Oakland Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Rudi lf 5 1 3 3
Jackson cf 5 0 0 0
Bando 3b 5 0 0 0
Mangual rf 5 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 0
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 4 1 1 0
Blue p 3 1 1 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 5 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 5 0 4 1
Yastrzemski lf 5 0 0 1
Smith rf 5 1 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 1 0
  Beniquez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Cater 1b 5 0 2 0
Kennedy ss,3b 5 1 2 2
Montgomery c 3 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisk c 1 0 0 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 1 1 0
  Newhauser p 0 0 0 0
  Siebert ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 44 4 13 4
Oakland 003 000 000 00360
Boston 020 000 001 014131
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   7.1 9 2 2 2 9
  Fingers   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Knowles  L (1-1) 2.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
10.2
13
4
4
4
12
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters   7.0 5 3 3 0 3
  Lee   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Newhauser  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
6
3
3
1
5

  E–Smith (3).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Tenace (3).  2B–Oakland Rudi (21,off Peters), Boston Smith (13,off Blue); Kennedy (5,off Knowles).  HR–Oakland Rudi (10,3rd inning off Peters 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Campaneris (13,off Peters); Knowles (1,off Newhauser).  HBP–Tenace (2,by Newhauser).  IBB–Griffin (2,by Knowles).  HBP–Newhauser (2,Tenace).  IBB–Knowles (2,Griffin).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:56.  A–33,657.
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