A sacrifice fly that produced the winning run, yet wound up in a double play, marked the Indians' 6-5 victory over the Red Sox in a game that also featured six homers. The Red Sox scored all their runs on circuit clouts by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith, Carlton Fisk and Bill Lee, two runs scoring on Yaz' blow. The Indians had round-trippers by Jack Brohamer and Tommy McCraw.

The score was tied, 5-5, when Buddy Bell singled for the Indians in the sixth and Jack Heidemann was hit by a pitch. After a sacrifice by Jerry Moses, Kurt Bevacqua drew an intentional pass to load the bases. Roy Foster then lifted a fly to left fielder Ben Oglivie, who dropped the ball. Foster was given credit for a sacrifice fly as Bell scored. Oglivie recovered the ball quickly and threw to third base to force Heidemann. Foster was also called out for running past Bevacqua on the baseline between first and second to retire the side. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 6, Boston Red Sox 5

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Red Sox      2  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0
Indians      3  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             5   1   3   0     0   1   .267      Unser rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Aparicio ss           5   0   0   0     0   1   .262        Foster ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
Yastrzemski 1b        5   1   2   2     0   0   .267        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Smith rf              2   1   1   1     2   1   .264      Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .245
Petrocelli 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Fisk c                3   1   2   1     1   0   .296      Nettles 3b            3   2   2   0     1   0   .248
Oglivie lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .241      McCraw lf,rf          4   2   2   3     0   0   .243
  Kosco ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Bell cf               3   1   3   1     1   0   .260
Griffin 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Siebert p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Moses c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .198
  Lee p               2   1   1   1     0   1   .091      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .113
  Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Leon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
                                                            Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bevacqua ph,lf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Lowenstein lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               36   5  11   5     3   5             Totals               27   6  10   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  2,723
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Indians 4
DP: Red Sox 2, Indians 2
Triples: McCraw (5)
Home Runs: Yastrzemski (7), Smith (19), Fisk (21), Lee (1), Brohamer (5), McCraw (6)
Stolen Bases: Harper (20)
Caught Stealing: Bell (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Tidrow (11), Moses (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Foster (2)
GIDP: Petrocelli (7), Siebert (5), Heidemann (1)
Hit by Pitch: Heidemann (1,by Lee)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 2.1   7   5   5   0   2   2  14   3.71
Lee L(6-4)              5.2   3   1   1   3   1   0  20   3.65
Totals                  8    10   6   6   3   3   2  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow                  3.1   6   4   4   1   1   3  15   2.62
Riddleberger            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.88
Lamb W(4-5)             2     3   1   1   1   2   1  10   3.06
Mingori SV(10)          3     2   0   0   1   2   0  12   4.29
Totals                  9    11   5   5   3   5   4  39

Hit by Pitch: Lee (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Larry Napp


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to center; Harper stole second;
Aparicio grounded out (second to first) [Harper to third];
Yastrzemski homered [Harper scored]; Smith walked; Petrocelli
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Smith out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
0.

INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Brohamer
homered; Chambliss made an out to shortstop; Nettles singled to
left; McCraw tripled to right [Nettles scored]; Bell singled to
left [McCraw scored]; Heidemann struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
singled to left; Griffin singled to left [Oglivie to second];
Siebert grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Moses singled to center; Tidrow out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Moses to second]; Unser flied out to
right [Moses to third]; Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper popped to left; Aparicio struck out;
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled; McCraw
homered [Nettles scored]; LEE REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Bell
singled to second; Bell was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Heidemann made an out to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith homered; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop
to first); Fisk homered; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); Oglivie made an out to second; Griffin made an out
to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Moses grounded out (shortstop to first); LEON
BATTED FOR RIDDLEBERGER; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first);
Unser made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Indians 5.

RED SOX 5TH: LAMB REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Lee homered; Harper
singled to left; Aparicio grounded out (second to pitcher)
[Harper to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Harper to third]; Smith was walked intentionally;
Petrocelli forced Smith (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
singled to center; Nettles walked [Chambliss to second];
Chambliss was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); McCraw
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Indians 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Fisk singled to left; Oglivie struck out; Griffin
forced Fisk (shortstop to second); Lee struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Heidemann was hit by a pitch
[Bell to second]; Moses out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Bell to third, Heidemann to second]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR LAMB;
Bevacqua was walked intentionally; FOSTER BATTED FOR UNSER;
Foster sacrifice flied into a double play (left to third) [Bell
scored, Foster out at second (second unassisted), Heidemann out
at third]; Ben Oglivie dropped Roy Foster's sacrifice fly;
Jack Heidemann was thrown out at 3B and Foster passed Kurt
Bevacqua between 1B and 2B for the third out; Buddy Bell scored
before the last out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Indians 6.

RED SOX 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); MCCRAW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Harper struck out; Aparicio flied out to center; Yastrzemski
singled to center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Brohamer was called out on strikes; Chambliss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli lined to left; Fisk walked; KOSCO BATTED
FOR OGLIVIE; Kosco grounded out (second to first) [Fisk to
second]; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: KOSCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); McCraw popped to
catcher in foul territory; Bell walked; Heidemann grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 6.

RED SOX 9TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING LF); GAGLIANO
BATTED FOR LEE; Gagliano made an out to first; Harper singled to
left; Aparicio popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 6.

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