Led by Reggie Smith, the Red Sox rallied to defeat the Indians, 4-3, and retain first place in the hot East Division race. Graig Nettles was a one-man show for the Indians, driving in all of their runs with a single in the first inning and a double in the fifth. Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 3Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway ParkIndians 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 4 9 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bell cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .257 Harper cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Brohamer 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3 .242 Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Chambliss 1b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .275 Yastrzemski 1b 2 2 1 0 3 0 .267 Nettles 3b 5 0 2 3 0 1 .252 Smith rf 4 1 2 3 1 2 .266 McCraw lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .249 Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .248 Fosse c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Fisk c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .299 Unser rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .241 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Duffy ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .218 Pattin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .153 Dunning p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Cooper ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Foster rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Lee p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Veale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 10 3 3 9 Totals 34 4 9 4 5 7 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 19,880 Left on Base: Indians 10, Red Sox 10 DP: Indians 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Wilcox, Smith, Griffin Doubles: Chambliss 2 (25), Nettles (23), Fisk (26), Petrocelli (15), Smith (21) Triples: Fisk (9) Home Runs: Smith (20) Sacrifice Hits: Dunning (3), Griffin (14) GIDP: Foster (5) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dunning 6.2 7 3 3 5 7 1 31 2.91 Wilcox L(7-13) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 3.19 Totals 8.2 9 4 3 5 7 1 40 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin 5 8 3 3 2 5 0 25 3.53 Lee 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 12 3.49 Veale W(2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.95 Totals 9 10 3 3 3 9 0 40 Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Larry McCoy INDIANS 1ST: Bell struck out; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Chambliss doubled to left; Nettles singled to right [Chambliss scored]; McCraw singled to right [Nettles to second]; Fosse forced McCraw (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio flied out to right; Yastrzemski singled to center; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Unser grounded out (second to first); Duffy singled to left; Dunning out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Duffy to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli lined to center; Fisk doubled to left; Oglivie struck out; Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer struck out; Chambliss singled to center; Nettles reached on an error by Smith [Chambliss to third, Nettles to second]; McCraw was walked intentionally; Fosse was called out on strikes; Unser popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Pattin was called out on strikes; Harper singled to center; Aparicio lined into a double play (third to first) [Harper out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 4TH: Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first); Dunning was called out on strikes; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski walked; Smith struck out; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer singled to left; Chambliss doubled to center [Brohamer to third]; Nettles doubled to left [Brohamer scored, Chambliss scored, Nettles out at third (left to third)]; McCraw walked; Fosse made an out to shortstop; Unser grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Oglivie popped to left; Griffin grounded out (second to first); COOPER BATTED FOR PATTIN; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 6TH: LEE REPLACED COOPER (PITCHING); Duffy singled to right; On a bunt Dunning forced Duffy (catcher to shortstop); Bell forced Dunning (second to shortstop); Brohamer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Harper lined to third; Aparicio popped to first in foul territory; Yastrzemski walked; Smith homered [Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli doubled to center; Fisk tripled to right [Petrocelli scored]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Griffin struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss reached on an error by Griffin; Nettles struck out; McCraw grounded out (second to first) [Chambliss to second]; Fosse was walked intentionally; Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Lee grounded out (second to first); Harper flied out to left; Aparicio singled to left; Yastrzemski walked [Aparicio to second]; Smith walked [Aparicio to third, Yastrzemski to second]; WILCOX REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); FOSTER REPLACED DUNNING (PLAYING RF); Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 8TH: Duffy singled to right; Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Duffy out at second]; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie singled to right; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Oglivie to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR LEE; Gagliano flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 9TH: VEALE REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Brohamer struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 9TH: Harper grounded out (second to first); Aparicio popped to center; Yastrzemski reached on an error by Wilcox (assist by Chambliss); Smith doubled to right [Yastrzemski scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 4. |
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