New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
August 2, 1972 Box Score

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

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 7

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 0
Swoboda rf 3 0 1 0
  Blomberg ph 1 0 1 0
White lf 5 1 3 0
Alou 1b 5 1 1 0
Murcer cf 4 1 1 0
Ellis c 4 1 1 3
Sanchez 3b 4 0 2 0
  Kenney ss 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss,3b 4 0 1 1
Kekich p 1 0 1 0
  Beene p 2 0 0 0
  Munson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 2 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 1
Cater 1b 4 2 3 2
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 1 1
Kennedy ss 4 0 1 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 1 2
Montgomery c 4 1 2 0
Peters p 2 0 0 0
  Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6
New York 003 000 0104131
Boston 204 001 00x7110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (10-10) 2.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Beene   4.2 5 2 1 2 1
  McDaniel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
3
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  W (2-2) 7.2 11 4 4 2 3
  Tiant  SV (3) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
4

  E–Sanchez (2).  DP–New York 1, Boston 1.  2B–New York White (15,off Peters); Lanier (2,off Peters), Boston Cater (14,off Kekich); Petrocelli (8,off Kekich); Oglivie (7,off Beene); Montgomery (1,off Beene).  HR–New York Ellis (4,3rd inning off Peters 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (12,off Kekich); Tiant (1,off McDaniel).  SB–Harper (14,2nd base off Kekich/Ellis).  WP–Beene (2).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:22.  A–21,917.
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