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Tommy Harper homered in the first inning and Reggie Smith connected for the circuit with two men on base in the eighth to power the Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. Harper's homer was the first given up by Paul in 100 innings. Smith's blow followed a single by Luis Aparicio and pass to Carl Yastrzemski. [The Sporting News] Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Thursday, August 17, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRed Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 7 0
Rangers 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Harper cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .267 Maddox cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .240
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Mason ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .229
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .249 Ragland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .278 Biittner rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .285
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Billings lf,c 3 1 2 1 1 1 .286
Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .299 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .233
Cater 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Jones 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .154
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Nelson ph,3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231
Pattin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Fahey c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .119
Kosco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Grieve ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .197
Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harris 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .114
Paul p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .138
Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Totals 32 4 7 4 2 5 Totals 34 3 11 3 3 11
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 5,754
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Rangers 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Rangers 1
Doubles: Smith (17), Aparicio (16), Paul (2)
Home Runs: Harper (11), Smith (15)
Caught Stealing: Harris (2), Nelson (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Pattin (4), Biittner (5)
GIDP: Kennedy (3)
Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Pattin W(11-11) 7 10 3 3 2 9 0 31 3.49
Lee SV(4) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 4.07
Totals 9 11 3 3 3 11 0 38
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Paul L(5-5) 7.2 7 4 4 2 5 2 31 2.24
Pina 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.69
Totals 9 7 4 4 2 5 2 35
Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Ron Luciano
RED SOX 1ST: Harper homered; Aparicio made an out to shortstop;
Yastrzemski struck out; Smith doubled to left; Petrocelli
walked; Fisk was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Mason
grounded out (second to first); Biittner grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Cater was called out on strikes; Kennedy singled to
center; Pattin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Kennedy to second]; Harper popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Billings singled to left; Howard struck out; Jones
singled to center [Billings to third]; Fahey singled to center
[Billings scored, Jones to third]; Harris singled to right
[Jones scored, Fahey to second]; Paul struck out; Maddox made an
out to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 2.
RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio doubled to left; Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to first) [Aparicio to third]; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 3RD: Mason singled to center; Biittner singled to left
[Mason to third]; Billings singled to left [Mason scored,
Biittner to second]; Howard struck out; Jones flied into a
double play (left to second) [Biittner out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 4TH: Fisk singled to left; Cater flied out to left;
Kennedy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1,
Rangers 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Fahey struck out; Harris flied out to right; Paul
popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 5TH: Pattin flied out to left; Harper struck out;
Aparicio flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1,
Rangers 3.
RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Maddox singled to pitcher; On a bunt
Mason singled to first [Maddox to second]; Biittner out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Maddox to third, Mason to
second]; Billings was walked intentionally; Howard was called
out on strikes; Jones flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski flied out to center; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); Petrocelli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Fahey grounded out (first to pitcher); Harris
walked; Harris was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Paul doubled to center; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 7TH: Fisk flied out to center; Cater grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 7TH: Mason struck out; Biittner struck out; Billings
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 8TH: KOSCO BATTED FOR PATTIN; Kosco flied out to right;
Harper lined to third; Aparicio singled to center; Yastrzemski
walked [Aparicio to second]; Smith homered [Aparicio scored,
Yastrzemski scored]; PINA REPLACED PAUL (PITCHING); Petrocelli
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Rangers 3.
RANGERS 8TH: LEE REPLACED KOSCO (PITCHING); Howard struck out;
NELSON BATTED FOR JONES; Nelson walked; GRIEVE BATTED FOR FAHEY;
Nelson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to second); Grieve singled to left; Harris made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Rangers 3.
RED SOX 9TH: NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GRIEVE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BILLINGS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
Fisk flied out to left; Cater lined to center; Kennedy grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Rangers
3.
RANGERS 9TH: FORD BATTED FOR PINA; Ford grounded out (shortstop
to first); Maddox struck out; RAGLAND BATTED FOR MASON; Ragland
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Rangers 3.
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