Friday August 31, 1973
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Milwaukee Brewers 3, Boston Red Sox 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1973 (Night game) at County Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 1 Brewers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x - 3 4 2 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harper lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .278 Lahoud rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .175 Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Coluccio lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .229 Yastrzemski 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 May cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .308 Cepeda dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .296 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .299 Fisk c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Briggs dh 3 0 1 0 0 2 .253 Miller cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .257 Money 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Porter c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Smith ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Garcia 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .255 Kennedy pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Johnson ss 2 1 0 0 1 1 .223 Cooper 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .217 Champion p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Evans rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .227 Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oglivie ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Velazquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eduardo Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 8 2 4 5 Totals 28 3 4 2 2 9 Time of Game: 2:33 Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Brewers 4 DP: Red Sox 0, Brewers 2 Errors: Aparicio, Money 2 Doubles: Evans (13), Briggs (20) Home Runs: Miller (4), Garcia (13) Stolen Bases: Coluccio (11) Caught Stealing: Harper (10) Sacrifice Flies: May (4) GIDP: Fisk (9) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant L(15-12) 8 4 3 2 2 9 1 31 3.61 Totals 8 4 3 2 2 9 1 31 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Champion 7 6 1 1 3 3 0 29 3.79 Short 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.80 Velazquez W(2-2) 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 1.57 Eduardo Rodriguez SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.64 Totals 9 8 2 2 4 5 1 38 Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Art Frantz RED SOX 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Aparicio struck out; Yastrzemski singled to center; Cepeda reached on an error by Money [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Lahoud struck out; Coluccio singled to left; May popped to right; Scott lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. RED SOX 2ND: Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Griffin grounded out (second to first); Cooper walked; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Briggs struck out; Money flied to center; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. RED SOX 3RD: Harper singled to left; Harper was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Aparicio flied to left; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Garcia flied to left; Johnson struck out; Lahoud popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. RED SOX 4TH: Cepeda popped to left; Fisk popped to first; Miller walked; Griffin lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Coluccio walked; Coluccio stole second; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Coluccio to third]; Scott reached on an error by Aparicio [Coluccio scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Briggs doubled to right [Scott to third]; Money popped to third; Porter popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. RED SOX 5TH: Cooper grounded out (second to first); Evans doubled to right; Harper reached on a fielder's choice [Evans out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third), Harper to second]; Aparicio popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Garcia flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); Lahoud popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski walked; Cepeda flied out to right; Fisk hit into a double play (second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: Coluccio struck out; May grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. RED SOX 7TH: Miller popped to third in foul territory; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper singled to left; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 7TH: Briggs struck out; Money lined to third; Porter flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 1. RED SOX 8TH: Harper singled to center; Aparicio singled to center [Harper to third]; SHORT REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); Yastrzemski struck out; VELAZQUEZ REPLACED SHORT (PITCHING); Cepeda reached on an error by Money [Harper scored (RBI), Aparicio to second]; Fisk grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cepeda out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Brewers 1. BREWERS 8TH: Garcia homered; Johnson walked; Lahoud singled to right [Johnson to third]; Coluccio struck out; May hit a sacrifice fly to left [Johnson scored, Lahoud to second]; Scott struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Brewers 3. RED SOX 9TH: Miller homered; SMITH BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Smith walked; KENNEDY RAN FOR SMITH; On a bunt Cooper forced Kennedy (catcher to shortstop); OGLIVIE BATTED FOR EVANS; Oglivie singled to right [Cooper to second]; EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ REPLACED VELAZQUEZ (PITCHING); Harper struck out; Aparicio flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Brewers 3.

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