Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers
April 29, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1972 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 2 2 0
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 1 2 1
Petrocelli 3b 5 0 1 1
  Miller pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Oglivie rf 3 1 1 0
  Gagliano ph,3b 1 0 1 1
Cater 1b 3 0 1 2
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 0 0
Tiant p 2 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Moret p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Randle 2b 4 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
Nelson 3b 4 2 2 0
Mincher 1b 2 1 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
King c 1 0 0 0
  Billings c,1b 1 1 1 0
Howard lf,1b 4 1 2 3
  Lovitto pr 0 1 0 0
  Suarez c 1 0 1 1
Biittner rf 2 0 1 0
  Ford ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 1 1 0 0
Harrah ss 3 0 0 1
Gogolewski p 1 0 0 0
  Driscoll ph 1 0 0 0
  Panther p 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 7 5
Boston 000 101 2026102
Texas 000 003 031772
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.1 2 2 2 6 5
  Tatum   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Moret   1.0 2 2 1 1 2
  Bolin  L (0-1) 1.0 1 2 1 2 3
  Peters   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
5
12
11
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Gogolewski   5.0 4 1 1 1 5
  Panther   1.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Lindblad   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Pina   0.2 2 2 2 0 2
  Paul   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cox  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
7

  E–Aparicio 2 (7), Nelson (2), Harrah (2).  DP–Boston 2.  3B–Boston Oglivie (1,off Panther).  HR–Texas Howard (2,6th inning off Tatum 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Cater (2,off Panther); Yastrzemski (1,off Lindblad).  HBP–Griffin (1,by Pina); Maddox (1,by Tatum).  IBB–Billings (1,by Peters).  SB–Fisk (1,2nd base off Panther/King); Nelson 2 (7,2nd base off Bolin/Fisk,3rd base off Bolin/Fisk).  CS–Nelson (1,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk); Maddox (1,2nd base by Tiant/Fisk); Randle (3,2nd base by Moret/Fisk).  HBP–Tatum (1,Maddox); Pina (2,Griffin).  IBB–Peters (1,Billings).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:19.  A–9,531.
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