Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 5 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 2 3 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 2 3
McCraw lf 2 0 1 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Unser rf 4 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Duffy ss 4 0 3 0
Dunning p 2 0 0 0
  Foster rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 5 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 5 0 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 2 2 1 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 3
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 2 1
Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0
Pattin p 1 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland 100 020 0003101
Boston 000 003 001492
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning   6.2 7 3 3 5 7
  Wilcox  L (7-13) 2.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
4
3
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin   5.0 8 3 3 2 5
  Lee   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Veale  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
9

  E–Wilcox (5), Smith (5), Griffin (14).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Chambliss 2 (25,off Pattin 2); Nettles (23,off Pattin), Boston Fisk (26,off Dunning); Petrocelli (15,off Dunning); Smith (21,off Wilcox).  3B–Boston Fisk (9,off Dunning).  HR–Boston Smith (20,6th inning off Dunning 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Dunning (3,off Pattin); Griffin (14,off Wilcox).  IBB–McCraw (5,by Pattin); Fosse (14,by Lee); Oglivie (2,by Dunning).  IBB–Dunning (5,Oglivie); Pattin (3,McCraw); Lee (8,Fosse).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:46.  A–19,880.
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