Soderholm 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Petrocelli 3b 2 2 1 0 2 0 .260 Brye lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Burda 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .235 Borgmann c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Mitterwald c 2 1 1 0 0 0 .152 Fisk c 3 2 2 2 0 0 .297 Blyleven p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Tiant p 3 1 1 2 0 0 .111 Nettles ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 35 2 8 2 2 4 Totals 31 8 10 6 3 0 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 13,460 Left on Base: Twins 8, Red Sox 2 DP: Twins 2, Red Sox 0 Errors: Darwin Doubles: Tovar (9), Petrocelli (6), Smith (12), Fisk (16) Triples: Smith (3) Home Runs: Darwin (9), Fisk (9) GIDP: Beniquez (1), Burda (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(8-10) 6 5 3 3 1 0 1 22 3.10 Granger 0.1 3 4 4 1 0 0 5 2.06 Strickland 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 7 2.08 Totals 8 10 8 8 3 0 1 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant W(3-2) 9 8 2 2 2 4 1 37 2.79 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 4 1 37 Balks: Blyleven (1) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Merle Anthony TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson singled to center; Carew popped to left; Killebrew singled to left [Thompson to second]; Darwin forced Killebrew (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to center; Beniquez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Harper out at second]; Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye struck out; Borgmann walked; Blyleven forced Borgmann (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Smith walked; Petrocelli doubled [Smith to third]; Burda grounded out (shortstop to first) [Smith scored, Petrocelli to third]; Griffin lined to shortstop; Blyleven balked [Petrocelli scored]; Fisk made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. TWINS 3RD: Tovar struck out; Thompson made an out to second; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 3RD: Tiant grounded out (first to pitcher); Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. TWINS 4TH: Killebrew grounded out (pitcher to first); Darwin grounded out (pitcher to first); Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski lined to left; Smith doubled to right; Petrocelli flied out to left; Burda flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to center; Borgmann lined to center; Blyleven singled to right; Tovar singled to right [Blyleven to third]; Thompson forced Tovar (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 5TH: On a bunt Griffin made an out to first; Fisk homered; Tiant popped to right; MITTERWALD REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING C ); Harper lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 3. TWINS 6TH: Carew lined to right; Killebrew walked; Darwin singled to center [Killebrew to second]; Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory; Brye flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski singled to left [Yastrzemski out at second (left to second)]; Smith popped to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Red Sox 3. TWINS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Mitterwald singled to left; NETTLES BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Nettles struck out; Tovar doubled to center [Mitterwald scored]; Thompson popped to center; Carew grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: GRANGER REPLACED NETTLES (PITCHING); Petrocelli walked; Burda lined to right; Griffin singled to pitcher [Petrocelli to second]; Fisk doubled to left [Petrocelli scored, Griffin to third]; Tiant singled [Griffin scored, Fisk scored, Tiant to second (on throw)]; STRICKLAND REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); Miller singled to center [Tiant scored, Miller to second (error by Darwin)]; Beniquez flied out to right; Yastrzemski popped to third in foul territory; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Red Sox 7. TWINS 8TH: Killebrew struck out; Darwin homered; Soderholm flied out to left; Brye popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 8TH: Smith tripled to center; Petrocelli walked; Burda grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Smith scored (no RBI), Petrocelli out at second]; Griffin flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 8. TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); REESE BATTED FOR STRICKLAND; Reese made an out to first; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Red Sox 8. |
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