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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 27, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on July 27, 1972 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 27, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Marty Pattin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fritz Peterson |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,724 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Jim Evans 3B: Larry Barnett |
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 |
| Danny Cater | First Baseman |
| John Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Juan Beniquez | Shortstop |
| Marty Pattin | Pitcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Ron Blomberg | First Baseman |
| Johnny Callison | Right Fielder |
| Celerino Sanchez | Third Baseman |
| Gene Michael | Shortstop |
| Fritz Peterson | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 27, 1972
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Peterson
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Peterson
Griffin bunts towards the mound. Peterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Peterson
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Peterson
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Pattin
Clarke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Pattin
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Pattin
Murcer 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
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Peterson
Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cater vs. Peterson
Cater hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Peterson
Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Peterson
Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pattin vs. Peterson
Pattin hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Fisk scores. Beniquez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harper vs. Peterson
Harper is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Pattin
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Pattin
Blomberg hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Pattin
There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Callison vs. Pattin
Callison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Pattin
Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michael vs. Pattin
Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Peterson
Griffin hits a line drive towards first. Blomberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Peterson
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Peterson
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Pattin
Peterson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Pattin
Clarke 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 -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Pattin
Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Peterson
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Peterson
Cater hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Peterson
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Peterson covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Peterson
Beniquez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Callison. Beniquez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pattin vs. Peterson
Pattin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Pattin
Murcer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Pattin
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Pattin
Blomberg takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Callison vs. Pattin
Callison takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Blomberg moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Sanchez vs. Pattin
Sanchez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Michael vs. Pattin
Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Peterson
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Peterson
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Peterson
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Pattin
Peterson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Pattin
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Peterson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Munson vs. Pattin
Fisk fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Fisk. Peterson moves to third. Clarke moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Munson vs. Pattin
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Peterson scores. Clarke moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murcer vs. Pattin
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clarke tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Pattin
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Pattin
Blomberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Peterson
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Peterson
Fisk hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cater vs. Peterson
Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Peterson
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cater moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. Peterson
Beniquez hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Pattin
Callison hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Pattin
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Pattin
Michael 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 -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Pattin
Peterson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Peterson
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Marty Pattin.
Gagliano strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Peterson
Harper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Peterson
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Peterson
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Griffin moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Lyle
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Lee
Bill Lee now pitching. Ben Oglivie now playing right field.
Clarke 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 -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lee
Munson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Munson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Lee
Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lee
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blomberg vs. Lee
Blomberg strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Lee
Callison 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
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Lyle
Fisk strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cater vs. Lyle
Cater hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Lyle
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Lyle
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Lee
Sanchez hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Lee
Michael hits a ball on the ground towards short. Beniquez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lyle vs. Lee
Lyle strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oglivie vs. Lyle
Oglivie 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 -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Lyle
Harper 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 -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Lyle
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Lyle
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/27/1972 -- Boston at New York (N)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Harper T, cf 5 0 1 0 Clarke H, 2b 4 1 2 0
Griffin D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Munson T, c 4 1 2 1
Yastrzemski C, lf 5 0 1 0 Murcer B, cf 3 1 1 3
Smith R, rf 4 0 0 0 White R, lf 3 1 2 0
Lee B, p 0 0 0 0 Blomberg R, 1b 3 0 0 0
Fisk C, c 4 1 2 0 Callison J, rf 3 1 2 2
Cater D, 1b 4 1 2 1 Sanchez C, 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Michael G, ss 4 0 0 0
Beniquez J, ss 4 0 2 0 Peterson F, p 3 1 1 0
Pattin M, p 2 0 1 1 Lyle S, p 1 0 0 0
Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0
Oglivie B, rf 1 0 0 0
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38 2 11 2 32 6 10 6
Boston 010 100 000 -- 2
New York 010 021 20x -- 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin M (L) 6.0 8 4 3 2 1
Lee B 2.0 2 2 2 1 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson F (W) 6.2 10 2 2 0 3
Lyle S (S) 2.1 1 0 0 1 2
E -- Fisk C
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 10, New York 6
2B -- Pattin M, Beniquez J, Munson T
HR -- Cater D, Callison J, Murcer B
SB -- White R
SF -- Murcer B
WP -- Lyle S
T -- 2:21
A -- 12724
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