Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
May 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 6 2 2 4
Aparicio ss 6 0 3 0
Smith rf 5 1 1 0
Josephson 1b 5 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 5 0 1 0
Miller lf 5 1 2 2
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Montgomery c 5 1 1 0
Siebert p 3 1 1 0
  Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 1 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 13 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 6 2 2 0
Rudi lf 5 0 2 2
Jackson rf 5 0 0 0
Bando 3b 5 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Mangual cf 5 1 1 0
Duncan c 5 1 2 3
Brown 2b 5 1 2 0
McLain p 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 1 0
  Segui p 1 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Hegan 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 13 5
Boston 041 000 001 0017131
Oakland 100 400 100 0006131
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   6.0 11 6 4 1 3
  Tiant   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lee  W (2-1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 5
  Tatum  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
13
6
4
2
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McLain   2.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Segui   5.0 5 1 0 0 3
  Locker   3.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Fingers  L (1-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
12.0
13
7
6
2
7

  E–Montgomery (1), Segui (1).  DP–Boston 1, Oakland 2.  PB–Montgomery (1).  2B–Boston Griffin (1,off Segui).  HR–Boston Miller (1,2nd inning off McLain 0 on, 1 out); Harper 2 (3,2nd inning off McLain 2 on, 2 out,12th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Duncan (5,4th inning off Siebert 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Rudi (2,off Tiant).  IBB–Jackson (2,by Tiant).  CS–Miller (1,2nd base by Segui/Duncan).  SB–Campaneris (3,2nd base off Siebert/Montgomery); Jackson (2,2nd base off Siebert/Montgomery).  IBB–Tiant (2,Jackson).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:54.  A–8,147.
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