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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 1, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 1, 1973 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 1, 1973 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 1, 1973 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mel Stottlemyre |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Curtis |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 30,689 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Hank Morgenweck 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Jim Evans |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
Matty Alou | First Baseman |
Roy White | Left Fielder |
Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
Jim Ray Hart | DH |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
Gene Michael | Shortstop |
Ralph Houk | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommy Harper | Left Fielder |
Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Reggie Smith | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
Orlando Cepeda | DH |
Rico Petrocelli | Third Baseman |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Rick Miller | Right Fielder |
Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
Eddie Kasko | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 1, 1973
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Curtis
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Curtis
There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Curtis
Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Curtis
Hart strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Stottlemyre
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Stottlemyre
Griffin bunts towards the mound. Stottlemyre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harper moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Stottlemyre
Smith hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. Stottlemyre
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Stottlemyre
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harper scores. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Petrocelli vs. Stottlemyre
Petrocelli hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Stottlemyre
Fisk is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Stottlemyre
Miller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Miller reaches second base with a double. Murcer throws the ball in to Clarke who relays the ball to Nettles who tags Miller trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Fisk goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Stottlemyre
Guerrero hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Stottlemyre
Harper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Harper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Stottlemyre
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Michael vs. Curtis
Michael hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Curtis
There goes Clarke. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Stottlemyre
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Stottlemyre
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Stottlemyre
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Curtis
Murcer strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Curtis
Hart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to second for the out. White scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Stottlemyre
Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Stottlemyre
Fisk hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Stottlemyre
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli juggles the ball. That's an error on Petrocelli. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michael vs. Curtis
Michael hits a popup into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Stottlemyre
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Stottlemyre
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Stottlemyre
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Curtis
Murcer hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Curtis
Hart hits a popup into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Stottlemyre
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Stottlemyre
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou throws to second for one, and Michael throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Stottlemyre
Cepeda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Petrocelli vs. Stottlemyre
Petrocelli hits a line drive towards short. Michael catches it and throws to second to double up Yastrzemski. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Michael vs. Curtis
Michael hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clarke vs. Curtis
Clarke takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to third. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Stottlemyre
Fisk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Stottlemyre
Miller 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 -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Stottlemyre
Guerrero hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Curtis
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Curtis
Murcer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Curtis
Hart hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Stottlemyre
Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Stottlemyre
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Lyle
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Curtis
Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Harper. Munson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Curtis
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Munson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Curtis
Alou is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Michael vs. Curtis
There goes Munson. The slide. Fisk applies the tag. Munson is out. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Michael vs. Curtis
Bob Montgomery now catching.
Michael hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Lyle
Jerry Moses now catching.
Cepeda 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 -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petrocelli vs. Lyle
Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Michael scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Lyle
Montgomery hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Lyle
Miller takes first base on ball four. Montgomery moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Guerrero vs. Lyle
Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montgomery scores. Miller moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/1/1973 -- New York at Boston (D) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Clarke H, 2b 3 0 3 0 Harper T, lf 4 1 2 0 Alou M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 2 0 White R, lf 4 2 1 0 Smith R, cf 4 0 1 0 Murcer B, cf 4 0 1 1 Yastrzemski C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Hart J, dh 4 0 1 0 Cepeda O, dh 3 0 1 1 Munson T, c 4 0 2 1 Petrocelli R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Moses J, c 0 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 2 1 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Montgomery B, c 1 1 1 0 Alou F, rf 2 0 0 0 Miller R, rf 3 0 1 1 Michael G, ss 4 0 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 4 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 8 2 33 3 10 3 New York 100 100 000 -- 2 Boston 110 000 001 -- 3 2 outs when winning run was scored. New York IP H R ER BB SO Stottlemyre M 7.1 8 2 2 1 1 Lyle S (L) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Curtis J (W) 9.0 8 2 2 3 4 E -- Petrocelli R, Michael G DP -- New York 2, Boston 1 LOB -- New York 7, Boston 7 2B -- Miller R, Harper T, Munson T SB -- White R CS -- Munson T HBP -- by Stottlemyre M (Fisk C) T -- 2:49 A -- 30689
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