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Monday July 10, 1972
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Rico Petrocelli, who struck out twice and hit into a double play in previous trips to the plate, smashed a two-run homer in the eighth inning to carry the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics. Petrocelli's poke followed a single by Carl Yastrzemski.

The Red Sox set an A. L. record and tied the major league mark for going down most often on strikes in two consecutive games, 29. Nolan Ryan of the Angels fanned 16 Red Sox batters in the previous night's game and Ken Holtzman and Bob Locker of the A's whiffed 13 more. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Monday, July 10, 1972 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Red Sox      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   4  9  0
A's          1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
  Miller cf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .224      Rudi lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .314
Griffin 2b            5   1   1   0     0   2   .248      Jackson cf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .241
Yastrzemski lf        2   1   1   0     2   0   .302      Epstein 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .295
Petrocelli 3b         4   1   1   2     0   2   .249      Voss rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .194
Fisk c                3   0   1   1     1   1   .297        Hendrick pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .173
Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .200      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Oglivie rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .268      Duncan c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .241
Beniquez ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .246      Cullen 2b             1   0   0   0     0   1   .175
McGlothen p           3   0   0   0     0   3   .182        Hegan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Martinez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
                                                          Holtzman p            2   0   1   1     0   0   .269
                                                            Shamsky ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .095
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     3  13             Totals               33   2   8   2     0   8

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 29,943
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, A's 5
DP: Red Sox 0, A's 1
Doubles: Fisk (18), Epstein (10)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (8)
Sacrifice Hits: McGlothen (2), Cullen (1)
GIDP: Petrocelli (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(2-1)        8.1   8   2   2   0   8   0  32   1.91
Tiant SV(2)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.79
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   8   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(11-7)        8     6   3   3   3  11   1  32   2.62
Locker                  1     3   1   1   0   2   0   6   2.16
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3  13   1  38

Passed Balls: Duncan (7)
Wild Pitches: Holtzman 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger


RED SOX 1ST: Harper was called out on strikes; Griffin singled;
Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Griffin to second]; Yastrzemski
walked; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk doubled [Griffin scored,
Yastrzemski to third]; Cater struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris lined to right; Rudi singled; Jackson
singled [Rudi to third]; Epstein forced Jackson (first to
shortstop) [Rudi scored]; Voss grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Oglivie made an out to second; Beniquez grounded
out (second to first); McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando flied out to left; Duncan lined to second;
Cullen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper singled; Griffin flied out to right;
Holtzman threw a wild pitch [Harper to second]; Duncan allowed a
passed ball [Harper to third]; Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Yastrzemski out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Holtzman flied out to right; Campaneris flied out
to right; Rudi singled to center [Rudi out at second (center to
second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk was called out on strikes; Cater struck out
(catcher to first); Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson was called out on strikes; Epstein
grounded out (first unassisted); Voss grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Beniquez singled; McGlothen out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Beniquez to second]; Harper grounded out
(third to first); Griffin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan
singled; Cullen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Duncan to second]; Holtzman singled [Duncan scored]; Campaneris
made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first);
Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Fisk walked; Cater
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
struck out; Epstein popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Oglivie struck out; Beniquez lined to second;
McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Voss struck out; Bando flied out to right; Duncan
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Athletics 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
flied out to right; Yastrzemski singled; Petrocelli homered
[Yastrzemski scored]; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); HEGAN BATTED
FOR CULLEN; Hegan struck out; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN;
Shamsky struck out; Campaneris singled to shortstop; Rudi was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Athletics 2.

RED SOX 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING 2B); LOCKER
REPLACED SHAMSKY (PITCHING); Cater grounded out (third to
first); Oglivie singled to first; Beniquez singled [Oglivie to
second]; McGlothen struck out; Miller singled [Oglivie scored,
Beniquez to third]; Griffin struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Jackson struck out; Epstein doubled; Voss singled
[Epstein to third]; HENDRICK RAN FOR VOSS; TIANT REPLACED
MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Bando made an out to third; Duncan lined
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Athletics 2.



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