| 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 3
Game Played on Thursday, August 17, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Red 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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