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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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