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Wednesday August 2, 1972
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Boston Red Sox 7, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Yankees      0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 13  1
Red Sox      2  0  4    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   7 11  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Harper cf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .281
Swoboda rf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .214      Griffin 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .263
  Blomberg ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Cater 1b              4   2   3   2     0   0   .250
White lf              5   1   3   0     0   1   .282      Smith rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
Alou 1b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .263      Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   1     1   0   .238
Murcer cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .285      Kennedy ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Ellis c               4   1   1   3     0   1   .298      Oglivie lf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .260
Sanchez 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .270      Montgomery c          4   1   2   0     0   0   .298
  Kenney ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .181      Peters p              2   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Lanier ss,3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .192        Tiant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Kekich p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .160
  Beene p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Munson ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   4  13   4     2   4             Totals               33   7  11   6     3   1

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 21,917
Left on Base: Yankees 10, Red Sox 7
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Sanchez
Doubles: White (15), Lanier (2), Cater (14), Petrocelli (8), Oglivie (7), Montgomery (1)
Home Runs: Ellis (4)
Stolen Bases: Harper (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (12), Tiant (1)
GIDP: Lanier (3), Oglivie (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich L(10-10)         2.1   5   5   5   1   0   0  13   3.11
Beene                   4.2   5   2   1   2   1   0  21   3.03
McDaniel                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.45
Totals                  8    11   7   6   3   1   0  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters W(2-2)           7.2  11   4   4   2   3   1  35   4.04
Tiant SV(3)             1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.12
Totals                  9    13   4   4   2   4   1  41

Wild Pitches: Beene (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to right; Swoboda walked; White
singled to center [Swoboda to second]; Alou lined to left;
Murcer singled to second [Swoboda to third, White to second];
Ellis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to center; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to second]; Cater
doubled to left [Harper scored]; Smith grounded out (second to
first); Petrocelli doubled to center [Cater scored]; Kennedy
popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Sanchez singled to left; Lanier flied to center;
Kekich singled to center [Sanchez to second]; Clarke flied out
to right; Swoboda lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); Montgomery
popped to second; Peters grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White doubled to left; Alou singled to right [White
to third]; Murcer popped to second; Ellis homered [White scored,
Alou scored]; Sanchez popped to first; Lanier flied out to
right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper walked; Harper stole second; Griffin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cater singled to center
[Harper scored]; Smith singled to left [Cater to second]; BEENE
REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Beene threw a wild pitch [Cater to
third, Smith to second]; Petrocelli walked; Kennedy was called
out on strikes; Oglivie doubled to left [Cater scored, Smith
scored, Petrocelli to third]; Montgomery reached on an error by
Sanchez [Petrocelli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oglivie to
third]; Peters walked [Montgomery to second]; Harper flied to
left; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 4TH: Beene flied to center; Clarke grounded out (third
to first); Swoboda singled to center; White flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin flied out to center; Cater flied out to
center; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 5TH: Alou flied out to right; Murcer flied to right;
Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red
Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kennedy grounded out (third to first); Oglivie grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 6TH: Sanchez singled to left; Lanier grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sanchez out at
second]; Beene flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: Montgomery doubled to left; Peters grounded out
(second to first) [Montgomery to third]; Harper grounded out
(third to first); Griffin singled to left [Montgomery scored];
Cater singled to left [Griffin to second]; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox
7.

YANKEES 7TH: Clarke singled to center; Swoboda struck out; White
struck out; Alou forced Clarke (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Petrocelli flied out to right; Kennedy singled to
second; Oglivie grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Kennedy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red
Sox 7.

YANKEES 8TH: Murcer walked; Ellis lined to right; Sanchez flied
to center [Murcer to second]; Lanier doubled to left [Murcer
scored]; MUNSON BATTED FOR BEENE; TIANT REPLACED PETERS
(PITCHING); Munson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: KENNEY REPLACED SANCHEZ (PLAYING SS); LANIER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MCDANIEL REPLACED MUNSON
(PITCHING); Montgomery singled to right; Tiant out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Montgomery to second];
Harper popped to first; Griffin reached on a fielder's choice
[Montgomery out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.

YANKEES 9TH: Clarke popped to third in foul territory; BLOMBERG
BATTED FOR SWOBODA; Blomberg singled; White singled to right
[Blomberg to second]; Alou struck out; Murcer flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Red Sox 7.



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