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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1970-07-12 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 30821 · 2:43

Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 8–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 2nd. Sonny Siebert earned the win and Sparky Lyle picked up the save. John Kennedy went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	12
CLE	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11

W: Sonny Siebert L: Fred Lasher SV: Sparky Lyle

Umpires — HP: Hank Soar · 1B: Lou DiMuro · 2B: Jerry Neudecker · 3B: Emmett Ashford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Kennedy	5	2	2	2	0	1
Reggie Smith	5	1	2	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	3	1	2	0	1	0
Tony Conigliaro	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rico Petrocelli	4	0	1	1	1	0
George Scott	5	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Conigliaro	5	2	2	1	0	0
Tom Satriano	5	1	2	1	0	0
Sonny Siebert	3	1	0	1	0	1
Mike Fiore	2	0	0	1	1	0
Sparky Lyle	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Pavletich	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vada Pinson	5	1	3	0	0	1
Graig Nettles	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ted Uhlaender	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ray Fosse	4	0	2	0	0	0
Duke Sims	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Horton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Heidemann	4	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Leon	4	0	2	0	0	2
Dean Chance	2	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Klimchock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Hinton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bradford	1	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Siebert	6.2	8	1	5
Sparky Lyle	2.1	3	0	4

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Lasher	1.0	4	0	1
Phil Hennigan	0.1	2	1	0
Mike Paul	0.1	0	1	0
Dean Chance	5.1	4	0	3
Dick Ellsworth	2.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

John Kennedy: K
Reggie Smith: 3/G
Carl Yastrzemski: S9/L
Tony Conigliaro: HP.1-2
Rico Petrocelli: S7/L.2-H;1-3(E7)
George Scott: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Vada Pinson: D9
Graig Nettles: PO2(16)#
Graig Nettles: W
Ted Uhlaender: 8
Ray Fosse: 3

Top 2

Billy Conigliaro: HR/7
Tom Satriano: HR/9
Sonny Siebert: 3/G
John Kennedy: S7/G
Reggie Smith: S9/G.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Fiore: 8/SF.3-H
Rico Petrocelli: WP.2-3;1-2
Rico Petrocelli: W
George Scott: K

Bot 2

Duke Sims: S9/G
Tony Horton: 9
Jack Heidemann: K
Eddie Leon: WP.1-2
Eddie Leon: K

Top 3

Billy Conigliaro: S7/G
Tom Satriano: S9.1-3
Sonny Siebert: 64(1)/FO.3-H
John Kennedy: HR/7.1-H
Reggie Smith: 43
Carl Yastrzemski: E3/G
Mike Fiore: 6/L

Bot 3

Dean Chance: S1/BG
Vada Pinson: 46(1)/FO
Graig Nettles: 7
Ted Uhlaender: HR/9.1-H
Ray Fosse: 6

Top 4

Rico Petrocelli: 13
George Scott: 63
Billy Conigliaro: 9

Bot 4

Duke Sims: 31
Tony Horton: 43
Jack Heidemann: 9

Top 5

Tom Satriano: 63
Sonny Siebert: K/C
John Kennedy: 53

Bot 5

Eddie Leon: K
Dean Chance: K/C
Vada Pinson: S8/G4M
Graig Nettles: 43

Top 6

Reggie Smith: K
Carl Yastrzemski: S7/G6
Mike Fiore: WP.1-2
Mike Fiore: 43.2-3
Rico Petrocelli: 8

Bot 6

Ted Uhlaender: 3/G
Ray Fosse: D9
Duke Sims: K
Tony Horton: PB.2-3
Tony Horton: 5/L

Top 7

George Scott: 13
Billy Conigliaro: 53
Tom Satriano: 43

Bot 7

Jack Heidemann: 3/FL
Eddie Leon: S8/G
Lou Klimchock: 9/F9DW
Vada Pinson: S9/L.1-3
Graig Nettles: K

Top 8

Sparky Lyle: 43
John Kennedy: 9/L
Reggie Smith: T9
Don Pavletich: W
Mike Fiore: WP.3-H;1-2
Mike Fiore: W
Rico Petrocelli: 2/FL

Bot 8

Chuck Hinton: K/C
Ray Fosse: S9/L
Duke Sims: 3
Tony Horton: 63

Top 9

George Scott: D9/L
Billy Conigliaro: 53
Tom Satriano: 31.2-3
Sparky Lyle: 7

Bot 9

Jack Heidemann: K
Eddie Leon: S8/L
Buddy Bradford: S8/L.1-2
Vada Pinson: K
Roy Foster: 63

Notes & reviews

Tony Conigliaro charged the mound after being hit on the left forearm by Fred Lasher who had also thrown at him in an earlier game; Conigliaro kicked Lasher on the hip and punched him on the nose; both benches cleared; Lasher was cut on the hip by Conigliaro's spike and received a tetanus shot; Conigliaro ejected by HP umpire Hank Soar and had to be restrained

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