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August 2, 1972

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Yankees 4 11 1
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Yankees 4 12 1
Red Sox 7 11 0

Ron Blomberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .284
OBP .000 .355
At Bats 0 190
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 35

Luis Tiant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 2
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Fenway Park - August 2, 1972
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Single
Luis Tiant
Bob Montgomery
Danny Cater
Doug Griffin
Rico Petrocelli
John Kennedy
Ben Oglivie
Tommy Harper
Reggie Smith
Ron Blomberg
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Ron Swoboda. Blomberg hits a ball on the ground for a single.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Clarke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lanier fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Harper hits a popup towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tiant bunts towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jerry Kenney now playing shortstop. Hal Lanier now playing third base. Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Montgomery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Thurman Munson pinch hits for Fred Beene. Luis Tiant now pitching. Munson 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 8 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Lanier reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.
Top 8 Sanchez hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer moves to second.
Top 8 Ellis hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 White strikes out.
Top 7 Swoboda strikes out.
Top 7 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cater hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Griffin moves to second.
Bottom 6 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montgomery scores.
Bottom 6 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Montgomery moves to third.
Bottom 6 Montgomery hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of White. Montgomery reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Beene hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Sanchez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops it up and throws to first, with Beene covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith 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 4 Cater hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Griffin hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Beene hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harper hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Peters takes first base on ball four. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 3 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sanchez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sanchez. Petrocelli scores. Oglivie moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Oglivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Oglivie reaches second base with a double. Cater scores. Smith scores. Petrocelli moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kennedy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Fred Beene now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Cater moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cater moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cater hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harper scores.
Bottom 3 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Harper. The throw from Ellis and he is safe. Harper steals second.
Bottom 3 Harper takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lanier hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sanchez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ellis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Murcer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oglivie. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops it up and throws to first, with Kekich covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Montgomery hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Clarke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oglivie for the out.
Top 2 Swoboda hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clarke hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kekich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sanchez moves to second.
Top 2 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. Cater scores.
Bottom 1 Smith 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 1 Cater hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Cater reaches second base with a double. Harper scores.
Bottom 1 Griffin bunts towards the mound. Kekich fields it and throws to first for the out. Harper moves to second.
Bottom 1 Harper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ellis strikes out.
Top 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Swoboda moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to second.
Top 1 Swoboda takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Clarke hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.