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Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Guardians

1972-09-11 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 2723 · 73°F, night · 2:27

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 6–5. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 1st. Ray Lamb earned the win and Steve Mingori picked up the save. Tommy McCraw went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	11
CLE	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		6	10

W: Ray Lamb L: Bill Lee SV: Steve Mingori

Umpires — HP: Art Frantz · 1B: Merle Anthony · 2B: George Maloney · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	5	1	3	0	0	1
Luis Aparicio	5	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	5	1	2	2	0	0
Reggie Smith	2	1	1	1	2	1
Rico Petrocelli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlton Fisk	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ben Oglivie	3	0	1	0	0	1
Doug Griffin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sonny Siebert	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lee	2	1	1	1	0	1
Andy Kosco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Gagliano	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Brohamer	4	1	1	1	0	1
Chris Chambliss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Graig Nettles	3	2	2	0	1	0
Tommy McCraw	4	2	2	3	0	0
Buddy Bell	3	1	3	1	1	0
Jack Heidemann	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Moses	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Bevacqua	0	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Foster	0	0	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Siebert	2.1	7	0	2
Bill Lee	5.2	3	3	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Tidrow	3.1	6	1	1
Denny Riddleberger	0.2	0	0	0
Ray Lamb	2.0	3	1	2
Steve Mingori	3.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Harper: S8
Luis Aparicio: SB2
Luis Aparicio: 43.2-3
Carl Yastrzemski: HR/9.3-H
Reggie Smith: W
Rico Petrocelli: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Del Unser: 43
Jack Brohamer: HR
Chris Chambliss: 6
Graig Nettles: S7/L
Tommy McCraw: T9/L.1-H
Buddy Bell: S7.3-H
Jack Heidemann: K

Top 2

Carlton Fisk: 63
Ben Oglivie: S7/L
Doug Griffin: S7/L.1-2
Sonny Siebert: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Jerry Moses: S8/L
Dick Tidrow: 14/SH.1-2
Del Unser: 9.2-3
Jack Brohamer: 13

Top 3

Tommy Harper: 7/P
Luis Aparicio: K
Carl Yastrzemski: 43

Bot 3

Chris Chambliss: K
Graig Nettles: S
Tommy McCraw: HR/9.1-H
Buddy Bell: S4
Jack Heidemann: POCS2(136)
Jack Heidemann: 4

Top 4

Reggie Smith: HR/8
Rico Petrocelli: 63
Carlton Fisk: HR/7
Ben Oglivie: 4
Doug Griffin: 6

Bot 4

Jerry Moses: 63
Eddie Leon: 63
Del Unser: 4

Top 5

Bill Lee: HR
Tommy Harper: S7/L
Luis Aparicio: 41.1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: 63.2-3
Reggie Smith: IW
Rico Petrocelli: 4(1)/G/FO

Bot 5

Jack Brohamer: 43
Chris Chambliss: S8/G
Graig Nettles: W.1-2
Tommy McCraw: PO2(16)
Tommy McCraw: 43

Top 6

Carlton Fisk: S7
Ben Oglivie: K
Doug Griffin: 64(1)/FO
Bill Lee: K

Bot 6

Buddy Bell: S7
Jack Heidemann: HP.1-2
Jerry Moses: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Kurt Bevacqua: IW
Roy Foster: 75(2)/FO/SF/DP/PASS.3-H;BX2(4)

Top 7

Tommy Harper: K
Luis Aparicio: 8
Carl Yastrzemski: S8
Reggie Smith: K

Bot 7

Jack Brohamer: K/C
Chris Chambliss: 13
Graig Nettles: 6

Top 8

Rico Petrocelli: 7/L
Carlton Fisk: W
Andy Kosco: 43.1-2
Doug Griffin: 13

Bot 8

Tommy McCraw: 2/FL
Buddy Bell: W
Jack Heidemann: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Phil Gagliano: 3
Tommy Harper: S7/L
Luis Aparicio: 3/FL
Carl Yastrzemski: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Ben Oglivie dropped Roy Foster's sacrifice fly; Jack Heidemann was thrown out at 3B and Foster passed Kurt Bevacqua between 1B and 2B for the third out; Buddy Bell scored before the last out

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