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August 3, 1972

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Yankees 2 8 1
Red Sox 7 15 2
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Yankees 2 8 1
Red Sox 7 15 2

Thurman Munson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .285
OBP .500 .363
At Bats 4 309
Hits 2 88
• Singles 1 71
• Doubles 1 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 1 34

Lynn McGlothen Season Stats

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4 3 0
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Fenway Park - August 3, 1972
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Out
Lynn McGlothen
Carlton Fisk
Danny Cater
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
John Kennedy
Ben Oglivie
Tommy Harper
Reggie Smith
Thurman Munson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 2 8 1 9
Boston Red Sox 7 15 2 11
Winning Pitcher Lynn McGlothen
Losing Pitcher Ron Klimkowski
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Carlton Fisk
Attendance 18,065
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clarke is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 9 John Ellis pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel. Ellis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 8 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Allen hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops it up and throws to first, with McGlothen covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Harper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Harper reaches second base with a double. Kennedy scores. McGlothen scores.
Bottom 7 McGlothen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Callison. McGlothen reaches second base with a double. Oglivie scores. Kennedy moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oglivie moves to third.
Bottom 7 Oglivie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blomberg for the out.
Top 7 White hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Munson hits a line drive towards third. Petrocelli reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cater bunts towards first. Blomberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McGlothen scores. Harper moves to third.
Bottom 6 Harper takes first base on ball four. McGlothen moves to second.
Bottom 6 McGlothen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rob Gardner now pitching. Kennedy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clarke for the out.
Top 6 Ron Swoboda pinch hits for Jim Roland. Swoboda strikes out.
Top 6 Kenney hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jim Roland now pitching. Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Petrocelli moves to second.
Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Top 5 Callison hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blomberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Kennedy applying the tag.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klimkowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards second. Clarke picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Clarke. Griffin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGlothen for the out.
Top 4 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kenney scores.
Top 4 Klimkowski strikes out.
Top 4 Kenney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Kenney reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Oglivie takes first base on ball four. Petrocelli moves to third. Fisk moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fisk is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. Smith scores.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Callison. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kenney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Callison hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blomberg strikes out.
Top 3 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Munson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Harper. Munson reaches second base with a double. Clarke scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Clarke hits a fly ball towards left. Oglivie settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oglivie. Clarke moves to second.
Bottom 2 Harper is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 McGlothen bunts towards first. Blomberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Clarke covering, for the out. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 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.
Bottom 2 Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Klimkowski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Callison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klimkowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Griffin. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Griffin steals second.
Bottom 1 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Harper hits a line drive towards short. Kenney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blomberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White hits a popup towards short. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murcer takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second.
Top 1 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.