Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1972 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 1 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 2 2 0
Cater 1b 5 1 1 0
Smith rf 4 1 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 5 1 4 3
Fisk c 4 0 1 2
Kosco lf 5 0 1 0
Gagliano 2b 4 0 1 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Newhauser p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Beniquez ph 1 1 1 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 5 1 3 3
Johnstone cf 4 1 2 0
Allen 1b 3 0 1 1
  Muser 1b 1 0 0 0
May lf 5 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 2 1 1 0
  Morales 2b 2 1 2 0
Spiezio 3b 4 2 1 0
Herrmann c 5 1 1 1
Alvarado ss 4 1 2 1
Wood p 3 0 1 2
  Forster p 1 0 1 0
  Williams ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 40 9 16 9
Boston 010 000 0337120
Chicago 000 023 0049161
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen   5.0 8 5 5 3 5
  Newhauser   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Peters   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Tatum   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Lee   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Krausse   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Pattin  L (11-12) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
16
9
9
6
8
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   7.1 10 4 3 2 3
  Forster  W (4-3) 1.2 2 3 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
4
6

  E–Alvarado (12).  PB–Herrmann (10).  2B–Boston Fisk (23,off Wood); Aparicio (19,off Wood), Chicago D Allen (20,off McGlothen).  HR–Chicago Alvarado (3,5th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 0 out); Kelly (3,9th inning off Pattin 2 on, 2 out).  CS–Harper (6,2nd base by Wood/Herrmann); Kelly (8,2nd base by McGlothen/Fisk).  SB–Morales (1,2nd base off Tatum/Fisk).  WP–Forster (5).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–3:18.
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