Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1972 at Fenway Park. 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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Cleveland Indians 9, Boston Red Sox 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell cf 3 2 1 1
Johnson lf 3 0 1 1
  McCraw lf,rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 2 2
Foster rf,lf 2 1 1 1
  Lowenstein rf 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 5 2 2 1
Fosse c 4 1 2 1
Duffy ss 5 1 3 2
Brohamer 2b 4 1 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 5 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 1
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Oglivie lf 4 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0
Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 1 1 1
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Cleveland 021 202 0029141
Boston 100 000 100270
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (21-16) 9.0 7 2 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (10-7) 3.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Siebert   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Garman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nagy   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Peters   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
6

  E–Bell (3).  2B–Cleveland Nettles 2 (25,off Curtis,off Peters); Duffy 2 (13,off Curtis 2), Boston Smith (22,off Perry).  HR–Cleveland Bell (8,3rd inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out), Boston Kosco (9,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Perry 2 (13,off Siebert,off Peters).  SF–Foster (3,off Nagy).  HBP–Bell (2,by Nagy); Brohamer (1,by Peters).  IBB–Foster (2,by Curtis); Bell 2 (7,by Siebert,by Peters); Smith (11,by Perry).  WP–Nagy (1).  HBP–Nagy (1,Bell); Peters (3,Brohamer).  IBB–Perry (16,Smith); Curtis (4,Foster); Siebert (4,Bell); Peters (8,Bell).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:43.  A–21,502.
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