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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Milwaukee Brewers 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Theobald 2b 3 0 1 0
  Ferraro 3b 2 0 0 0
May cf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 5 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 5 0 1 0
Clark 3b,2b 5 1 2 0
Briggs lf 4 0 1 2
Auerbach ss 4 0 2 0
Ryerson p 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 8 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 5 0 0 0
Beniquez ss 5 1 3 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 1 0
Smith cf 5 0 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Cater 1b 5 1 1 1
Josephson c 5 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 5 1 3 0
Curtis p 3 0 0 0
  Burda ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 12 2
Milwaukee 000 200 000 00284
Boston 001 001 000 013121
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Ryerson   8.1 10 2 1 1 3
  Linzy  L (0-1) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.2
12
3
2
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (5-3) 11.0 8 2 2 1 6
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
1
6

  E–May (2), Rodriguez (4), Clark (1), Auerbach (12), Cater (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Briggs (8,off Curtis), Boston Oglivie (4,off Ryerson).  3B–Milwaukee Rodriguez (1,off Curtis), Boston Smith (2,off Linzy).  HR–Boston Cater (5,6th inning off Ryerson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Linzy (1,off Curtis); Curtis (2,off Ryerson); Griffin (7,off Linzy).  SF–Beniquez (2,off Linzy).  IBB–Petrocelli (4,by Ryerson); Kennedy (1,by Linzy); Burda (3,by Linzy).  CS–Josephson (2,2nd base by Ryerson/Rodriguez).  WP–Ryerson (1).  IBB–Ryerson (1,Petrocelli); Linzy 2 (7,Kennedy,Burda).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:53.  A–20,478.
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