Danny Cater, who booted a ground ball to allow the Angels to score an unearned run, made up for his error with a pair of doubles to lead the Red Sox to a 4-1 victory. After the Angels got their run in the sixth inning to tie the score at 1-1, Cater came up with the bases loaded in the Red Sox half and doubled to drive in two runs. Cater doubled again in the eighth and scored on a single by John Kennedy. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, California Angels 1
Game Played on Monday, July      17, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   4 11  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .269      Harper cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Cardenas ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .215        Miller cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Berry cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .299      Griffin 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
Oliver 1b             4   0   2   0     0   2   .289      Yastrzemski lf        4   1   3   0     0   0   .314
McMullen 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Smith rf              3   1   2   0     1   1   .268
Kosco lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Fisk c                3   1   1   1     1   0   .309
Kusnyer c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Cater 1b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .212
Barber p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Kennedy ss            3   0   2   1     1   1   .301
  Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Curtis p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .138
  Rose p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  O'Brien ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .189
  Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   8   0     0   6             Totals               33   4  11   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 13,793
Left on Base: Angels 6, Red Sox 9
DP: Angels 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Cater
Doubles: Cardenas (7), Kennedy (4), Yastrzemski (11), Cater 2 (11)
Home Runs: Fisk (14)
GIDP: Kosco (3), Motton (1), Petrocelli (5)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barber                  4     5   1   1   0   1   1  16   3.32
Rose L(1-4)             2     2   2   2   4   1   0  11   4.29
Dukes                   2     4   1   1   0   1   0  10   1.17
Totals                  8    11   4   4   4   3   1  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(6-3)           9     8   1   0   0   6   0  34   3.51
Totals                  9     8   1   0   0   6   0  34

Wild Pitches: Dukes (1)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to center; Cardenas singled to center
[Alomar to third]; Berry struck out; Oliver struck out; McMullen
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper popped to first in foul territory; Griffin
grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski singled to center;
Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Kosco flied out to left; Stanton lined to right;
Kusnyer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli made an out to first; Fisk homered;
Cater grounded out (third to first); Kennedy doubled to right
[Kennedy out at third (right to second to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Barber struck out; Alomar struck out; Cardenas made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Curtis popped to third in foul territory; Harper
made an out to second; Griffin singled; Yastrzemski flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Berry lined to center; Oliver singled to left;
McMullen singled to right [Oliver to second]; Kosco grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McMullen out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith singled to left; Petrocelli flied out to
left; Fisk flied out to center; Cater lined to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Stanton singled; Kusnyer made an out to second;
MOTTON BATTED FOR BARBER; Motton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Stanton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: ROSE REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Kennedy struck
out; Curtis grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar singled to left; Cardenas doubled to center
[Alomar to third]; Berry reached on an error by Cater [Alomar
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cardenas to third, Berry to second];
Oliver struck out; McMullen was called out on strikes; Kosco
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin walked; Yastrzemski doubled to left
[Griffin to third]; Smith was walked intentionally; Petrocelli
grounded into a double play (shortstop to catcher to first)
[Yastrzemski to third, Smith to second, Griffin out at home];
Fisk was walked intentionally; Cater doubled to right
[Yastrzemski scored, Smith scored, Fisk to third]; Kennedy was
walked intentionally; Curtis grounded out (pitcher to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Stanton flied out to center; Kusnyer grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); O'BRIEN BATTED FOR ROSE;
O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: DUKES REPLACED O'BRIEN (PITCHING); Harper struck
out; Griffin grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski singled
to right; Smith singled to right [Yastrzemski to second];
Petrocelli forced Yastrzemski (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 3.

ANGELS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Alomar flied
out to right; Cardenas flied out to right; Berry grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Cater doubled
to left; Dukes threw a wild pitch [Cater to third]; Kennedy
singled to left [Cater scored]; On a bunt Curtis forced Kennedy
(catcher to shortstop); Miller flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Oliver singled to left; McMullen made an out to
second; Kosco popped to right; Stanton forced Oliver (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 4.