Boston Red Sox vs Milwaukee Brewers
September 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1972 at County Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 3 1 1 0
  Miller cf 1 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 5 1 1 0
Smith rf 4 1 1 3
Petrocelli 3b 3 1 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 1 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 2 1
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Pattin p 1 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 1 1
  Peters p 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Auerbach ss 4 0 1 0
Theobald 2b 4 0 0 0
May cf 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 3 1 1 0
Briggs lf 3 1 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Lahoud rf 3 1 1 1
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 2 1
Ferraro 3b 3 0 1 0
Lockwood p 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Boston 000 010 0405101
Milwaukee 030 000 000380
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   4.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Peters  W (3-2) 5.0 3 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
6
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Lockwood  L (7-11) 7.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Linzy   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
4

  E–Smith (4).  DP–Boston 1, Milwaukee 1.  2B–Boston Oglivie (9,off Lockwood); Peters (2,off Linzy), Milwaukee Lahoud (8,off Pattin).  HR–Boston Smith (17,8th inning off Lockwood 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Scott (4,by Peters).  CS–May (10,2nd base by Peters/Fisk).  HBP–Peters (2,Scott).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:23.  A–3,877.
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