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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 2, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 2, 1972 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Kline |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Curtis |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 16,491 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: Bill Haller |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Celerino Sanchez | Third Baseman |
| John Ellis | First Baseman |
| Ron Swoboda | Center Fielder |
| Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
| Steve Kline | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Harper | Center Fielder |
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| Danny Cater | First Baseman |
| John Kennedy | Shortstop |
| John Curtis | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 2, 1972
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson bunts towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
White vs. Curtis
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clarke moves to third. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Clarke scores. Munson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sanchez vs. Curtis
Sanchez is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Kline
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Kline
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Fisk vs. Kline
Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Curtis
Ellis strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Curtis
Swoboda strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Curtis
Lanier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kline vs. Curtis
Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Kline
Petrocelli hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Kline
Cater hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Kline
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Kline
Curtis hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Kline
Harper strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Kline
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline juggles the ball. That's an error on Kline. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Curtis
Sanchez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Curtis
Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sanchez moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Swoboda vs. Curtis
Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lanier vs. Curtis
Lanier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kline vs. Curtis
Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Kline
Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Kline
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Kline
Cater is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Kline
Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Kline
Curtis strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Kline
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lanier. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Kline
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
There goes Harper. The throw from Munson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Curtis
Sanchez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Curtis
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Swoboda vs. Curtis
Swoboda hits a line drive towards third. Petrocelli catches it and throws to second to double up Alou. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Kline
Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Fisk reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Petrocelli vs. Kline
Petrocelli is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cater vs. Kline
Cater hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Kline
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Curtis
Lanier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kline vs. Curtis
Kline bunts towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kline for the out. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Kline
Curtis bunts towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Kline
Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Kline
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a popup towards short. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Curtis
Sanchez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Sanchez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ellis vs. Curtis
Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sanchez scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Curtis
Swoboda takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Newhauser
Don Newhauser now pitching. Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Hal Lanier.
Murcer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kline vs. Newhauser
Kline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Newhauser
Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Kline
Jerry Kenney now playing shortstop.
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kline
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Kline
Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Newhauser
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Newhauser
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Newhauser
There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Newhauser
Alou strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sanchez vs. Newhauser
Sanchez hits a line drive towards short. Kennedy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Kline
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Kline
Cater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Kline
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1972, game 1 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Clarke H, 2b 4 1 0 0 Harper T, cf 4 0 0 0
Munson T, c 5 0 1 0 Griffin D, 2b 3 0 0 0
White R, lf 4 0 2 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 0 0 0
Alou F, rf 5 0 1 0 Smith R, rf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez C, 3b 5 1 2 0 Fisk C, c 4 0 1 0
Ellis J, 1b 4 1 3 1 Petrocelli R, 3b 3 1 1 1
Swoboda R, cf 3 1 0 0 Cater D, 1b 3 0 0 0
Lanier H, ss 2 0 1 0 Kennedy J, ss 4 0 0 0
Murcer B, ph 1 1 1 3 Curtis J, p 3 0 0 0
Kenney J, ss 0 0 0 0 Newhauser D, p 0 0 0 0
Kline S, p 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 12 4 31 1 3 1
New York 100 000 040 -- 5
Boston 010 000 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kline S (W) 9.0 3 1 1 3 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis J (L) 7.2 10 4 4 3 5
Newhauser D 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
E -- Kline S, Lanier H, Munson T, Fisk C
DP -- New York 1, Boston 2
LOB -- New York 9, Boston 7
2B -- Fisk C, Sanchez C
HR -- Petrocelli R, Murcer B
SB -- Harper T, White R
SH -- Kline S
HBP -- by Kline S (Cater D)
T -- 2:16
A -- 16491
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