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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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