Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
July 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1972 at Anaheim Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 5, California Angels 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 2 1 0 0
  Miller cf 0 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 1
Petrocelli 3b 5 1 1 0
Fisk c 4 2 1 1
Oglivie rf 5 1 3 2
Cater 1b 3 0 1 1
Beniquez ss 4 0 0 0
Curtis p 3 0 1 0
  Tiant p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 0
Berry cf 5 1 3 3
Kosco lf 5 0 1 0
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 0
McMullen 3b 5 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 5 0 0 0
Stanton rf 3 0 1 0
  Pinson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Torborg c 2 0 1 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr 0 1 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
May p 2 0 0 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 12 3
Boston 010 011 000 2582
California 001 000 011 03122
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   7.1 9 2 2 1 8
  Tiant  W (4-2) 2.2 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
1
11
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
May   5.2 5 3 3 4 5
  Dukes   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Fisher   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Barber  L (1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
7
9

  E–Fisk (4), Tiant (1), Fisher (1), Stephenson (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–California Kosco (3,off Curtis); Spencer (4,off Tiant).  HR–Boston Fisk (10,2nd inning off May 0 on, 1 out); Oglivie (5,10th inning off Barber 1 on, 2 out), California Berry (4,8th inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Yastrzemski 2 (3,2nd base by May/Torborg,2nd base by Fisher/Torborg).  SB–Alomar (13,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk); Oliver (3,2nd base off Curtis/Fisk).  U-HP–Hank Morgenweck, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–3:13.  A–7,555.
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