Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
April 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 0, Minnesota Twins 12

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0
Cater 1b 1 0 1 0
  Burda pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 2 0 0 0
Pattin p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 5 2 2 0
Thompson ss 6 1 1 0
Carew 2b 1 2 0 0
  Monzon pr,3b 1 1 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 1 2 1
  Reese 1b 1 0 1 0
Darwin cf 4 1 1 1
  Nettles cf 1 0 0 1
Braun 3b,2b 5 3 3 4
Brye lf 5 0 4 3
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Perry p 4 1 1 0
Totals 40 12 16 10
Boston 000 000 000044
Minnesota 451 001 10x12160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (0-3) 1.2 6 8 7 3 2
  Peters   2.1 4 2 1 2 2
  Moret   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Bolin   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
12
10
7
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (1-1) 9.0 4 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
2

  E–Yastrzemski (1), Smith (1), Griffin (2), Fisk (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Cater (1,off Perry), Minnesota Braun 2 (2,off Peters,off Moret); Brye (1,off Moret).  HBP–Cater (1,by Perry).  HBP–Perry (1,Cater).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:24.  A–4,425.
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