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August 15, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 3 10 0
Rangers 0 2 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 3 10 0
Rangers 0 3 1

Dick Billings Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .280
OBP .000 .320
At Bats 3 336
Hits 0 94
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 44

John Curtis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 6 0
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Arlington Stadium - August 15, 1972
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Single
John Curtis
Carlton Fisk
Danny Cater
John Kennedy
Rico Petrocelli
Luis Aparicio
Carl Yastrzemski
Tommy Harper
Reggie Smith
Dick Billings
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Billings hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards short. Mason reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Harper moves to third.
Top 9 Harper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Curtis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Lovitto pinch hits for Casey Cox. Lovitto hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Harris takes first base on ball four. Mason moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater fields the ball and throws to Curtis covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cater strikes out.
Top 8 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Casey Cox now pitching. Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Billings hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Curtis hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maddox strikes out. There goes Stanhouse. The throw from Fisk to second, and Stanhouse is out.
Bottom 6 Stanhouse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Smith hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tom Grieve now playing right field. Aparicio hits a line drive towards first. Howard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Billings strikes out.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Stanhouse, and towards Mason, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Curtis for the out. Cater moves to third.
Top 4 Kennedy hits a line drive towards first. Howard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cater hits a fly ball towards right. Ford settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Ford. Cater moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Maddox. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Maddox steals second.
Bottom 3 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Stanhouse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Harris moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Harris. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Harris steals second.
Bottom 3 Harris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mason strikes out.
Top 3 Fisk strikes out.
Top 3 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Billings hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harper takes first base on ball four. Fisk moves to third. Cater moves to second.
Top 2 Curtis bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 2 Cater takes first base on ball four. Fisk moves to second.
Top 2 Fisk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Maddox is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Smith takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 1 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aparicio is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.