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 2
Game Played on Monday, July      3, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Twins        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.