Marty Pattin pitched a four-hitter for the Red Sox and beat the Twins, 6-1, for his fifth straight victory. Reggie Smith and Danny Cater each homered with a man on base off Bert Blyleven. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      16, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  3    0  2  0  -   6 11  0
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .275      Tovar rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Griffin 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .246        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Yastrzemski lf        4   2   2   0     1   0   .304      Thompson ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .272
Smith rf              4   1   2   2     1   1   .263      Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Petrocelli 3b         2   2   0   0     2   1   .252      Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .243
Fisk c                5   0   2   1     0   1   .309      Manuel lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Cater 1b              3   1   1   3     0   0   .206      Darwin cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Kennedy ss            4   0   1   0     0   2   .286      Braun 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Pattin p              4   0   2   0     0   0   .167      Roof c                2   1   1   0     0   0   .179
                                                            Renick ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .140
                                                            Borgmann c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                          Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .204
                                                            Nettles ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .217

Totals               36   6  11   6     4   7             Totals               31   1   4   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 18,222
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Twins 4
DP: Red Sox 0, Twins 1
Errors: Blyleven
Doubles: Fisk (19), Pattin (2), Roof (8)
Triples: Thompson (3)
Home Runs: Smith (11), Cater (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Cater (6)
Hit by Pitch: Petrocelli (2,by Blyleven)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(7-8)           9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32   3.95
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1   5   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(9-11)        8    11   6   5   2   7   2  37   2.91
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   2   0   0   5   3.00
Totals                  9    11   6   5   4   7   2  42

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (6)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to left; Griffin forced Harper
(first to shortstop); Yastrzemski lined into a double play
(second to first) [Griffin out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Thompson flied out to
center; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith lined to right; Petrocelli lined to right;
Fisk doubled; Cater grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Manuel popped to right; Darwin
struck out; Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Twins 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Kennedy struck out; Pattin flied to right in foul
territory; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Roof doubled to left; On a bunt Blyleven grounded out
(pitcher to second); Tovar popped to right; Thompson tripled
[Roof scored]; Carew flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Twins 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Yastrzemski walked; Smith singled to right [Yastrzemski
to third]; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk singled to left
[Yastrzemski scored, Smith to second]; Cater forced Smith (third
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew singled to center; Manuel struck out;
Darwin made an out to second; Braun grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Twins 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); Pattin
doubled to left; Harper was called out on strikes; Griffin
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Roof popped to center; Blyleven struck out; Tovar
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Twins 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled; Smith homered [Yastrzemski
scored]; Petrocelli walked; Fisk flied out to center; Petrocelli
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Blyleven
[Petrocelli to third]; Cater lined out on a sacrifice fly to
center [Petrocelli scored (unearned)]; Kennedy singled to left;
Pattin made an out to shortstop; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
flied out to center; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Twins 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski singled; Smith struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Manuel flied out to left; Darwin flied out to center;
Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Twins 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli was hit by a pitch; Fisk struck out;
Cater homered [Petrocelli scored]; Kennedy struck out; Pattin
singled; Harper lined to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: RENICK BATTED FOR ROOF; Renick grounded out (third to
first); NETTLES BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Nettles flied out to left;
Tovar singled; Thompson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Twins 1.

RED SOX 9TH: BORGMANN REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING C ); NETTLES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LAROCHE REPLACED TOVAR (PITCHING);
Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski grounded
out (second to first); Smith walked; Petrocelli walked [Smith to
second]; Fisk forced Petrocelli (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Manuel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Twins 1.