Winning for the fourth straight time, Luis Tiant allowed only four hits and pitched the Red Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Rangers. Luis Aparicio hit a two-run homer and Carl Yastrzemski scored the two other tallies. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Friday, August    25, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  0    3  0  x  -   4  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .249      Harper cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .270
Mason ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .246        Miller cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Aparicio ss           5   1   1   2     0   0   .271
Billings c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Yastrzemski 1b        3   2   2   0     1   0   .248
Howard 1b             3   0   1   0     0   2   .243      Smith rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .267
Jones 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Petrocelli 3b         1   0   0   1     2   1   .257
Grieve lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   2   .298
Ragland 2b            3   0   2   0     0   1   .105      Oglivie lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .246
Stanhouse p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Kennedy 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .257
  Cox p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Tiant p               3   0   0   0     1   1   .107
  Lawson p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .281
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .085

Totals               30   0   4   0     1   9             Totals               31   4   8   4     6   8

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 33,551
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Red Sox 10
DP: Rangers 0, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Yastrzemski (13), Smith (18), Kennedy (11)
Home Runs: Aparicio (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (3)
GIDP: Stanhouse (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanhouse L(2-4)        5     4   1   1   3   4   0  22   3.23
Cox                     1.1   2   2   2   1   2   1   7   4.05
Lawson                  0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   2.08
Panther                 0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.36
Broberg                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.35
Totals                  8     8   4   4   6   8   1  38

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(8-4)            9     4   0   0   1   9   0  31   2.44
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   9   0  31

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


RANGERS 1ST: Maddox walked; Mason struck out; Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Maddox to second]; Billings lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
lined to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Howard was called out on strikes; Jones struck out;
Grieve grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Smith grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
was called out on strikes; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Ragland struck out; Stanhouse struck out; Maddox
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Oglivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Kennedy
walked; Tiant flied out to center; Harper singled to center
[Kennedy to third]; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Mason struck out; Ford grounded out (pitcher to
first); Billings singled to right; Howard singled [Billings to
second]; Jones made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski doubled to left; Smith flied out to
right [Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli lined out on a
sacrifice fly to left [Yastrzemski scored]; Fisk walked; Oglivie
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red
Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Ragland
singled to left; Stanhouse grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Ragland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Kennedy flied out to right; Tiant walked; Harper
struck out; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Maddox lined to right; Mason grounded out (pitcher
to first); Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski singled to center; Smith singled to
center [Yastrzemski to third, Smith to second (on throw)]; COX
REPLACED STANHOUSE (PITCHING); Petrocelli walked; Fisk struck
out; Oglivie made an out to second; Kennedy grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox
1.

RANGERS 7TH: Billings made an out to second; Howard struck out;
Jones flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Tiant struck out; On a bunt Harper singled to
third; Aparicio homered [Harper scored]; LAWSON REPLACED COX
(PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked; Smith doubled to center
[Yastrzemski scored]; PANTHER REPLACED LAWSON (PITCHING);
Petrocelli walked; Fisk made an out to second; Oglivie struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Grieve popped
to center; Ragland singled to center; BIITTNER BATTED FOR
PANTHER; Biittner struck out; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: BROBERG REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Kennedy
doubled to center; On a bunt Tiant popped to catcher in foul
territory; Miller struck out; Aparicio grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Mason popped to third in foul territory; Ford
grounded out (third to first); Billings flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 4.