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. Milwaukee Brewers 6, Boston Red Sox 4Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway ParkBrewers 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. |
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