The Yankees broke Luis Tiant's string of seven straight complete-game victories and defeated the Red Sox, 3-2, with Sparky Lyle pitching three innings of one-hit relief against his former teammates to gain credit for his 33rd save of the season. The Yankees touched Tiant for a run in the first inning on doubles by Bobby Murcer and Ron Blomberg.

Two walks and a ground-rule double by Roy White added a counter in the fifth. What proved to be the winning run scored in the sixth on singles by Celerino Sanchez, Gene Michael and Fritz Peterson. The Red Sox rallied for their pair in the seventh when Carl Yastrzemski singled and Ben Oglivie homered. When Peterson walked Rico Petrocelli, Lyle went into his game-saving act. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 12, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  1
Yankees      1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   3 10  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .267      Clarke 2b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .244
Aparicio ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      White lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .275
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Murcer cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .295
Smith rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Blomberg 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .275
  Oglivie rf          3   1   1   2     0   0   .242        Alou 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Petrocelli 3b         3   0   1   0     1   0   .247      Callison rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Fisk c                4   0   2   0     0   0   .298      Munson c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .284
Kosco lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Sanchez 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Griffin 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .262        Lanier pr,3b        1   1   0   0     0   0   .211
Tiant p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .103      Michael ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .241
  Peters p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Peterson p            2   0   1   1     0   0   .257
  Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .270        Lyle p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .211
  Beniquez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Newhauser p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   6   2     2   4             Totals               32   3  10   3     4   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 20,187
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Yankees 10
DP: Red Sox 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Aparicio
Doubles: Murcer (29), Blomberg (21), White (27)
Home Runs: Oglivie (8)
Caught Stealing: White (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Peterson (15)
GIDP: Kosco (9)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(11-5)           5.1   8   3   3   4   0   0  27   2.19
Peters                  1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.09
Newhauser               1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.56
Totals                  8    10   3   3   4   2   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson W(15-14)       6     5   2   2   1   3   1  23   3.40
Lyle SV(33)             3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   1.68
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   4   1  34

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to left; Aparicio forced Harper
(third to second); Yastrzemski flied out to center; Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); White
popped to catcher in foul territory; Murcer doubled to center;
Blomberg doubled to left [Murcer scored]; Callison walked;
Munson popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli singled to right; Fisk grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Petrocelli to second]; Kosco flied to right;
Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: OGLIVIE REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Sanchez flied
out to center; Michael popped to third in foul territory;
Peterson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Tiant was called out on strikes; Harper struck out;
Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke flied out to center; White singled to
center; Murcer lined to right; White was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
flied out to left; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Blomberg popped to catcher in foul territory;
Callison flied out to center; Munson singled to left; Sanchez
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk singled to center; Kosco grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second];
Griffin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael walked; Peterson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Michael to second]; Clarke walked; White
doubled [Michael scored, Clarke to third]; Murcer was walked
intentionally; Blomberg popped to catcher in foul territory;
Callison popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Tiant flied out to center; Harper popped to second;
Aparicio flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson made an out to first; Sanchez singled to
center; Michael singled to right [Sanchez to third]; LANIER RAN
FOR SANCHEZ; Peterson singled to left [Lanier scored, Michael to
second]; PETERS REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Clarke popped to
second; White grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 7TH: LANIER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); ALOU REPLACED
BLOMBERG (PLAYING 1B); Yastrzemski singled to left; Oglivie
homered [Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli walked; LYLE REPLACED
PETERSON (PITCHING); Fisk forced Petrocelli (third to second);
Kosco popped to catcher in foul territory; Griffin grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer struck out; Alou grounded out (shortstop to
first); Callison grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 8TH: GAGLIANO BATTED FOR PETERS; Gagliano walked;
BENIQUEZ RAN FOR GAGLIANO; Harper struck out; Aparicio popped to
first in foul territory; Yastrzemski grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: NEWHAUSER REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PITCHING); Munson
singled to shortstop [Munson to second (error by Aparicio)]; On
a bunt Lanier reached on a fielder's choice [Munson out at third
(catcher to third)]; Michael flied out to right; Lyle singled to
center [Lanier to second]; Clarke struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Petrocelli
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk singled to right; Kosco
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Yankees 3.