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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 27, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on June 27, 1972 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Curtis |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vince Colbert |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 24,112 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: Art Frantz 2B: Merle Anthony 3B: George Maloney |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Harper | Center Fielder |
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| Bob Burda | First Baseman |
| Juan Beniquez | Shortstop |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| John Curtis | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Del Unser | Center Fielder |
| Jack Brohamer | Second Baseman |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Ray Fosse | Catcher |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Ron Lolich | Right Fielder |
| Tommy McCraw | First Baseman |
| Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
| Vince Colbert | Pitcher |
| Ken Aspromonte | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
June 27, 1972
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Colbert
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Colbert
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Colbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Colbert
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Colbert
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Curtis
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Curtis
Brohamer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Curtis
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Curtis
Fosse hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to third. Fosse moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lolich vs. Curtis
Lolich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Fosse scores. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCraw vs. Curtis
McCraw takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to third. Lolich moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Duffy vs. Curtis
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Colbert
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Colbert
Burda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Colbert
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Colbert
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Brohamer fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Curtis
Colbert is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Curtis
Unser hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Curtis
Brohamer hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Colbert
Curtis bunts towards the mound. Colbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Colbert
Harper strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Colbert
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Colbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Curtis
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Curtis
Fosse hits a popup into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lolich vs. Curtis
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Colbert
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Colbert
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Petrocelli vs. Colbert
Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burda vs. Colbert
Burda hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Colbert
Beniquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Colbert
There goes Beniquez. The throw from Fosse and he is safe. Beniquez steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fisk vs. Colbert
Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beniquez scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Curtis vs. Colbert
The ball gets by Fosse for a passed ball. Fisk moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Curtis vs. Colbert
Curtis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harper vs. Hargan
Steve Hargan now pitching.
Harper hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Fisk tags and scores. Curtis moves to third. Harper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Griffin vs. Hargan
Griffin hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Curtis scores. Harper scores. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Mingori
Steve Mingori now pitching.
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Mingori
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Mingori
Petrocelli takes first base on ball four. Griffin moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burda vs. Mingori
Burda hits a line drive into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Curtis
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Curtis
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez misplays the ball. That's an error on Beniquez. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leon vs. Curtis
Eddie Leon pinch hits for Steve Mingori.
Leon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Curtis
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Hennigan
Phil Hennigan now pitching.
Beniquez hits a line drive into right field. Lolich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Hennigan
Fisk hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Hennigan
Curtis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Curtis
Brohamer hits a line drive into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Curtis
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Curtis
Fosse hits a popup, foul, towards first. Burda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Hennigan
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Hennigan
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Hennigan
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Curtis
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Curtis
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Riddleberger
Denny Riddleberger now pitching. Jerry Moses now catching. Ray Fosse now playing first base.
Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Unser. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Petrocelli vs. Riddleberger
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Lolich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Burda vs. Riddleberger
Burda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. Riddleberger
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it and throws to second for the out. Smith scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Riddleberger
Fisk is hit by the pitch. Beniquez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Curtis vs. Riddleberger
Curtis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Curtis
Duffy hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Curtis
Moses takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Curtis
Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Curtis
Brohamer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Riddleberger
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Riddleberger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Riddleberger
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fosse scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Riddleberger
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Curtis
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Curtis
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a popup towards short. Beniquez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Farmer
Ed Farmer now pitching. Roy Foster now playing left field.
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Farmer
Petrocelli hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Farmer
Burda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fosse fields the ball and throws to Farmer covering. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Farmer
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Curtis
Lolich strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Curtis
Foster hits a popup towards first. Burda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Curtis
Duffy hits a popup towards the mound. Curtis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/27/1972 -- Boston at Cleveland (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Harper T, cf 4 1 0 1 Unser D, cf 4 0 0 0
Griffin D, 2b 5 0 2 2 Brohamer J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 1 1 0 Johnson A, lf 2 1 0 0
Smith R, rf 4 1 1 0 Farmer E, p 0 0 0 0
Petrocelli R, 3b 4 1 1 0 Fosse R, c-1b 4 1 1 0
Burda B, 1b 4 1 3 3 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 1 0
Beniquez J, ss 5 1 1 1 Lolich R, rf 4 0 1 2
Fisk C, c 3 1 1 1 McCraw T, 1b 2 0 0 0
Curtis J, p 4 1 1 0 Riddleberger D, p 0 0 0 0
Foster R, lf 1 0 0 0
Duffy F, ss 4 0 0 0
Colbert V, p 1 0 0 0
Hargan S, p 0 0 0 0
Mingori S, p 0 0 0 0
Leon E, ph 1 0 0 0
Hennigan P, p 0 0 0 0
Moses J, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 8 11 8 30 2 3 2
Boston 000 700 100 -- 8
Cleveland 200 000 000 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis J (W) 9.0 3 2 2 5 4
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Colbert V (L) 3.1 7 6 6 1 2
Hargan S* 0.0 1 1 0 0 0
Mingori S 0.2 0 0 0 2 0
Hennigan P 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Riddleberger D 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Farmer E 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Johnson A 2, Beniquez J
DP -- Boston 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Boston 8, Cleveland 6
2B -- Smith R
HR -- Burda B
SB -- Beniquez J
SF -- Harper T
HBP -- by Riddleberger D (Fisk C)
PB -- Fosse R
T -- 2:32
A -- 24112
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