The Red Sox retained their hold on first place in the hot East Division race when Luis Tiant pitched a two-hitter and beat the Indians, 10-0, for his fifth shutout among eight victories in his last nine decisions. The Tigers were one game behind, the Orioles trailed by 1½ and the Yankees were 3½ off the pace.

The Red Sox started their slugging with a homer by Tommy Harper in the first inning and another by Carlton Fisk in the second. Carl Yastrzemski hit for the circuit with a man on base to account for two of the division leader's five runs in the third. After Yastrzemski knocked in two more runs with a single in the sixth, Doug Griffin wound up the scoring with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 10, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 16, 1972 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2
Red Sox      1  1  5    0  0  2    1  0  x  -  10  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein rf         4   0   0   0     0   2   .221      Harper cf             4   2   2   1     0   1   .266
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Miller cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Aparicio ss           2   2   0   0     2   0   .253
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .252        Kennedy ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
McCraw lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   2   4     0   0   .270
Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .237        Cooper pr,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Bell cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Smith rf              2   1   1   0     2   0   .267
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     1   1   .217        Evans pr,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .113      Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .248
  Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gagliano 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fisk c                2   2   1   1     2   0   .300
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Oglivie lf            3   0   0   1     1   1   .238
  Leon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Griffin 2b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .264
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               4   0   1   1     0   1   .116
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bevacqua ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Butler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     2   5             Totals               32  10   9  10     8   4

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 17,335
Left on Base: Indians 5, Red Sox 6
DP: Indians 3, Red Sox 0
Errors: Duffy 2, Yastrzemski
Home Runs: Harper (14), Fisk (22), Yastrzemski (8), Griffin (2)
Caught Stealing: McCraw (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Tidrow (12)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (12), Oglivie (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(13-14)         2.1   3   4   3   2   2   3  12   2.72
Hargan                  0     1   3   3   2   0   0   3   5.85
Riddleberger            0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.86
Colbert                 1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.58
Lopez                   1.2   3   2   2   2   0   0   9   6.75
Lamb                    1.1   1   1   1   1   2   1   6   3.01
Butler                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.45
Totals                  8     9  10   7*  8   4   4  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(12-5)           9     3   0   0   2   5   0  32   2.05
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   5   0  32

Wild Pitches: Lopez (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted);
Brohamer flied out to right; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper homered; Aparicio walked; Yastrzemski lined
into a double play (right to first) [Aparicio out at first];
Smith walked; Petrocelli lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; McCraw reached on an
error by Yastrzemski; Fosse flied out to left; McCraw was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk homered; Oglivie struck out; Griffin grounded
out (third to first); Tiant flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell singled to right; Duffy was called out on
strikes; Tidrow out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Bell
to second]; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper struck out; Aparicio reached on an error by
Duffy; Yastrzemski homered [Aparicio scored (unearned)]; HARGAN
REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Smith walked; Petrocelli singled to
left [Smith to second]; Fisk walked [Smith to third, Petrocelli
to second]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Oglivie
walked [Smith scored, Petrocelli to third, Fisk to second];
Griffin forced Oglivie (shortstop to second) [Petrocelli scored
(unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Fisk to third]; Tiant
singled to center [Fisk scored (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher), Griffin to second]; COLBERT REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER
(PITCHING); Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R (4
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); Chambliss
singled to right; Nettles singled to left [Chambliss to second];
McCraw popped to catcher in foul territory; Fosse struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio reached on an error by Duffy; Yastrzemski
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Aparicio out at second]; Smith grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Duffy walked;
LEON BATTED FOR COLBERT; Leon grounded out (first unassisted)
[Duffy to second]; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 5TH: LOPEZ REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Petrocelli flied
out to center; Fisk walked; Oglivie grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Chambliss flied out
to center; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Griffin popped to catcher in foul territory; Tiant
lined to left; Harper singled to left; Aparicio walked [Harper
to second]; Lopez threw a wild pitch [Harper to third, Aparicio
to second]; Yastrzemski singled to left [Harper scored, Aparicio
scored]; COOPER RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Smith singled to left
[Cooper to second]; LAMB REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); EVANS RAN
FOR SMITH; Petrocelli walked [Cooper to third, Evans to
second]; Debut game for Dwight Evans; Fisk flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 9.

INDIANS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); KENNEDY
REPLACED APARICIO (PLAYING SS); GAGLIANO REPLACED PETROCELLI
(PLAYING 3B); COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); EVANS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McCraw lined to right; Fosse made an out
to first; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 7TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); Griffin
homered; Tiant was called out on strikes; Miller struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 10.

INDIANS 8TH: Duffy made an out to shortstop; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR
LAMB; Bevacqua walked; Lowenstein popped to left; Brohamer flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 10.

RED SOX 8TH: BUTLER REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); Kennedy flied
out to left; On a bunt Evans made an out to shortstop; Dwight
Evans batted out of order but since he was retired, no protest
was made by the Indians; On a bunt Cooper grounded out
(first unassisted); the next batter should have been Phil
Gagliano but Cecil Cooper batted out of order; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 10.

INDIANS 9TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 10.