A spell of wildness by Gaylord Perry enabled the Red Sox to break a tie with two runs in the fifth inning en route to a 5-2 victory over the Indians. Perry walked Sonny Siebert, hit Doug Griffin on the hand with a pitch and uncorked a wild pitch to enable the runners to advance. Luis Aparicio then singled to drive in Siebert and pinch-runner John Kennedy. Rico Petrocelli iced the verdict with a homer off Ed Farmer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    9, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   5  9  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Griffin 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Bell ph,cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Kennedy pr,2b       1   1   0   0     0   1   .262
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Aparicio ss           4   0   2   2     0   0   .271
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Yastrzemski lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .253        Burda lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .169
McCraw lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Petrocelli 3b         3   2   2   1     1   0   .255
Lowenstein rf         2   1   1   0     1   0   .260      Oglivie rf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .263
  A. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Cater 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .245
Fosse c               3   1   2   0     1   0   .244      Miller cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .208
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Montgomery c          4   0   1   1     0   2   .295
  Leon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Siebert p             2   1   0   0     1   2   .217
Perry p               2   0   1   1     0   0   .165        Peters p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foster ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .224
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   1     3   0             Totals               29   5   9   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 23,511
Left on Base: Indians 6, Red Sox 7
DP: Indians 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Aparicio, Cater
Doubles: Lowenstein (4), Miller (3)
Triples: Petrocelli (2)
Home Runs: Petrocelli (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Burda (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (1)
GIDP: Leon (7), Yastrzemski 2 (10)
Hit by Pitch: Griffin (2,by Perry)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(18-10)          4     8   4   4   1   2   0  20   1.82
Riddleberger            0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.93
Lamb                    1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.22
Farmer                  1.1   1   1   1   2   1   1   7   4.62
Hennigan                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.76
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   5   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert W(10-7)         6.1   5   2   2   2   0   0  27   2.91
Peters SV(1)            2.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.86
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   0   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Perry (8)
Wild Pitches: Perry (10)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Frank Umont


INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (first to pitcher); Brohamer
grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Griffin popped to first in foul territory; Aparicio
singled to center; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles flied out to left; McCraw grounded out
(first unassisted); Lowenstein walked; Fosse popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli tripled to right; Oglivie hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Petrocelli scored]; Cater lined to left;
Miller doubled to left; Montgomery singled [Miller scored,
Montgomery to second (on throw)]; Siebert struck out; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy flied out to left; Perry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin singled to center; On a bunt Aparicio
forced Griffin (pitcher to shortstop); Yastrzemski grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 4TH: BURDA REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING LF); Brohamer
grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss reached on an error
by Cater; Nettles grounded out (second to first) [Chambliss to
second]; McCraw grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oglivie singled to center; Cater singled to right [Oglivie to
second]; Miller forced Cater (second to shortstop) [Oglivie to
third]; Montgomery struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Lowenstein doubled to left; Fosse singled to
shortstop [Lowenstein scored (error by Aparicio), Fosse to
second]; Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry singled
to center [Fosse scored]; Unser singled to center [Perry to
second]; Brohamer flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out
(first to pitcher); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Siebert walked; Griffin was hit by a pitch [Siebert
to second]; KENNEDY RAN FOR GRIFFIN; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Siebert to third, Kennedy to second]; Aparicio singled to
center [Siebert scored, Kennedy scored]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED
PERRY (PITCHING); Burda out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Aparicio to second]; Petrocelli was walked intentionally;
Oglivie grounded out (second to first) [Aparicio to third,
Petrocelli to second]; LAMB REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING);
Cater flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red
Sox 4.

INDIANS 6TH: KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); McCraw grounded out (third to
first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Miller flied out to right; Montgomery flied out to
right; Siebert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red
Sox 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse singled to shortstop; Duffy flied out to
left; FOSTER BATTED FOR LAMB; Foster walked [Fosse to second];
PETERS REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); BELL BATTED FOR UNSER; Bell
flied out to right [Fosse to third]; Brohamer popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); FARMER REPLACED
FOSTER (PITCHING); Kennedy was called out on strikes; Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Burda flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Chambliss grounded out (third to first); Nettles
made an out to shortstop; McCraw lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli homered; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first); Cater walked; Miller walked [Cater to second]; HENNIGAN
REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Montgomery struck out; Peters
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
2, Red Sox 5.

INDIANS 9TH: A. JOHNSON BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; A. Johnson flied
out to right; Fosse walked; LEON BATTED FOR DUFFY; Leon grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fosse out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Red Sox 5.