California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
June 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels 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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California Angels 5, Boston Red Sox 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 1 1 0
Rivers cf 2 0 0 0
Pinson lf 2 0 1 1
Oliver 1b 3 1 1 1
McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0
Stanton rf 3 2 2 0
Kusnyer c 3 1 2 2
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 1
Clark p 1 0 0 0
  Repoz ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 5 8 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 3 2 2 0
Aparicio ss 2 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 0 1
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 1 2 1 1
Cater 1b 3 1 1 2
Griffin 2b 2 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Pattin p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 6 5 5
California 011 003 0583
Boston 021 021 x651
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   4.0 2 3 2 3 3
  Fisher  L (2-3) 2.0 3 3 2 0 0
Totals
6.0
5
6
4
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (2-7) 6.0 8 5 4 0 1
  Lee   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
6.0
8
5
4
0
1

  E–Oliver (4), McMullen (5), Kusnyer (6), Pattin (1).  DP–California 1, Boston 1.  2B–California Stanton (7,off Pattin), Boston Aparicio (10,off Fisher).  HR–California Oliver (6,6th inning off Pattin 0 on, 1 out); Kusnyer (2,6th inning off Pattin 1 on, 2 out), Boston Cater (1,2nd inning off Clark 1 on, 1 out); Petrocelli (2,6th inning off Fisher 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Rivers (6,off Pattin); Aparicio (3,off Clark).  SF–Pinson (2,off Pattin); Yastrzemski (2,off Clark).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–1:44.  A–16,757.
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