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Rangers
9
@ Red Sox
10
Scores OFFON
Fenway Park
June 21, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on June 21, 1972 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Rangers with a score of 10 to 9.
Game Summary click to expand contents
| Date | June 21, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
R: 9 H: 15 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 9
Hits: 15 Errors: 3 Left On Base: 10 |
| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
R: 10 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 10
Hits: 16 Errors: 1 Left On Base: 12 |
| Winning Pitcher | —Luis Tiant |
| Losing Pitcher | —Horacio Pina |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | —Doug Griffin |
Game Info click to expand contents
| Date | June 21, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Gogolewski |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Culp |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 15,325 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: Bill Kunkel 3B: Red Flaherty |
Texas Rangers Lineup click to expand contents
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Toby Harrah | Shortstop |
| Dalton Jones | Third Baseman |
| Don Mincher | First Baseman |
| Dick Billings | Catcher |
| Ted Ford | Right Fielder |
| Frank Howard | Left Fielder |
| Larry Biittner | Center Fielder |
| Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
| Bill Gogolewski | Pitcher |
| Ted Williams | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup click to expand contents
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Harper | Center Fielder |
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
| Danny Cater | First Baseman |
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Ray Culp | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
9
@ Red Sox
10
Scores OFFON
Fenway Park
June 21, 1972
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Top 8
- Rangers, 7 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Billings vs. Peters
Billings hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Yastrzemski chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Fisk fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Fisk. Grieve scores. Nelson goes all the way around to score. Billings moves to third. View Play
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- Rangers, 9 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Pina
Ken Suarez now catching. Dick Billings now playing left field. Tom Grieve now playing center field. Larry Biittner now playing first base.
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Grieve. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/21/1972 -- TEX at Boston (D)
TEX AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Toby Harrah, ss 4 2 2 0 Harper T, cf 5 0 0 0
Dalton Jones, 3b 1 0 0 0 Aparicio L, ss 6 1 2 0
Dave Nelson, ph-3b 3 1 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 6 4 5 0
Don Mincher, 1b 4 0 2 1 Smith R, rf 4 2 1 0
Horacio Pina, p 1 0 1 0 Petrocelli R, 3b 5 1 1 6
Dick Billings, c-lf 6 0 3 4 Kennedy J, pr-3b 1 0 1 0
Ted Ford, rf 6 0 0 0 Cater D, 1b 4 1 2 1
Frank Howard, lf-1b 4 2 4 0 Griffin D, 2b 6 0 1 1
Joe Lovitto, pr 0 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 4 0 0 0
Ken Suarez, c 1 0 0 0 Culp R, p 1 0 1 0
Larry Biittne, cf-1b 5 1 2 0 Peters G, p 2 0 1 0
Len Randle, 2b 2 1 0 1 Newhauser D, p 0 0 0 0
Bill Gogolewski, p 3 1 1 2 Oglivie B, ph 1 1 1 1
Jim Panther, p 0 0 0 0 Lee B, p 0 0 0 0
Tom Grieve, ph-lf-cf 1 1 0 0 Burda B, ph 1 0 0 0
Tiant L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 9 15 8 46 10 16 9
TEX 002 410 020 00 -- 9
Boston 001 040 211 01 -- 10
0 outs when winning run was scored.
TEX IP H R ER BB SO
Bill Gogolewski 4.1 9 5 5 1 2
Jim Panther 2.2 3 2 2 0 0
Horacio Pina (L) 3.0 4 3 2 3 4
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Culp R 3.1 6 6 6 4 0
Peters G 4.1 7 3 2 2 5
Newhauser D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Lee B 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Tiant L (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Fisk C, Ken Suarez, Toby Harrah, Horacio Pina
DP -- TEX 1, Boston 1
LOB -- TEX 10, Boston 12
2B -- Toby Harrah, Frank Howard, Don Mincher, Peters G, Yastrzemski C 2, Dick Billings
HR -- Petrocelli R, Cater D, Oglivie B
SH -- Len Randle, Toby Harrah, Larry Biittner
SF -- Don Mincher, Len Randle
HBP -- by Bill Gogolewski (Smith R), by Horacio Pina (Smith R)
WP -- Bill Gogolewski 2
T -- 3:24
A -- 15325
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