Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
September 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 5, Cleveland Indians 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 5 1 3 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 5 1 2 2
Smith rf 2 1 1 1
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 1 2 1
Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0
  Kosco ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 2 1 1 1
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser rf 3 0 0 0
  Foster ph 0 0 0 1
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 1 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 2 2 0
McCraw lf,rf 4 2 2 3
Bell cf 3 1 3 1
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Moses c 2 0 1 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,lf 0 0 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 10 6
Boston 200 210 0005110
Cleveland 302 001 00x6100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   2.1 7 5 5 0 2
  Lee  L (6-4) 5.2 3 1 1 3 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow   3.1 6 4 4 1 1
  Riddleberger   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lamb  W (4-5) 2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Mingori  SV (10) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, Cleveland 2.  3B–Cleveland McCraw (5,off Siebert).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (7,1st inning off Tidrow 1 on, 1 out); Smith (19,4th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 0 out); Fisk (21,4th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out); Lee (1,5th inning off Lamb 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Brohamer (5,1st inning off Siebert 0 on, 1 out); McCraw (6,3rd inning off Siebert 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Smith (10,by Lamb); Bevacqua (1,by Lee).  SH–Tidrow (11,off Siebert); Moses (2,off Lee).  SF–Foster (2,off Lee).  HBP–Heidemann (1,by Lee).  SB–Harper (20,2nd base off Tidrow/Moses).  CS–Bell (6,2nd base by Lee/Fisk).  HBP–Lee (1,Heidemann).  IBB–Lee (7,Bevacqua); Lamb (5,Smith).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:27.  A–2,723.
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