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1972 BOSTON RED SOX
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The 1972 Boston Red Sox had spent four years as a team
with a winning record, but well off the pace off the
American League elite. They made marginal improvements on
the field in 1972, and it added up to pennant race
baseball in Fenway Park, for the first time since the
Impossible Dream pennant of 1967, even if Boston came up
just short in the end In the 1971-1972 off-season, general manager Dick
O'Connell continued shuffling his deck. He sent
Jim
Lonborg,
Billy Conigliaro,
George Scott, Ken Brett, Joe Lahoud and Don Pavletich to the Milwaukee Brewers for
outfielders Pat Skrable and
Tommy Harper, along with
pitchers Marty Pattin and
Lew Krausse. Pattin did a
decent job, winning 17 games, while
Harper became a bona
fide threat on the bases.
MARTY PATTIN Then on March 22nd,
Sparky Lyle was traded to the
Yankees for firstbaseman Danny Cater. Cater had always
played well against the Red Sox, and Dick O'Connell
considered him a more than adequate replacement for
George Scott. By the end of the season, however, that trade would
be considered a disaster and one of the worst trades in
Red Sox history. Bob Burda was also picked up from the
Cardinals for Mike Fiore. Carl Yastrzemski,
Reggie Smith and
Rico Petrocelli were
now the only players left over from the 1967 "Impossible
Dream" team. In the meantime, manager Eddie Kasko received
a contract extension. Spring training began under a cloud, as the players
union considered a strike. In a preliminary vote on March
12th, the Sox were one of the few teams to not support the
strike unanimously.
Carl Yastrzemski, then the
highest-paid player in the major leagues at $166,000 per
year, was one of the four Red Sox players to vote "no".
Player representative, Gary Peters, explained the Red Sox
vote, by telling the media it was a result of Tom Yawkey's
extraordinary generosity. When the players finally called for the strike, the Red
Sox were one of four teams to not give it unanimous
support. The strike started on April 1st, but after twelve
days, the two sides reached agreement and baseball
resumed. The owners agreed to add $500,000 to the players
pension fund. They also agreed to add salary arbitration
to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. One of the over-all results of the players strike was
that, because of the uneven schedule, not all teams played
the same amount of games in 1972. The Detroit Tigers ended
up playing one more game than the Red Sox, which enabled
them to win the American League East by one half game over
Boston. The Tigers won the division on the next to last
day of the season, when they beat the Red Sox at Tiger
Stadium.
The Red Sox’ basic formula of 1968-71 remained in place
for this season. That formula could be crudely described
as hit the heck out of the ball to make up for bad
pitching. Boston led the American League in runs scored,
and finished 11th in what was then a 12-team league, in
ERA. Other offensive players picked up the slack.
Reggie Smith moved from center to right to make room for
Harper,
but continued to put up numbers, with a .365 on-base
percentage/.475 slugging percentage. The Sox called up
Carlton Fisk (.293 BA, .370 OBP) who popped 22 home runs
and brought a fiery emotional spark to the team. Harper brought speed, swiping 25 bases. The great
Carl Yastrzemski (.264 BA, 12 HR), along with
Rico Petrocelli,
both struggled with power, but
Yaz finished with a .357 OBP, while third baseman
Petrocelli (.240 BA, 15 HR) was
in at .339 OBP. Shortstop Luis Aparacio wasn’t an
offensive threat, but the 38-year-old glove wizard
stabilized the defense. Behind Pattin, the rest of the rotation was
functionable, if not great. Sonny Siebert (12-12, 3.80)
and John Curtis (11-8, 3.73 ERA) each finished
respectably. Ray Culp (5-8, 4.46 ERA), the staff ace in
recent years, declined sharply though and was released
after the ’72 season was over. Gary Peters (3-3, 4.32 ERA)
played out his final season. But it was the
Lyle-less
bullpen that was the big problem. If nothing else, Boston did settle on the two pitchers
that would eventually help this team win the 1975 American
League pennant.
Bill Lee got the first regular work of his
career, throwing 84 innings and finishing with a 3.20 ERA.
And Luis Tiant revived his career, making 19 starts, 24
more relief appearances and winning 15 games with a
dazzling 1.91 ERA. Eddie Kasko started the year on the hot seat and stayed
there through May, because the club played uninspired
ball. On opening day, Detroit's Mickey Lolich beat the Red
Sox 3 to 2, when Luis Aparicio tripped over third-base
trying to score on
Carl Yastrzemski's hit, and was tagged
out. The manner of that defeat would prove to be prophetic
at the end of the season. After losing 2 of 3 to the Indians at Fenway Park, the
Sox welcomed the Yankees to town. On April 21st,
Bill Lee
pitched three innings in relief to save a win for
Ray Culp, 5 to 4. He finished strongly, striking out Johnny Callison with the tying run on base. The difference turned
out to be a triple by rookie
Carlton Fisk in the seventh
inning, who later was brought in by
Tommy Harper's single. The next game with the Yankees was a comedy of errors,
eight of them, including four by Yanks thirdbaseman, Rich
McKinney, that accounted for nine unearned runs by the
Sox. Luis Aparicio's three errors were less costly, as the
Sox won 11 to 7. The Sox concluded April with a road trip that produced
just one win in five games in Minnesota and then in Texas.
Against the Texas Rangers, the former Washington Senators,
on April 30th, the Sox got a 3 to 0 victory in 10 innings.
Newcomer Lew Krausse shut out the Rangers on two hits for
nine innings.
Tommy Harper's double in the 10th
inning, scored
Carlton Fisk and Bob Burda with the winning
runs that snapped a scoreless tie. Upon returning home to start the month of May, the Sox
(4-10) dropped three straight to the Twins, falling 5
games behind the leaders in the AL East. In Anaheim on May 9th, the Sox snapped a three game
losing streak against the Angels, 4 to 3. Pinch-hitter Bob
Burda scored Duane Josephson with the winning run,
breaking a 3-3 tie. Two nights later,
Ray Culp became the
first Sox pitcher to throw a complete game, as the Sox
trounced the Angels, 8 to 1.
Reggie Smith smacked his
first homer of the season, while
Tommy Harper knocked out
three hits as did Bob Montgomery. In Oakland, it took 12 innings, but the Sox beat the
A's, 7 to 6.
Harper again was clutch, slamming a homer to
put the Sox ahead. Ken Tatum retired the Athletics in
order to get the win for
Bill Lee on May 12th. In the next
game, John Kennedy knocked in five runs to guide the Sox
to a 9 to 6 win. In Milwaukee on May 16th,
Harper stroked two doubles,
including one in the 10th inning that started a winning
rally, as the Sox beat his former team, the Brewers, 5 to
1. Danny Cater knocked him in with the go-ahead run. Rick
Miller later followed with a two-run homer. But the road trip ended with five straight losses and
the Sox were 9-17 and fell 7 1/2 games behind the
league-leading Cleveland Indians. The Sox then briefly
revived themselves with a 5-2 homestand against the last
place Brewers and the three-time defending AL champion
Baltimore Orioles. On May 23rd, it took ten innings to do it but in that
last inning, after
Reggie Smith walked and was sacrificed
to second,
Rico Petrocelli lined a game-winning hit to
center, giving the Sox a 6 to 5 win over the Orioles. Two
nights later, Marty Pattin won his first game as a member
of the Red Sox, 2 to 1. Next came the Brewers and
Bill Lee defeated them, 5 to
4, in a battle for last place on May 26th.
Carlton Fisk
knocked in the winning run in the 8th inning, with a
double off the wall, that scored
Rico Petrocelli. The
Brewers imploded in the next game. With the score tied in
the 5th inning, they committed three errors that gave the
Sox four runs, that lead to an eventual, 9-3 win.
Tommy Harper had another three hit night, including a home run,
while Luis Aparicio got four hits in five trips. In the
third game with the Brewers on May 28th,
Fisk ruined
Jim
Lonborg's return to Fenway, with a home run and a double,
the gave the Sox a 4 to 1 victory. On May 30th the Sox traveled down to Baltimore to have
Ray Culp shutout the birds, 6 to 0. Home runs by
Fisk and
Harper gave him all the runs he needed. Sonny Siebert
followed up
Culp's gem and Doug Griffin rapped out four
straight hits, beating the Orioles, 7 to 1. The Red Sox
started June with a 16-19 record and cut their deficit to
4 games.
But the revival didn’t last, as they lost three straight
in Kansas City. In the last game of the series, the second
game of a doubleheader on June 4th, rookie John Curtis
threw a seven-hitter, shutting out Kansas City, 4 to 0.
Off to Chicago and on June 6th, Sonny Siebert shut out the
White Sox, 2 to 0, beating Wilbur Wood. Siebert had now
pitched 18 straight innings without giving up an earned
run.
After the .500 road trip, the Sox returned to Fenway to
host the Angels on June 9th.
Tommy Harper slammed a home
run to break a 2-2 tie in the third inning. The Angels
tied up the game in the top of the 6th, but
Rico Petrocelli knocked one into the Angels' bullpen in the
bottom half of the inning, that proved to be the game
winner.
Two days later,
Carlton Fisk walloped a fast ball from the
Angels' Eddie Fisher into the bleachers in centerfield
with the score tied at 4-4.
Petrocelli also knocked in two
runs on three singles, as the Sox won this game, 8 to 4.
The Sox took two of three from the Angels, but then lost
two of three to the Kansas City Royals and two of three to
the White Sox. In the second game of the doubleheader on
June 17th, the Sox achieved their first come-from-behind
win of the year. The White Sox were up 8-7 going into the
eighth inning. Ben Oglivie, who had walked, was driven in
by a triple from Duane Josephson to tie the game. Phil
Gagliano's blooper drove in
Carlton Fisk, who ran for
Josephson. After John Kennedy drew a walk,
Yaz drove in Gagliano with the final run on a single to center, giving
the Red Sox a 10 to 8 victory.
On June 19th, the Sox
slammed four homers, two by
Reggie Smith, backing Sonny
Siebert, who pitched a three-hitter.
Rico Petrocelli and
Danny Cater each hit one each, as the Sox clobbered the
Rangers, 12 to 0. They finished the homestand by taking
two of three from the Texas Rangers thus making their stay
at Fenway a wash. They were 6 1/2 games out, in fourth
place.
In Milwaukee, the Sox lost 4 of their 5 games with the
Brewers. On June 26th, the Red Sox were still 25-33 and
eight games off the pace in the AL East. Having just gone
8-14 in a stretch against mostly sub-.500 teams from the
AL West, there was no reason for New England to expect a
contender. But then, in midseason, the club finally shook off a
series of small injuries and started winning.
Luis Tiant
pitched his way out of the bullpen and soon anchored a
starting staff that included Siebert, Lee, Pattin and
rookies John Curtis and Lynn McGlothen. It was John Curtis, who weathered a rough first inning
and proceeded to toss a nifty three-hitter at the
Cleveland Indians, winning 8 to 2, on June 27th. A seven
run fourth inning, highlighted by Bob Burda's three-run
homer, helped make Curtis' job easier. The team returned to Fenway on
June 28th and fans saw
Luis Tiant overpower the Detroit Tigers, 5 to 3. He stole
the show from
Carl Yastrzemski, who had two hits and two
RBIs and Carlton Fisk, who went 3-for-3, with two doubles.
Luis pitched five innings, giving up just one hit, no runs
and five strikeouts, July started with
Tiant getting the call again. On July
1st, the Brewers were at Fenway with two men on base in
the ninth inning. In came
Luis with Ron Thebold at the
plate. He threw a fastball and a curve that didn't touch
the plate, and was behind 2-0, the next pitch was grounded
to shortstop Juan Beniquez, who started a game-ending
doubleplay. The Sox swept a doubleheader from the Brewers on July
2nd, 15 to 4 and 3-2 in 11 innings. It was a sweep by a
combination of veteran ballplayer and from a few pushy
kids. Ray Culp had a big cushion in the first game, thanks
to a grand slam homer off the bat of
Rico Petrocelli. The
Reggie Smith hit two homers, one left-handed and one
right-handed. REGGIE SMITH In the second game, young John Curtis stayed strong the
whole game. The power was replaced by small ball. Five
hits from Juan Beniquez in the doubleheader, were
overhadowed when he drove in the winning run in the 11th
inning. He drove in Ben Oglivie who had started the 11th
inning rally with his sixth hit of the afternoon. In the next game, the Minnesota Twins were the Sox
victim and Luis Tiant, on July 3rd.
Tiant gave nine strong
innings and beat his former team, 8 to 2. He gave up eight
hits and knocked in two runs himself. With runners on
second and third, Luis managed to tap a ball into
centerfield. Lynn McGlothen threw a three hit shutout against the
Twins the next night, 2-0, for his first major league win.
And then Marty Pattin also shutout the Twins, 2 to 0, for
a series sweep and the Sox' sixth straight victory. The
Sox finished their homestand winning seven of the eight
games they played. Out on the west coast, the Sox lost 2 of 3 to the
Angels. Then in Oakland on July 10th, the Sox were
trailing, 2 to 1, with McGlothen getting no run support.
Then in the eighth, with
Carl Yastrzemski on base,
Rico Petrocelli hit his eighth homer into the left field seats,
giving the Sox a 4 to 2 win. The next night, Reggie Jackson lined a 2-2 pitch from
Marty Pattin, in the ninth inning, for a single.
Gone was Pattin's no-hitter, but Pattin got the next two
batters and beat the A's, 4 to 0.
Carlton Fisk's 11th
homer in the second inning, was all the support Pattin
needed. Fisk led the Sox by knocking out two singles, a home
run and two free passes, in the final game. It all meant a
7 to 6 win and a series sweep of the Athletics. Marty Pattin then fired a four-hitter in Minnesota and
got home run help from
Reggie Smith and Danny Cater, in
beating the Twins, 6 to 1. Carl Yastrzemski and Luis Aparicio were named as
starters for the American League All Stars as the Sox came
back to Fenway. On July 17th, John Curtis defeated
the California Angels, 4 to 1. Danny Cater continued some
clutch hitting, doubling home two runs to break a 1-1 tie. The next night Sonny Siebert burned the Angels and
Nolan Ryan, retiring the last 18 men he faced, allowing
only four hits.
Tommy Harper had three hits of Ryan and
the Sox won again, 4 to 1. The Sox swept the Angels on the back of Lynn McGlothen
in the final game, 8 to 2. McGlothen walked only one
batter and Carlton Fisk backed him with a home run. Named as a reserve by Earl Weaver, on July 20th,
Carlton Fisk became only the fifth Sox rookie to make the All Star
team. The others were
Walt Dropo (1950),
Frank
Malzone (1957), Don Schwall (1961) and
George Scott
(1966). On that day, the Sox swept Oakland in a Fenway
doubleheader. In the first game, Doug Griffin bunted one
perfectly down the third base line to score the winning
run in the seventh inning and give Marty Pattin his sixth
straight win, 2 to 1. Griffin had three hits in the first
game and four in the second game, helping the Sox win 4 to
3. The next game, on July 21st, went 14 innings with the
A's. The count was 3-2 on
Carl Yastrzemski and Griffin was
on first base.
Yaz hit a grounder to Sal Bando, who was
playing second base in this game. The ball hit his glove
and rolled into right field. Griffin sped around the bases
and slid home, giving the Sox a 5 to 4 win, their seventh
straight. The next day, the Sox split a doubleheader with the
Athletics. In the second game, Sonny Siebert overpowered
the A's with a 3-0 shutout. The A's won the final game of
the six game set and the Sox ended their homestand winning
seven of the nine games and going into the All Star break
with a 45-41 record, in 3rd place, 5 games behind the
first place Tigers. Because of an injury to Kansas City's, Amos Otis,
Reggie Smith was named as a last minute replacement for
the All Star Game. The National League beat the American
League, 4 to 3, in 10 innings, in Atlanta.
Carlton Fisk
scored a run and had to try and catch Wilbur Wood's
knuckleball, along with pitches from Gaylord Perry and
Dave McNally, working the last five innings.
Regression started the second half, with
three losses in four games at New York, then a series loss
in Detroit, followed by dropping the first two games of a
four-game home series with the Yankees. The Sox were again
under .500, at 47-48 and 6 1/2 games out. But for a moment, on July 28th, trading
Sparky Lyle for Danny Cater was a good deal for the Sox. In the
first game of a doubleheader, the Sox were trailing 5 to 2
in the ninth inning. Mel Stottlemyre walked
Reggie Smith
and Rico Petrocelli.
Sparky Lyle came in to try and get
his 21st save. He first gave up a run scoring single to
Cater. After striking out John Kennedy, Bob Montgomery
stepped to the plate.
Lyle threw him a slider over the
outside corner and Monty sliced a fly ball into the short
right field stands, to give the Sox the game winner, 6 to
5. After losing four straight games, the Sox finally won
one. It was the second game of a doubleheader with the
Yankees, on August 2nd, at Fenway. Eddie Kasko
decided to sit
Carl Yastrzemski down and his sub, Danny
Cater, responded with three hits that knocked in a couple
of runs, in a 7 to 4 Sox win. The Sox cruised in the next game with 15 hits in a 7 to
2 win over the Yankees.
Rico Petrocelli was 4-for-5 and
Carlton Fisk slammed a homer over the net onto Lansdowne
Street. The Orioles followed the Yankees into Fenway and on
August 4th, Marty Pattin subdued them with a masterful
two-hitter, winning 2 to 0. In the next game, the Orioles
ran into Rico Petrocelli.
Rico knocked in two runs with a
double in the first inning. Two innings later a poked a
grandslam homer. The final score was
Rico-6, the
Orioles-3. Against the Indians on August 8th, Doug Griffin looped
a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning, that triggered
a three run burst that broke a 1-1 tie. The victory
was credited to Marty Pattin, his 10th. Sonny Siebert won
his 10th the next day, as the Sox beat the Indians, 5 to
2. The Sox left for a road trip, 4 games behind. The Sox lost 3 of 4 in Baltimore. The only win came as
the result of Luis Tiant, turning and wiggling his was to
a three-hitter. He retired the first nine men he faced,
giving up a two out, two-run homer, to Boog Powell in the
ninth. John Curtis pitched a great game in Texas on August
15th. It was a three-hit shutout, 3 to 0.
Reggie Smith accounted for all the runs with two homers.
Reggie's
three-run, eighth inning homer, insured a 4-3 win, two
nights later. In Chicago,
Luis Tiant shutout the White Sox, 3 to 0,
on a three-hitter of his own on August 28th.
Tommy Harper
knocked in two of the runs with a homer. The Sox started to turn their season around in Kansas
City and made a run for the pennant. On August 22nd, they
beat the Royals 10 to 7. The Sox rattled out 13 hits,
including a two-run shot into the right field bleachers by
Carl Yastrzemski. The win moved the Sox to 2 1/2 games
within the AL East lead.
They crawled to 59-56, and then won six of
eight to close August. The Sox came back to Fenway and on
August 25th,
Luis Tiant
threw his fourth complete game in a row, beating the Texas
Rangers, 4 to 0. In his last three games, he had
given up a total of nine hits. Luis Aparicio hit his first
home run of he year, with a man on, to give
Tiant the
insurance runs he needed, in the 8th inning.
Just like in 1967, when wild things were happening to the Red Sox,
when it looked as though they were certain to lose and they made
furious finishes, the game on August
26th was an example of what could have been ahead. The Red Sox
were trailing 6 to 2 going into the ninth-inning and all of a sudden
the place came alive as the local nine beat the Texas Rangers, 7 to
6. There were five runs scored in the ninth-inning and Phil Gagliano
had ended it with a pinch-hit double down the left-field line, to
score the final two runs, while leftfielder Larry Biittner couldn't
grab the rolling ball after bobbling it twice.
The Sox swept the Rangers in the final game, 10 to 3.
Rico Petrocelli
hit his 13th homer and doubled with the bases loaded.
Carlton Fisk
also homered and had a couple of hits.
The White Sox finished August with a visit to Fenway. They won the
first game, but then faced
Luis Tiant in the second game on August
29th. Tiant had all the crazy twitches, the nodding of his head, the
slow windup along with his fast ball, curves and a great slider. It
all amounted to a 3 to 0 shutout.
Lynn McGlothen struck out seven and walked only one batter, in
beating the White Sox, 4-2, in the final game. It was a win
that put the Sox only two games from the AL East lead.
By the time Labor Day arrived, the AL East
was red-hot. Baltimore was in first, but Boston, New York
and Detroit were all within a half-game of the lead. The
stage was set for a dramatic September.
Marty Pattin, who was just 2-9 on June 30th, boosted his record to
14-12 by shutting out the Royals to start September. He
scattered seven hits, while picking up his fourth shutout, 1 to 0, on
September 1st. The deciding run came on
Rico's line drive off the
wall that scored Yaz in the fourth inning. The Sox completed their
7-1 home stand by taking the second game from the Royals, 5 to 3, and
left Fenway only one game out of first.
In Milwaukee, Luis Tiant allowed the Sox to get the first game in a
doubleheader split on September 4th. He held the Brewers to five hits
and struck out seven in beating them, 2 to 0, for his sixth straight
win, sixth straight complete game and fourth straight shutout. Luis
shared the honors with
Carl Yastrzemski, who lined his fifth homer
into the center field seats with Luis Aparicio on base, off
Jim
Lonborg. The Sox, however, lost the second game, 6 to 2. At the end
of the day, the Sox and Yankees were tied, 1/2 game behind the Tigers
and Orioles in the AL East dog fight.
The next day, with the Sox behind, 3-1,
Reggie Smith homered with
Harper and
Yastrzemski on base. The Sox eventually won 5 to 3
and remained 1/2 game out.
The Sox returned home to battle the Yankees on
September 6th. It was
Reggie
again, who homered with a man on, in the fifth inning, to give John
Curtis the runs he needed, to beat the Yanks, 2 to 0. Not only was
there Reggie's homer, but there was
Carl Yastrzemski's three rifled
base hits, and most of all, there was probably the best fielding seen
this year, by Doug Griffin, Luis Aparicio,
Yaz and most of all
Rico Petrocelli, whose diving stab in the sixth inning, saved two runs and
was the absolute highlight of the game.
The Sox blasted their way into first place the next day. Home runs by
Tommy Harper, who went five-for-five, and
Rico Petrocelli each belted
three-run homers. Sonny Siebert pitched his first complete game
in a month and one half, beating the Yankees, 10 to 4.
YAZ AND LOOIE
The Sox made it a sweep of the Yankees on
September 8th, by winning 4 to 2.
Luis Tiant (11-4) missed his fourth shutout by finally giving up a
run in the fifth inning. He had pitched 40 1/3 scoreless
innings. Carl Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and
singled in the first run in the first inning. It was the Sox
12th win in their last 13 games at Fenway Park.
John Curtis stepped up, with a shutout of
the Yankees to conclude a three-game sweep in Fenway. Curtis then
punctuated a strong week by shutting out Cleveland on Sunday,
September 9th. The Sox now had a game and a half lead.
On September 10th the Sox were in Cleveland and swept a doubleheader
from them, 5 to 1 in 12 innings, and 2 to 0. The double win put them
ahead of Baltimore by 1 1/2 games. In the first game, after Graig
Nettles tied up the game in the bottom of the 9th for the Indians,
Fisk came through with a big blow in the 12th inning, his 20th homer
into the left field grandstand. In the second game, Curtis
pitched his second straight shutout. He went all the way,
scattering five hits.
In New York, the Sox lost the first game of the set to the Yankees
and then beat them in the next game, 7 to 2, on September 13th. They
maintained a 1 game lead over Detroit and a 1 1/2 game lead over both
Baltimore and the Yankees in the AL East, as they headed back to
Fenway.
In their first home game, on September
15th, Reggie Smith cracked his 20th homer of the year, and drove
in the deciding run with a 9th inning, two out, double. It scored
Carl Yastrzemski from first, and gave the Sox a 4 to 3
comeback, walk-off victory over the Indians.
The next day the Sox beat Cleveland, 10-0, behind
Luis Tiant. It was
his fifth shutout of the year.
Tommy Harper (14
HR) homered in the first inning,
Carlton Fisk (22
HR) in the second and
Carl Yastrzemski
( 8 HR) in the third.
Dwight Evans made his first appearance for the Sox, replacing
Reggie Smith in
the sixth inning.
After losing two games and briefly falling out of first place, the
Sox regained the AL East lead by beating the Orioles in a
doubleheader on September 20th.
Marty Pattin won the first game, 9 to 1, while
Luis Tiant once
again threw goose eggs and shutout the Birds, 4 to 0.
Carlton Fisk lined
a single and Dwight
Evans did the same. Harrison now left the game, down 9 to 1.
Fisk had two
singles, a double, a walk and three RBIs.
The big series win over Baltimore, was followed by
splitting four with Detroit. On September 22nd,
Rico Petrocelli
and Rick Miller had a huge hand in beating the Tigers, 3 to 2. Two
spectacular plays by
Rico,
robbed Detroit of four runs. Miller saved two more runs with a
skidding catch in the 8th inning. Two days later, "El
Tiante" kept Tiger hitters on edge, beating them, 7 to 2.
They split with the Brewers and beat the Royals in a make-up game and
left Fenway for Baltimore and Detroit. With a week to
play, the race was narrowing to just the Red Sox and Tigers. The
Orioles and Yankees were 2 1/2 games out and three back respectively.
The Boston media began calling manager Eddie Kasko a miracle worker and
Tiant, the savior of the club. But the highest praise
was reserved for
Fisk, who led the
team in hitting. Already seen as one of the best all around catchers in
Red Sox history, he was soon recognized as the team's new
leader.
In the first game with the Orioles in Baltimore, on September 29th,
Luis Tiant battled
Jim Palmer once again and
Carl Yastrzemski's
10th inning homer won the game for the Sox, 4 to 2. The loss
eliminated the Orioles from the race.
Yaz homered
again in the next game and drove in another run to give Marty Pattin
a 3 to 1 victory. The Sox lost the last game, 2 to 1. They were 1/2
game ahead of the Tigers, so the season would be decided in the final
series at Tiger Stadium.
The first game with Detroit on October 2nd, the Tigers jumped out to
a quick 1 to 0 lead over John Curtis, when Al Kaline homered. In the
third inning, the Red Sox rallied. With one out,
Tommy Harper and
Luis Aparicio singled, then
Yaz ripped a
Mickey Lolich fastball over the head of centerfielder Mickey Stanley.
The ball hit the top of the fence then bounced back over Stanley's
head again toward the infield.
Harper scored easily from third as Aparicio and
Yaz
tore around the bases. When Aparicio reached third,
third-base coach Eddie Popowski waved him home. But Luis
slipped on the bag and stumbled awkwardly into foul
territory. As he scrambled to his feet, he stumbled again
and fell down once more.
Yaz was rounding second base,
head down, thinking a triple or an inside-the-park home
run. He didn't see Aparicio on the ground, because if he
had, he would've held up easily and backtracked to second
base. Had
Yaz been alert, the Red Sox would still have had
two runners in scoring position. But as
Yaz pulled into third, he was surprised to see
his teammate still there.
Yaz yelled at Aparicio to head
for home, but as he realized that Aparicio couldn't go
anywhere, he headed back for second and was easily tagged
out. Reggie Smith finished the would-be rally by striking
out.
Yastrzemski's mistake was costly. Little leaguers run
with their head down, but not major leaguers. The Sox lost
4 to 1 and fell 1/2 game behind the Tigers. Afterward
Aparicio, of course, got all the blame and fans were
reminded of the miscue on opening day. The following night's game was a must win for the Red
Sox. Luis Tiant was the hottest pitcher in baseball and he
faced Woody Fryman of the Tigers. The Red Sox season ended
abruptly in the seventh inning, when Dick McAuliffe
doubled and Al Kaline knocked him in with a single, and
the Tigers clinched the division title, beating the Sox, 3
to 1.
The Oakland A’s would eventually win the World
Series, but Aparicio's slip and fall, along with Bucky
Dent's homer in 1978, the ground ball that went through
Buckner’s legs in 1986, Grady not taking out
Pedro in
2003, McCarthy picking Galehouse to pitch in 1948 and
Johnny Pesky's delayed row in 1946, became another in the
litany of Red Sox woes. The Sox had duplicated their 85 wins of 1971, by
winning 37 of their last 59 games, and finally, however,
appeared to be in a position to challenge for the pennant
in 1973. Carlton Fisk was the unanimous selection as
American League Rookie-of-the-Year, and placed fourth in
the balloting for MVP. On the other side of the coin,
Sparky Lyle with 32
saves in 1972, became a cornerstone of a bullpen for the
Yankees, that won three straight American League pennants
(1976-78), two straight World Series and he grabbed a Cy
Young Award in 1977. Cater batted .237 and hit eight home
runs, finishing up his first season with the Sox, on the
bench.
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| GAME LOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DATE | RECORD | PLACE | GB/GF | OPPONENT | SCORE | PITCHER | W/L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/06/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | Detroit Tigers | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/07/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/08/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | Detroit Tigers | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/09/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | Detroit Tigers | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/10/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/11/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | at Cleveland Indians | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/12/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | at Cleveland Indians | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/13/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | at Cleveland Indians | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/14/1972 | 0-0 | 1st | - | at Detroit Tigers | cancelled | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/15/1972 | 0-1 | 5th | -1 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 3-2 | Marty Pattin | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/16/1972 | 0-1 | 4th | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/17/1972 | 0-2 | 5th | -2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 4-0 | Ray Culp | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/18/1972 | 1-2 | 4th | -1 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 4-2 | Sonny Siebert | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/19/1972 | 1-3 | 6th | -2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 3-1 | Marty Pattin | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/20/1972 | 1-3 | 6th | -2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/21/1972 | 2-3 | 3rd | -2 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 5-4 | Ray Culp | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/22/1972 | 3-3 | 3rd | -1 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 11-7 | Sonny Siebert | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/23/1972 | 3-3 | 3rd | -1 | New York Yankees | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/24/1972 | 3-3 | 3rd | -1 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/25/1972 | 3-4 | 4th | -1 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 12-0 | Marty Pattin | 0-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/26/1972 | 3-5 | 4th | -2 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 3-1 | Ray Culp | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/27/1972 | 3-5 | 4th | -2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/28/1972 | 3-6 | 4th | -3 | at Texas Rangers | L | 9-6 | Bill Lee | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/29/1972 | 3-7 | 4th | -4 | at Texas Rangers | L | 7-6 | Bob Bolin | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/30/1972 | 4-7 | 4th | -3 | at Texas Rangers | W | 3-0 | Lew Krausse | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/01/1972 | 4-7 | 4th | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/02/1972 | 4-7 | 5th | -2 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/03/1972 | 4-7 | 5th | -3 | Oakland Athletics | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/04/1972 | 4-7 | 5th | -3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/05/1972 | 4-8 | 5th | -3 1/2 | Minnesota Twins | L | 5-2 | Ray Culp | 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/06/1972 | 4-9 | 5th | -4 | Minnesota Twins | L | 3-2 | Sonny Siebert | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/07/1972 | 4-10 | 5th | -5 | Minnesota Twins | L | 8-4 | Luis Tiant | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/08/1972 | 4-10 | 5th | -5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/1972 | 5-10 | 5th | -5 | at California Angels | W | 4-3 | Bill Lee | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/10/1972 | 5-11 | 5th | -5 1/2 | at California Angels | L | 5-1 | Marty Pattin | 0-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/11/1972 | 6-11 | 4th | -5 | at California Angels | W | 8-1 | Ray Culp | 2-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/12/1972 | 7-11 | 4th | -4 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 7-6 | Bill Lee | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/13/1972 | 8-11 | 4th | -4 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 9-6 | Gary Peters | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/14/1972 | 8-12 | 4th | -5 | at Oakland Athletics | L | 6-5 | Ken Tatum | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/15/1972 | 8-12 | 4th | -5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/1972 | 9-12 | 4th | -4 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-1 | Ray Culp | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/17/1972 | 9-13 | 4th | -5 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 4-1 | Sonny Siebert | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/18/1972 | 9-14 | 4th | -5 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 7-2 | Lew Krausse | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/19/1972 | 9-15 | 5th | -6 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-0 | Marty Pattin | 0-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/20/1972 | 9-15 | 5th | -7 | at New York Yankees | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/21/1972 | 9-16 | 5th | -7 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-3 | Ray Culp | 3-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-17 | 5th | -7 1/2 | L | 3-2 | Gary Peters | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/22/1972 | 9-17 | 5th | -7 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/23/1972 | 10-17 | 5th | -7 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-5 | Bill Lee | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/24/1972 | 10-18 | 5th | -7 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 4-1 | Lew Krausse | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/25/1972 | 11-18 | 5th | -6 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 2-1 | Marty Pattin | 1-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/26/1972 | 12-18 | 5th | -5 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-4 | Bill Lee | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/27/1972 | 13-18 | 5th | -5 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 9-3 | Sonny Siebert | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/28/1972 | 14-18 | 4th | -5 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 4-1 | John Curtis | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/29/1972 | 14-19 | 5th | -5 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 11-3 | Marty Pattin | 1-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/30/1972 | 15-19 | 4th | -4 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-0 | Ray Culp | 4-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/31/1972 | 15-19 | 5th | -4 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/01/1972 | 16-19 | 4th | -3 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 7-1 | Sonny Siebert | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/02/1972 | 16-20 | 4th | -4 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 9-1 | Lew Krausse | 1-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/03/1972 | 16-21 | 5th | -5 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 10-4 | Marty Pattin | 1-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/04/1972 | 16-22 | 5th | -6 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 7-5 | Ray Culp | 4-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17-22 | 4th | -6 | W | 4-0 | John Curtis | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/05/1972 | 17-22 | 4th | -6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/06/1972 | 18-22 | 4th | -5 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 2-0 | Sonny Siebert | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/07/1972 | 18-23 | 4th | -5 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 2-1 | Luis Tiant | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/08/1972 | 18-23 | 4th | -5 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/09/1972 | 19-23 | 4th | -4 1/2 | California Angels | W | 6-5 | Marty Pattin | 2-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/10/1972 | 19-24 | 4th | -4 1/2 | California Angels | L | 7-3 | John Curtis | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/11/1972 | 20-24 | 4th | -4 1/2 | California Angels | W | 8-4 | Sonny Siebert | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/12/1972 | 20-24 | 4th | -5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/13/1972 | 20-25 | 4th | -5 | Kansas City Royals | L | 4-2 | Bill Lee | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/1972 | 21-25 | 4th | -5 | Kansas City Royals | W | 11-3 | John Curtis | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/15/1972 | 21-26 | 4th | -5 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | L | 13-9 | Sonny Siebert | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/16/1972 | 21-26 | 4th | -6 | Chicago White Sox | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/17/1972 | 21-27 | 4th | -7 | Chicago White Sox | L | 5-4 | Ray Culp | 4-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22-27 | 4th | -6 1/2 | W | 10-8 | Bill Lee | 5-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/18/1972 | 22-28 | 5th | -7 1/2 | Chicago White Sox | L | 8-4 | John Curtis | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/19/1972 | 23-28 | 3rd | -6 1/2 | Texas Rangers | W | 12-0 | Sonny Siebert | 7-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/20/1972 | 23-29 | 4th | -6 1/2 | Texas Rangers | L | 5-2 | Marty Pattin | 2-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/21/1972 | 24-29 | 4th | -6 1/2 | Texas Rangers | W | 10-9 | Luis Tiant | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/22/1972 | 24-29 | 4th | -6 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/23/1972 | 24-30 | 4th | -7 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 8-1 | John Curtis | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/24/1972 | 24-31 | 4th | -7 1/2 | at Milwaukee Brewers | L | 5-2 | Sonny Siebert | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/25/1972 | 25-31 | 4th | -6 1/2 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 8-1 | Marty Pattin | 3-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25-32 | 5th | -7 | L | 2-0 | Lynn McGlothen | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/26/1972 | 25-33 | 5th | -8 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 7-3 | Ray Culp | 4-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/27/1972 | 26-33 | 4th | -8 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 8-2 | John Curtis | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/28/1972 | 27-33 | 3rd | -7 | Detroit Tigers | W | 5-3 | Luis Tiant | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/29/1972 | 27-34 | 3rd | -8 | Detroit Tigers | L | 8-4 | Don Newhauser | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/30/1972 | 27-34 | 4th | -7 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/01/1972 | 28-34 | 4th | -7 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-4 | Marty Pattin | 4-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/02/1972 | 29-34 | 4th | -6 1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 15-4 | Ray Culp | 5-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30-34 | 4th | -6 | W | 3-2 | John Curtis | 5-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/03/1972 | 31-34 | 3rd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 8-2 | Luis Tiant | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/04/1972 | 32-34 | 3rd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 2-0 | Lynn McGlothen | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/05/1972 | 33-34 | 3rd | -5 | Minnesota Twins | W | 2-0 | Marty Pattin | 5-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/06/1972 | 33-34 | 3rd | -5 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/07/1972 | 34-34 | 3rd | -4 1/2 | at California Angels | W | 5-3 | Luis Tiant | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/08/1972 | 34-35 | 3rd | -4 | at California Angels | L | 4-3 | Bill Lee | 5-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/09/1972 | 34-36 | 4th | -4 | at California Angels | L | 3-0 | Sonny Siebert | 7-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/10/1972 | 35-36 | 3rd | -4 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 4-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/11/1972 | 36-36 | 3rd | -4 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 4-0 | Marty Pattin | 6-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/12/1972 | 37-36 | 3rd | -4 | at Oakland Athletics | W | 7-6 | Bill Lee | 6-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/13/1972 | 37-37 | 3rd | -5 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 10-0 | Ray Culp | 5-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/14/1972 | 37-38 | 3rd | -5 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 7-6 | Luis Tiant | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/15/1972 | 37-39 | 3rd | -6 | at Minnesota Twins | L | 7-1 | Lynn McGlothen | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/16/1972 | 38-39 | 3rd | -6 | at Minnesota Twins | W | 6-1 | Marty Pattin | 7-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/17/1972 | 39-39 | 3rd | -6 | California Angels | W | 4-1 | John Curtis | 6-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/18/1972 | 40-39 | 3rd | -6 | California Angels | W | 4-1 | Sonny Siebert | 8-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/19/1972 | 41-39 | 3rd | -5 | California Angels | W | 8-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/20/1972 | 42-39 | 3rd | -5 | Oakland Athletics | W | 2-1 | Marty Pattin | 8-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 43-39 | 3rd | -4 1/2 | W | 4-3 | Don Newhauser | 1-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/21/1972 | 44-39 | 3rd | -4 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | W | 5-4 | Don Newhauser | 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/22/1972 | 44-40 | 3rd | -5 1/2 | Oakland Athletics | L | 5-3 | Gary Peters | 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45-40 | 3rd | -5 | W | 3-0 | Sonny Siebert | 9-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/23/1972 | 45-41 | 3rd | -5 | Oakland Athletics | L | 6-3 | Lynn McGlothen | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/24/1972 | All Star Game Break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/25/1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/26/1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/27/1972 | 45-42 | 3rd | -6 1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 6-2 | Marty Pattin | 8-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/28/1972 | 46-42 | 3rd | -6 1/2 | at New York Yankees | W | 6-5 | Don Newhauser | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 46-43 | 3rd | -6 | L | 3-1 | Sonny Siebert | 9-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/29/1972 | 46-44 | 3rd | -6 | at New York Yankees | L | 8-1 | John Curtis | 6-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/30/1972 | 47-44 | 3rd | -6 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 4-3 | Lynn McGlothen | 4-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 47-45 | 3rd | -6 | L | 7-2 | Luis Tiant | 4-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07/31/1972 | 47-46 | 3rd | -6 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 5-2 | Marty Pattin | 8-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/01/1972 | 47-47 | 4th | -7 | New York Yankees | L | 10-4 | Sonny Siebert | 9-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/02/1972 | 47-48 | 4th | -6 | New York Yankees | L | 5-1 | John Curtis | 6-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 48-48 | 4th | -6 1/2 | W | 7-4 | Gary Peters | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/03/1972 | 49-48 | 4th | -5 1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 7-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 5-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/04/1972 | 50-48 | 4th | -4 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 2-0 | Marty Pattin | 9-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/05/1972 | 51-48 | 3rd | -4 1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 6-3 | Luis Tiant | 5-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/06/1972 | 51-49 | 4th | -5 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 11-2 | John Curtis | 6-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/07/1972 | 51-50 | 4th | -5 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | L | 6-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 5-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/08/1972 | 52-50 | 4th | -4 1/2 | Cleveland Indians | W | 4-1 | Marty Pattin | 10-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/09/1972 | 53-50 | 4th | -4 | Cleveland Indians | W | 5-2 | Sonny Siebert | 10-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/10/1972 | 53-50 | 4th | -3 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/11/1972 | 53-51 | 4th | -4 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 2-1 | Don Newhauser | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/12/1972 | 53-52 | 4th | -4 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 3-2 | Marty Pattin | 10-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54-52 | 4th | -4 | W | 5-3 | Luis Tiant | 6-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/13/1972 | 54-53 | 4th | -5 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 8-2 | Sonny Siebert | 10-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/14/1972 | 54-53 | 4th | -5 | New York Mets (at Wash) | L | 4-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/15/1972 | 55-53 | 4th | -4 | at Texas Rangers | W | 3-0 | John Curtis | 7-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/16/1972 | 55-54 | 4th | -4 | at Texas Rangers | L | 9-8 | Ken Tatum | 0-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/17/1972 | 56-54 | 4th | -3 | at Texas Rangers | W | 4-3 | Marty Pattin | 11-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/18/1972 | 56-55 | 4th | -3 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 8-1 | Sonny Siebert | 10-9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/19/1972 | 57-55 | 4th | -3 1/2 | at Chicago White Sox | W | 3-0 | Luis Tiant | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/20/1972 | 57-56 | 4th | -3 | at Chicago White Sox | L | 9-7 | Marty Pattin | 11-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58-56 | 4th | -4 | W | 5-4 | John Curtis | 8-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/21/1972 | 58-56 | 4th | -3 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/22/1972 | 59-56 | 4th | -2 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | W | 10-7 | Marty Pattin | 12-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/23/1972 | 59-57 | 4th | -3 1/2 | at Kansas City Royals | L | 3-0 | Sonny Siebert | 10-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/24/1972 | 59-57 | 4th | -3 1/2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/25/1972 | 60-57 | 4th | -3 | Texas Rangers | W | 4-0 | Luis Tiant | 8-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/26/1972 | 61-57 | 3rd | -3 | Texas Rangers | W | 7-6 | Don Newhauser | 4-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/27/1972 | 62-57 | 3rd | -3 1/2 | Texas Rangers | W | 10-3 | Marty Pattin | 13-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/28/1972 | 62-58 | 4th | -4 | Chicago White Sox | L | 6-4 | Sonny Siebert | 10-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/29/1972 | 63-58 | 3rd | -3 | Chicago White Sox | W | 3-0 | Luis Tiant | 9-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/30/1972 | 64-58 | 3rd | -2 | Chicago White Sox | W | 4-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 6-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08/31/1972 | 64-58 | 4th | -2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/01/1972 | 65-58 | 4th | -2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 1-0 | Marty Pattin | 14-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/02/1972 | 66-58 | 4th | -1 | Kansas City Royals | W | 5-3 | Sonny Siebert | 11-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/03/1972 | 66-58 | 2nd | -1/2 | Kansas City Royals | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/04/1972 | 67-58 | 3rd | -1/2 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 2-0 | Luis Tiant | 10-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67-59 | 3rd | -1/2 | L | 6-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 6-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/05/1972 | 68-59 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Milwaukee Brewers | W | 5-3 | Gary Peters | 3-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/06/1972 | 69-59 | 2nd | -1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 2-0 | John Curtis | 9-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/07/1972 | 70-59 | 1st | +1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 10-4 | Sonny Siebert | 12-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/08/1972 | 71-59 | 1st | +1/2 | New York Yankees | W | 4-2 | Luis Tiant | 11-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/09/1972 | 71-60 | 1st | +1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 2-1 | Gary Peters | 3-3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/10/1972 | 72-60 | 1st | +1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | W | 5-1 | Bob Veale | 1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 73-60 | 1st | +1 1/2 | W | 2-0 | John Curtis | 10-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/11/1972 | 73-61 | 1st | +1/2 | at Cleveland Indians | L | 6-5 | Bill Lee | 6-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/12/1972 | 73-62 | 1st | +1/2 | at New York Yankees | L | 3-2 | Luis Tiant | 11-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/13/1972 | 74-62 | 1st | +1 | at New York Yankees | W | 7-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 7-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/14/1972 | 74-62 | 1st | +1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/15/1972 | 75-62 | 1st | +1 | Cleveland Indians | W | 4-3 | Bob Veale | 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/16/1972 | 76-62 | 1st | +1 | Cleveland Indians | W | 10-0 | Luis Tiant | 12-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/17/1972 | 76-63 | 1st | - | Cleveland Indians | L | 9-2 | John Curtis | 10-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/18/1972 | 76-64 | 2nd | -1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | L | 5-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 7-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/19/1972 | 76-64 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/20/1972 | 77-64 | 1st | +1/2 | Baltimore Orioles | W | 9-1 | Marty Pattin | 15-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 78-64 | 1st | +1 | W | 4-0 | Luis Tiant | 13-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/21/1972 | 78-65 | 1st | - | Detroit Tigers | L | 10-3 | Mike Garman | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/22/1972 | 79-65 | 1st | +1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 3-2 | Lynn McGlothen | 8-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/23/1972 | 79-66 | 1st | - | Detroit Tigers | L | 7-1 | Sonny Siebert | 12-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/24/1972 | 80-66 | 1st | +1 | Detroit Tigers | W | 7-2 | Luis Tiant | 14-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/25/1972 | 80-66 | 1st | +1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/26/1972 | 80-67 | 1st | +1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | L | 6-4 | Marty Pattin | 15-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/27/1972 | 81-67 | 1st | +1/2 | Milwaukee Brewers | W | 7-5 | Bill Lee | 7-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/28/1972 | 82-67 | 1st | +1 1/2 | Kansas City Royals | W | 3-1 | John Curtis | 11-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/29/1972 | 83-67 | 1st | +1 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 4-2 | Luis Tiant | 15-5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 09/30/1972 | 84-67 | 1st | +1 1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | W | 3-1 | Marty Pattin | 16-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/01/1972 | 84-68 | 1st | +1/2 | at Baltimore Orioles | L | 2-1 | Lynn McGlothen | 8-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/02/1972 | 84-69 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 4-1 | John Curtis | 11-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/03/1972 | 84-70 | 2nd | -1 1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | L | 3-1 | Luis Tiant | 15-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10/04/1972 | 85-70 | 2nd | -1/2 | at Detroit Tigers | W | 4-1 | Marty Pattin | 17-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 RED SOX BATTING & PITCHING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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