The Red Sox pitching staff boasted a string of five straight complete games and two successive shutouts when Marty Pattin scattered five hits and beat the Twins, 2-0. Lynn McGlothen also had blanked the Twins, 2-0, in the previous day's game.

Jim Perry, who opposed Pattin, helped beat himself with a wild pitch after a double by Carlton Fisk in the second inning. Bob Burda scored Fisk with a sacrifice fly. The other runs counted off Dave LaRoche in the eighth when Tommy Harper was hit by a pitch, stole second and came home on a double by Carl Yastrzemski. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Wednesday, July 5, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Harper cf             2   1   1   0     1   0   .281
Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Miller cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .285      Oglivie rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .240      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   3   1     0   0   .302
Manuel lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .256
  Brye pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Fisk c                3   1   2   0     1   0   .309
Darwin cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Burda 1b              2   0   0   1     0   0   .214
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .206        Cater ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .204
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .141      Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Perry p               3   0   2   0     0   0   .243      Beniquez ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .275
  Monzon pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Pattin p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .147
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   5   0     2   3             Totals               29   2   8   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 12,641
Left on Base: Twins 4, Red Sox 7
DP: Twins 2, Red Sox 3
Errors: Tovar
Doubles: Fisk (17), Beniquez (2), Yastrzemski (10)
Stolen Bases: Harper (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Burda (2)
GIDP: Thompson (5), Killebrew (6), Petrocelli (3)
Hit by Pitch: Harper (6,by LaRoche)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(6-8)            7     7   1   1   1   2   0  27   3.22
LaRoche                 1     1   1   1   1   3   0   6   3.28
Totals                  8     8   2   2   2   5   0  33

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(5-8)           9     5   0   0   2   3   0  31   4.57
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   3   0  31

Hit by Pitch: LaRoche (3)
Wild Pitches: Perry (3)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to first; Thompson lined to third;
Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to shortstop; Oglivie flied out to
right; Yastrzemski singled to left [Harper to third]; Petrocelli
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red
Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew flied out to center; Manuel flied to right
in foul territory; Darwin singled to center; Soderholm popped to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk doubled to right; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Fisk to third]; Burda hit a sacrifice fly to right [Fisk
scored]; Griffin grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry
flied out to center; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Pattin grounded out (second to first); Harper
grounded out (second to first); Oglivie singled to right
[Oglivie to second (error by Tovar)]; Yastrzemski flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Carew
grounded out (first unassisted); Killebrew walked; Manuel flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (second to first); Fisk
flied out to right; Burda popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 5TH: Darwin flied out to center; Soderholm grounded out
(third to first); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
doubled to center; Pattin reached on a fielder's choice
[Beniquez out at third (shortstop to third to shortstop)];
Harper walked [Pattin to second]; Oglivie grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 6TH: Perry singled to center; On a bunt Tovar made an out
to catcher; Thompson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Perry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled to right; Petrocelli struck
out; Fisk singled to left [Yastrzemski to second]; Burda lined
into a double play (second to first) [Fisk out at first]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 7TH: Carew flied out to center; Killebrew singled to left;
Manuel singled to right [Killebrew to second]; BRYE RAN FOR
MANUEL; Darwin lined into a double play (pitcher to shortstop)
[Killebrew out at second]; Twins Manager Bill Rigney ejected
by 2B umpire George Maloney; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: BRYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Griffin flied out
to center; Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); Pattin
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 8TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Mitterwald flied
out to left; Perry singled to second; MONZON RAN FOR PERRY;
Tovar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED MONZON (PITCHING); Harper was hit
by a pitch; Harper stole second; Oglivie struck out; Yastrzemski
doubled to center [Harper scored]; Petrocelli was called out on
strikes; Fisk was walked intentionally; CATER BATTED FOR BURDA;
Cater struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 9TH: CATER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MILLER REPLACED
HARPER (PLAYING CF); Thompson grounded out (first unassisted);
Carew walked; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

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