The Athletics benefitted from two walks, a wild pitch and passed ball while scoring three runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox, 6-3. With the score tied, 2-2, Sal Bando walked and took second on a wild pitch by Lynn McGlothen.

Ted Kubiak also walked and both runners then advanced on a passed ball by Carlton Fisk. Mike Hegan hit a sacrifice fly and the next three batters, Bert Campaneris, Joe Rudi and Reggie Jackson, followed with singles to produce two more runs. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      23, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   6 11  2
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   3  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   1     0   0   .251      Harper cf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .289
Rudi lf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .305      Griffin 2b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .266
Jackson cf            5   1   3   2     0   0   .252        Beniquez pr,ss      1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Mincher 1b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .227      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .281
  Tenace ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   0   0     0   0   .239
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Fisk c                4   0   3   1     0   1   .310
Mangual rf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .296      Cater 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Bando 3b              3   1   2   1     1   1   .248      Kennedy ss,2b         3   0   0   0     0   2   .280
Duncan c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .236      McGlothen p           2   1   1   0     0   0   .211
Kubiak 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .216        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .156
Odom p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .056        Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holtzman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .241        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hegan ph,1b         1   0   0   1     0   1   .235        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Krausse p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               35   6  11   6     3   5             Totals               32   3   7   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 28,481
Left on Base: A's 6, Red Sox 4
DP: A's 3, Red Sox 2
Errors: Jackson, Odom
Doubles: Rudi (22), Jackson (16), Mangual (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Hegan (1)
GIDP: Duncan 2 (10), McGlothen (1), Cater (14), Yastrzemski (7)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom                    5     5   2   1   2   2   0  20   2.40
Holtzman W(13-8)        1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.58
Fingers SV(13)          3     2   1   0   0   3   0  12   2.35
Totals                  9     7   3   1   2   5   0  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen L(3-3)        6.2   6   5   5   3   4   0  28   2.65
Pattin                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.75
Lee                     0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.51
Williams                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Krausse                 2     3   1   1   0   1   0   8   5.07
Totals                  9    11   6   6   3   5   0  39

Passed Balls: Fisk (7)
Wild Pitches: McGlothen (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to center; Rudi doubled;
Jackson doubled [Rudi scored]; Mincher made an out to shortstop;
Mangual singled [Jackson scored]; Bando was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
lined to center; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Duncan struck out; Kubiak grounded out (second to
first); Odom grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Petrocelli
grounded out (third to first); Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: On a bunt Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to
first); Rudi lined to second; On a bunt Jackson singled; Mincher
walked [Jackson to second]; Mangual was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Cater singled; Kennedy popped to first in foul
territory; McGlothen grounded into a double play (third to
shortstop to first) [Cater out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando singled to shortstop; Duncan grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Bando out at second];
Kubiak was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
walked; Yastrzemski singled [Griffin to second]; Smith flied out
to right [Griffin to third]; Petrocelli grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Odom grounded out (second to first); Campaneris
lined to right; Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk singled to third; Cater grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Fisk out at second];
Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Jackson flied out to left; Mincher grounded out
(first to pitcher); Mangual lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: McGlothen singled; Harper walked [McGlothen to
second]; Harper was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Odom [McGlothen to third, Harper to second]; Griffin singled
[McGlothen scored, Harper to third]; BENIQUEZ RAN FOR GRIFFIN;
HOLTZMAN REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING); Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Harper scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Beniquez out at second]; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Red Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KENNEDY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Bando walked; Duncan popped to
first in foul territory; McGlothen threw a wild pitch [Bando to
second]; Kubiak walked; HEGAN BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Fisk allowed
a passed ball [Bando to third, Kubiak to second]; Hegan hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Bando scored, Kubiak to third];
Campaneris singled [Kubiak scored]; PATTIN REPLACED MCGLOTHEN
(PITCHING); Rudi singled [Campaneris to second]; LEE REPLACED
PATTIN (PITCHING); Jackson singled [Campaneris scored, Rudi to
third]; TENACE BATTED FOR MINCHER; WILLIAMS REPLACED LEE
(PITCHING); VOSS BATTED FOR TENACE; Voss popped to center; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); HEGAN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Petrocelli reached on an error by Jackson
[Petrocelli to second]; Fisk singled [Petrocelli scored
(unearned)]; Cater popped to first in foul territory; Kennedy
struck out; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Oglivie lined to left;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KRAUSSE REPLACED OGLIVIE (PITCHING); Mangual
doubled; Bando singled [Mangual scored]; Duncan grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bando out at second];
Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
struck out; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Red Sox 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Hegan struck out; Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rudi singled; Jackson forced Rudi
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Smith popped to left; Petrocelli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk singled; Cater grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Red Sox 3.