Texas Rangers vs Boston Red Sox
June 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1972 at Fenway Park. 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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Texas Rangers 5, Boston Red Sox 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah ss 4 2 3 1
Jones 3b 2 1 1 2
  Nelson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 5 0 1 2
Billings c 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 1 0
Howard lf 4 0 1 0
  Lovitto pr 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Biittner cf 4 0 1 0
Randle 2b 4 1 2 0
Hand p 3 1 0 0
  Grieve lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 2 2 1
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 2 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 0 1
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 0 0
Cater 1b 3 0 1 0
  Newhauser p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 2 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Pattin p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Josephson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Texas 001 020 2005101
Boston 100 010 000251
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  W (4-4) 7.0 4 2 2 5 6
  Lindblad   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Pina  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
6
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  L (2-8) 6.1 7 5 4 2 2
  Lee   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Newhauser   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
4
3

  E–Nelson (9), Aparicio (9).  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Texas Harrah (8,off Pattin).  HR–Texas Jones (2,5th inning off Pattin 1 on, 2 out), Boston Harper (10,5th inning off Hand 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Nelson (2,by Lee).  SF–Smith (3,off Hand).  SB–Harrah 3 (7,2nd base off Pattin/Fisk 2,3rd base off Pattin/Fisk); Harper (7,2nd base off Hand/Billings).  CS–Harrah (3,3rd base by Newhauser/Fisk); Yastrzemski (1,2nd base by Hand/Billings).  WP–Lindblad (3).  IBB–Lee (2,Nelson).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:45.  A–12,864.
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