Ben Oglivie, who was a last-minute replacement in the Red Sox outfield for an injured Reggie Smith, smashed a two-run homer in the 10th inning to defeat the Angels, 5-3. The Red Sox also had a homer by Carlton Fisk in the second inning. Ken Berry drove in all of the Angels' runs with a single in third, homer in the eighth and single in the ninth to tie the score after Jim Spencer had rapped a pinch-double. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, California Angels 3
Game Played on Friday, July      7, 1972 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    2  -   5  8  2
Angels       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  -   3 12  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             2   1   0   0     2   2   .279      Alomar 2b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .278
  Miller cf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .208      Berry cf              5   1   3   3     0   0   .298
Griffin 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Kosco lf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .258
Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   1     1   1   .301      Oliver 1b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .284
Petrocelli 3b         5   1   1   0     0   1   .254      McMullen 3b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Fisk c                4   2   1   1     1   0   .308      Cardenas ss           5   0   0   0     0   2   .185
Oglivie rf            5   1   3   2     0   0   .277      Stanton rf            3   0   1   0     0   2   .242
xCater 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .000        Pinson ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Beniquez ss           4   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Torborg c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .221
Curtis p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .167        Spencer ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .248
  Tiant p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .100        O'Brien pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .171
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                          May p                 2   0   0   0     0   2   .050
                                                            Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Stephenson ph,c     1   0   0   0     0   0   .365

Totals               36   5   8   5     7   9             Totals               41   3  12   3     1  11

Time of Game: 3:13   Attendance:  7,555
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Angels 9
DP: Red Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Fisk, Tiant, Fisher, Stephenson
Doubles: Kosco (3), Spencer (4)
Home Runs: Fisk (10), Oglivie (5), Berry (4)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (13), Oliver (3)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski 2 (3)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis                  7.1   9   2   2   1   8   1  31   3.77
Tiant W(4-2)            2.2   3   1   1   0   3   0  11   2.82
Totals                 10    12   3   3   1  11   1  42

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May                     5.2   5   3   3   4   5   1  25   3.76
Dukes                   1.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   4   0.00
Fisher                  2     1   0   0   3   1   0   9   4.60
Barber L(1-1)           1     2   2   2   0   0   1   6   4.13
Totals                 10     8   5   5   7   9   2  44

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Griffin flied out to left;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to center; Berry grounded out
(second to first); Kosco doubled to center; Oliver was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Angels 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Fisk homered;
Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Cater grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas
struck out; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Angels 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Beniquez made an out to second; Curtis singled to
left; Harper walked [Curtis to second]; Griffin was called out
on strikes; Yastrzemski lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Torborg grounded out (shortstop to first); May was
called out on strikes; Alomar singled; Alomar stole second;
Berry singled to center [Alomar scored]; Kosco was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli flied out to right; Fisk flied out to
center; Oglivie singled to second; Cater walked [Oglivie to
second]; Beniquez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Oliver singled to center; McMullen flied to right in
foul territory; Oliver stole second; Cardenas made an out to
catcher; Stanton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Angels 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Curtis struck out; Harper walked; Griffin grounded
out (third to first) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski singled to
left [Harper scored]; Yastrzemski was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Torborg walked; May struck out; Alomar lined to
second; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli lined to left; Fisk walked; Oglivie
grounded out (second to first) [Fisk to second]; Cater singled
to left [Fisk scored, Cater to second (on throw)]; DUKES
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Beniquez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Kosco struck out; Oliver grounded out (third to
first); McMullen singled to center; McMullen was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Fisk [McMullen to second];
Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Curtis struck out; Harper struck out; Griffin
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Stanton singled
to right; Torborg singled to left [Stanton to second]; MOTTON
BATTED FOR DUKES; On a bunt Motton hit into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop) [Stanton out at third]; Alomar forced
Torborg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Angels 1.

RED SOX 8TH: FISHER REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
walked; Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Petrocelli flied out to right; Fisk lined to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: Berry homered; Kosco made an out to second; Oliver
singled to left; TIANT REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); McMullen was
called out on strikes; Cardenas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Oglivie singled to center; Oglivie was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Fisher [Oglivie to third];
Cater struck out; Beniquez walked; Tiant reached on a fielder's
choice [Oglivie out at home (shortstop to catcher), Beniquez to
second]; Ben Oglivie was called safe at HP when he swerved to
the left and slid around Jeff Torborg; Angels manager Del Rice
argued with HP umpire Hank Morgenweck, who eventually asked 3B
umpire Marty Springstead for help; Springstead ruled that
Oglivie did run outside the baseline; the call was reversed and
Oglivie ruled out; Red Sox manager Eddie Kasko charged the plate
and Red Sox players threw towels out of the dugout; Kasko faked
fainting on the field and was ejected by 2B umpire John Rice;
Phil Gagliano ejected by Rice from the bench; the Red Sox
protested the game; Miller walked [Beniquez to third, Tiant
to second]; Griffin lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red
Sox 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: PINSON BATTED FOR STANTON; Pinson struck out;
SPENCER BATTED FOR TORBORG; Spencer doubled to right; O'BRIEN
RAN FOR SPENCER; STEPHENSON BATTED FOR FISHER; Stephenson made
an out to second; Alomar singled [O'Brien to third]; On a bunt
Berry singled to pitcher [O'Brien scored, Alomar to third (error
by Tiant), Berry to second]; Kosco made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 3.

RED SOX 10TH: PINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BARBER
REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); STEPHENSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
C ); Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Petrocelli
singled to left; Fisk made an out to shortstop; Oglivie homered
[Petrocelli scored]; Cater reached on catcher's interference by
Stephenson; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 10TH: Oliver made an out to second; McMullen flied out to
left; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Angels 3.