The Red Sox, who built up a 4-0 lead on a pair of homers in the first two innings, failed to hold their advantage and lost to the Brewers, 6-4, with the result that their lead in the East Division race was cut to one-half game over the idle Tigers. The Orioles, defeated by the Indians, and the off-day Yankees were 2½ behind. Carl Yastrzemski homered after a pass to Luis Aparicio in the first and Marty Pattin connected for the circuit after a single by Doug Griffin in the second to produce the early Red Sox margin.

The Brewers began their comeback with a round-tripper by Johnny Briggs in the fifth and added a run in the sixth on a double by Ron Theobald, a wild pitch and single by Ellie Rodriguez. Brock Davis opened the eighth with a safe bunt, stole second, continued to third on a wild throw by Carlton Fisk and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rodriguez. Joe Lahoud was safe on an error and George Scott, a former member of the Red Sox, smashed a homer to put the Brewers ahead. Rick Auerbach iced the victory with a boundary belt in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 6, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  3  1  -   6  8  1
Red Sox      2  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Theobald 2b           4   1   1   0     1   2   .226      Harper cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Rodriguez c           4   0   1   2     0   0   .293        Miller cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Lahoud lf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .226      Aparicio ss           4   1   0   0     1   1   .251
Scott 1b              4   1   1   2     0   2   .268      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   2     1   0   .263
Briggs cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .270      Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .245      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Ferraro 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Auerbach ss           3   1   1   1     0   0   .214      Evans lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .323
Parsons p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Griffin 2b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .263
  Azcue ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .154      Pattin p              3   1   1   2     0   0   .154
  Bell p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .071        Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .312        Oglivie ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .239
  Linzy p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .111

Totals               35   6   8   6     1  10             Totals               35   4   9   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 20,669
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Red Sox 8
DP: Brewers 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Auerbach, Yastrzemski, Fisk
Doubles: Theobald (10), Briggs (14)
Home Runs: Briggs (19), Scott (19), Auerbach (2), Yastrzemski (10), Pattin (2)
Stolen Bases: Davis (6)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (5)
GIDP: Petrocelli (8)
Hit by Pitch: Auerbach (2,by Pattin)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parsons                 2     3   4   4   1   2   2  10   3.88
Bell W(5-1)             5     3   0   0   3   2   0  20   1.66
Linzy SV(12)            2     3   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.48
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   4   2  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(15-13)         7.2   7   5   2   0   8   2  32   3.39
Bolin                   1.1   1   1   1   1   2   1   6   3.03
Totals                  9     8   6   3   1  10   3  38

Hit by Pitch: Pattin (9)
Wild Pitches: Parsons (5), Pattin (4)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Theobald grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Lahoud popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio walked; Yastrzemski
homered [Aparicio scored]; Smith popped to left; Petrocelli
popped to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 2.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott struck out; Briggs struck out; Brown struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk popped to shortstop in foul territory; Evans
struck out; Griffin singled; Parsons threw a wild pitch [Griffin
to second]; Pattin homered [Griffin scored]; Harper grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 3RD: Ferraro lined to right; Auerbach lined to left;
AZCUE BATTED FOR PARSONS; Azcue singled; Theobald was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: BELL REPLACED AZCUE (PITCHING); Aparicio struck
out; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lahoud
made an out to second; Scott lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
popped to left; Evans walked; Griffin singled [Evans to third];
Pattin grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Briggs homered; Brown grounded out (first
unassisted); Ferraro popped to third in foul territory; Auerbach
was hit by a pitch; Bell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 1, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Harper singled; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Harper to second]; Yastrzemski was walked
intentionally; Smith flied out to left; Petrocelli singled
[Harper to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald doubled; Pattin threw a wild pitch
[Theobald to third]; Rodriguez singled [Theobald scored]; Lahoud
flied out to center; Scott struck out; Briggs grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans struck out; Griffin walked; On a bunt Pattin
popped to catcher in foul territory; Griffin was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2,
Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Brown was called out on strikes; Ferraro flied out
to center; Auerbach popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio
lined to shortstop; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); DAVIS BATTED
FOR BELL; On a bunt Davis singled; Theobald struck out; Davis
stole second [Davis to third (error by Fisk)]; Rodriguez hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Davis scored (unearned)]; Lahoud
reached on an error by Yastrzemski; Scott homered (unearned)
[Lahoud scored (unearned)]; Briggs doubled; BOLIN REPLACED
PATTIN (PITCHING); Brown struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: LINZY REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Smith singled;
Petrocelli grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Smith out at second]; Fisk singled; Evans reached on an
error by Auerbach [Fisk to second]; Griffin forced Evans
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Red Sox
4.

BREWERS 9TH: Ferraro grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach
homered; Linzy struck out; Theobald walked; Rodriguez forced
Theobald (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
6, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: OGLIVIE BATTED FOR BOLIN; Oglivie singled; Miller
made an out to shortstop; Aparicio flied out to center;
Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 4.