A sacrifice fly by Ben Oglivie drove in an unearned run in the sixth inning to enable the Red Sox to defeat the Angels, 3-2. The first two Red Sox runs in the first and third innings came on the same combination of singles by Carl Yastrzemski, Orlando Cepeda and Carlton Fisk. With the score tied in the sixth, Cecil Cooper walked, advanced to third on a throwing error by Jeff Torborg and scored on Oglivie's fly. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 3, California Angels 2
Game Played on Friday, August    24, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Red Sox      1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3 11  2
Angels       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .283      Alomar 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .213
  Evans lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Pinson lf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .259
Miller cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Robinson dh           4   0   0   0     0   2   .268
Yastrzemski 3b        5   2   2   0     0   1   .277      Oliver 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Cepeda dh             3   0   3   0     1   0   .301      Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   4   .218
Fisk c                4   0   2   2     0   1   .266      Stanton rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Cooper 1b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .000      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Griffin 2b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .264      Torborg c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .223
Oglivie rf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .232      Meoli ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .234        Llenas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Lee p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lange p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  11   3     3   5             Totals               35   2   8   1     1   7

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 11,334
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Angels 7
DP: Red Sox 1, Angels 3
Errors: Fisk, Cooper, Alomar, Torborg
Doubles: Alomar (5)
Stolen Bases: Harper (33)
Caught Stealing: Guerrero (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (1)
GIDP: Fisk (8), Oglivie (4), Meoli (5)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lee W(14-8)             9     8   2   1   1   7   0  36   2.67
Totals                  9     8   2   1   1   7   0  36

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lange L(1-1)            6.1   9   3   2   2   3   0  29   4.37
Barber                  2.2   2   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.59
Totals                  9    11   3   2   3   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Miller grounded out (second to
first); Yastrzemski singled to shortstop; Cepeda singled to
center [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk singled to center
[Yastrzemski scored, Cepeda to second]; Cooper was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar popped to catcher in foul territory; Pinson
was called out on strikes; Robinson flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Griffin walked; Oglivie lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Griffin out at first]; Guerrero lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Epstein was
called out on strikes; Stanton popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Angels 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper grounded out (third to first); Miller
grounded out (first unassisted); Yastrzemski singled to center;
Cepeda singled to center [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk singled
to left [Yastrzemski scored, Cepeda to second]; Cooper flied to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Berry singled to center; Torborg forced Berry
(shortstop to second); Meoli popped to shortstop; Alomar doubled
to left [Torborg to third]; Pinson popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie
singled to left; Guerrero struck out; Harper forced Oglivie
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Robinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); Epstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Miller reached on an error by Alomar; Yastrzemski
popped to right; Cepeda singled to shortstop [Miller to second];
Fisk grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Cepeda out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels
0.

ANGELS 5TH: Stanton flied to center; Berry grounded out (third
to first); Torborg singled to center; Meoli singled to left
[Torborg to second]; Alomar singled to second [Torborg to third,
Meoli to second]; Pinson singled to first [Torborg scored, Meoli
scored (error by Cooper) (unearned), Alomar to third, Pinson to
second]; Robinson was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Angels 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Cooper walked; Griffin reached on an error by
Torborg on a sacrifice bunt [Cooper to third]; Oglivie hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cooper scored (unearned)]; Guerrero
forced Griffin (second to shortstop); Guerrero was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Epstein
struck out; Stanton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Harper popped to second; Miller singled to right;
BARBER REPLACED LANGE (PITCHING); Yastrzemski struck out; Cepeda
walked [Miller to second]; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Berry lined to second; Torborg singled to left;
Meoli grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Torborg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Angels 2.

RED SOX 8TH: Cooper flied to left; Griffin singled to left;
Oglivie grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Griffin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Alomar grounded out (third to first); Pinson walked;
Robinson struck out; Oliver singled to center [Pinson to third];
Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

RED SOX 9TH: Guerrero flied to center; Harper singled to second;
Harper stole second; Miller grounded out (second to first)
[Harper to third]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: EVANS REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING LF); Stanton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Berry reached on an error by Fisk;
Torborg popped to right; LLENAS BATTED FOR MEOLI; Llenas
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Angels 2.