A single by John Kennedy, who had only one hit in 21 previous times at bat, drove in the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning to give the Red Sox a 4-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Tigers came back to win the second game, 7-2. In the opener, singles by Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli for the Red Sox in the sixth knocked out Chuck Seelbach and brought in Joe Coleman for his first relief appearance of the season. Coleman retired the next two batters, but Kennedy dropped a single down the right field line to drive in Smith with the winning run.

Gates Brown homered for the Tigers in the opener and then hit for the circuit again in the fifth inning of the nightcap to snap a 2-2 tie. The Tigers iced the verdict with four unearned runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      30, 1972 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox      0  1  1    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Tigers       1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .283      McAuliffe 2b          4   1   1   0     0   2   .231
  Miller cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .230
Griffin 2b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .263      G. Brown lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .226
Yastrzemski 1b        5   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Freehan c             3   0   1   1     1   0   .262
Smith rf              2   2   1   0     2   0   .263      Cash 1b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     1   0   .235      Northrup rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .266
Fisk c                4   1   2   1     0   0   .315      Stanley cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .215
Oglivie lf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .261      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   1     0   1   .199
Kennedy ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .256        I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .327
McGlothen p           3   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Seelbach p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .113
  Newhauser p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Haller ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .204
                                                            Comer pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .308

Totals               32   4   9   4     5   4             Totals               33   3   7   3     3   7

Time of Game: 2:40
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Tigers 6
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 1
Doubles: McGlothen (1), Griffin (10), Fisk (20), Oglivie (5), Brinkman (12), Stanley (5)
Triples: McAuliffe (1)
Home Runs: G. Brown (6)
Caught Stealing: Harper (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Harper (3), Griffin (11)
GIDP: Stanley (10)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(4-3)        7.2   6   3   3   3   7   1  31   2.76
Lee                     0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.59
Newhauser SV(3)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.41
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   7   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seelbach L(7-6)         5     7   4   4   2   1   0  23   3.22
Coleman                 2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.19
Zachary                 1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   6   1.31
Hiller                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.52
Totals                  9     9   4   4   5   4   0  39

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom


RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Rodriguez struck out; G. Brown
homered; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith walked; Petrocelli walked [Smith to second];
Fisk singled to left [Smith scored, Petrocelli to second];
Oglivie lined into a double play (left to second) [Petrocelli
out at second]; Kennedy flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash struck out; Northrup singled to left; Stanley
forced Northrup (pitcher to second); Brinkman doubled to left
[Stanley scored]; Seelbach struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: McGlothen doubled; Harper out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [McGlothen to third]; Griffin doubled to left
[McGlothen scored]; Yastrzemski made an out to second; Smith
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe tripled to center; Rodriguez struck out;
G. Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan singled to
left [McAuliffe scored]; Cash lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Fisk
doubled; Oglivie doubled to right [Fisk scored]; Kennedy
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oglivie to third]; McGlothen
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup walked; Stanley grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Northrup out at second];
Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski lined to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Seelbach grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe
was called out on strikes; Rodriguez made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith singled to right; Petrocelli singled to left
[Smith to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED SEELBACH (PITCHING); Fisk
popped to first in foul territory; Oglivie struck out; Kennedy
singled to right [Smith scored, Petrocelli to third]; McGlothen
flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: G. Brown made an out to third; Freehan flied out to
right; Cash singled; Northrup flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Harper to third]; Smith was walked
intentionally; Petrocelli lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley lined to third; Brinkman was called out on
strikes; HALLER BATTED FOR COLEMAN; Haller walked; COMER RAN FOR
HALLER; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: ZACHARY REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Fisk lined to
left; Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Kennedy struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); G. Brown
grounded out (first to pitcher); Freehan walked; LEE REPLACED
MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Lee struck out; Harper singled to left; Harper was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Griffin walked;
HILLER REPLACED ZACHARY (PITCHING); Yastrzemski flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Northrup
grounded out (second to first); Stanley doubled to left; I.
BROWN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; NEWHAUSER REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); I.
Brown grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stanley to third];
TAYLOR BATTED FOR HILLER; Taylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.