Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox
July 2, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Boston Red Sox 15

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Theobald 2b 3 0 2 1
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Lahoud rf 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds rf 1 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
  Felske 1b 2 1 1 0
Briggs lf 4 1 3 2
May cf 4 0 1 0
Ratliff c 4 0 0 0
Heise 3b 4 0 1 0
Auerbach ss 4 0 0 0
Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
  Ferraro ph 1 0 1 0
  Parsons p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph,2b 2 2 2 1
Totals 36 4 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 4 1 2 1
Oglivie rf 5 3 3 0
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 0 0
  Miller pr,lf 1 2 1 1
Smith cf 5 3 3 5
Petrocelli 3b 3 2 3 5
  Kennedy pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Burda 1b 5 1 2 0
Beniquez ss 4 1 2 2
Fisk c 5 1 2 1
Culp p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 18 15
Milwaukee 000 000 1214111
Boston 400 143 30x15180
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lockwood  L (4-9) 4.0 6 5 5 2 3
  Parsons   2.0 8 7 6 0 0
  Stephenson   2.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
15
14
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Culp  W (5-7) 9.0 11 4 4 2 6
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
6

  E–Auerbach (11).  DP–Milwaukee 2.  PB–Fisk (6).  2B–Milwaukee Heise (5,off Culp), Boston Griffin (8,off Lockwood); Smith (11,off Parsons); Burda (1,off Parsons); Oglivie (3,off Stephenson); Beniquez (1,off Stephenson).  3B–Milwaukee Clark (1,off Culp).  HR–Milwaukee Briggs (9,8th inning off Culp 1 on, 0 out); Clark (1,9th inning off Culp 0 on, 0 out), Boston Petrocelli (7,1st inning off Lockwood 3 on, 1 out); Fisk (8,4th inning off Lockwood 0 on, 0 out); Smith 2 (10,6th inning off Parsons 2 on, 0 out,7th inning off Stephenson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Theobald (1,off Culp); Griffin (2,off Parsons).  HBP–Yastrzemski (3,by Lockwood).  SB–Beniquez (2,2nd base off Lockwood/Ratliff).  WP–Parsons (3), Culp (2).  HBP–Lockwood (3,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:20.
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