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Friday July 20, 1973
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Hot-hitting Tommy Harper drove in three runs with a homer and two singles to pace the Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the Twins behind the pitching of John Curtis. Carlton Fisk accounted for the other two runs with a homer and single. Harper had five homers in his last 10 games and 14 RBIs in his last 14 contests. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Friday, July 20, 1973 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Red Sox      1  1  0    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   5 11  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .255      Harper lf             4   1   3   3     0   0   .256
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .350        Evans lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Darwin rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .266      Smith cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Oliva dh              2   0   0   0     2   0   .287      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Cepeda dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .219      Petrocelli 3b         4   1   2   0     0   1   .244
Terrell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Fisk c                4   2   3   2     0   0   .278
Walton lf             3   0   1   0     1   2   .159      Miller rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Thompson ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .291
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guerrero ss           3   1   2   0     1   0   .262
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Curtis p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hands p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   5   0     5   7             Totals               35   5  11   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 22,996
Left on Base: Twins 8, Red Sox 7
DP: Twins 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Fisk
Doubles: Thompson (8), Guerrero (2), Petrocelli (11)
Home Runs: Harper (8), Fisk (18)
Stolen Bases: Carew (20), Harper (21)
GIDP: Thompson (7)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(12-9)        5.2   9   5   5   1   3   2  27   2.59
Corbin                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.55
Hands                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.40
Totals                  8    11   5   5   1   3   2  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(8-8)           9     5   0   0   5   7   0  35   3.09
Totals                  9     5   0   0   5   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Merle Anthony


TWINS 1ST: Hisle grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Carew
singled; Carew stole second [Carew to third (error by Fisk)];
Darwin struck out; Oliva walked; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper homered; Smith popped to left; Yastrzemski
flied to center; Cepeda grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

TWINS 2ND: Lis flied to center; On a bunt Terrell singled;
Walton struck out; Thompson popped to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli struck out; Fisk homered; Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 3RD: Hisle walked; Carew forced Hisle (pitcher to second);
Darwin grounded out (second to first) [Carew to second]; Oliva
walked; Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Guerrero walked; Harper forced Guerrero (third to
second); Smith flied to right; Harper stole second; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Red Sox 2.

TWINS 4TH: Lis struck out; Terrell popped to right; Walton
walked; Thompson doubled to left [Walton to third]; Hisle
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Cepeda flied to right; Petrocelli singled to left;
Fisk singled to right [Petrocelli to third]; Miller reached on a
fielder's choice [Petrocelli out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Fisk to second]; Griffin forced Miller (shortstop to second); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

TWINS 5TH: Carew struck out; Darwin struck out; Oliva grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Guerrero doubled to right; Harper singled to right
[Guerrero scored]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Harper to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first)
[Harper to third]; Cepeda grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald flied to center; Lis lined to left;
Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli doubled to right; Fisk singled to center
[Petrocelli scored]; Miller popped to first; Griffin was called
out on strikes; Guerrero singled to left [Fisk to second];
CORBIN REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Harper singled to left
[Fisk scored, Guerrero to second]; Smith grounded out (pitcher
to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 7TH: EVANS REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); Walton singled;
Thompson grounded into a double play (second to first) [Walton
out at second]; Hisle flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: HANDS REPLACED CORBIN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
singled to right; Cepeda popped to second; Petrocelli forced
Yastrzemski (second to shortstop); Fisk forced Petrocelli (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Darwin singled
to center [Darwin out at second (center to second)]; Oliva
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: Miller grounded out (second to first); Griffin
grounded out (third to first); Guerrero popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory; Lis
walked; On a bunt Terrell grounded out (third to first) [Lis to
second]; Walton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 0, Red Sox 5.



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