June 21, 1972 · 3:33 AM EDT
W: Luis TiantL: Horacio Piña
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TEX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
 BOS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 1 |
1B4-4H-AB2B · 2 RTop hitterCYCarl YastrzemskiLF5-6H-AB2 2B · 4 RP1.0IP0 ER · 1 K · WP3.0IP2 ER · 4 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead TEX by 6 · BOS by 1 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1OA Athletics | 93 | 62 | .600 | — |
2CW White Sox | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5.5 |
3DE Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | 7.5 |
| 4BORed Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | 8.0 |
5BA Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12.5 |
6NY Yankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 14.0 |
7MI Twins | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15.5 |
8KC Royals | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16.5 |
9LA Angels | 75 | 80 | .484 | 18.0 |
10CL Guardians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 21.5 |
11MI Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 28.5 |
| 12TERangers | 54 | 100 | .351 | 38.5 |
2B: Harrah, Mincher, Billings, Howard
RBI: Mincher, Billings 4, Randle, Gogolewski 2
LOB: 17
| THTommy HarperCF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| LALuis AparicioSS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CYCarl YastrzemskiLF | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RSReggie SmithRF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RPRico Petrocelli3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DCDanny Cater1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| DGDoug Griffin2B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| RCRay CulpP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JKJohn Kennedy3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPGary PetersP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DNDon NewhauserP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOBen OgliviePH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BLBill LeeP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BBBob BurdaPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LTLuis TiantP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
2B: Yastrzemski 2, Peters
HR: Petrocelli, Cater, Oglivie
RBI: Petrocelli 6, Cater, Griffin, Oglivie
LOB: 21
Top 1 · TEX batting
Bottom 1 · BOS batting
The Red Sox outlasted the Rangers 10-9 in 11 innings at Fenway Park.
Luis Tiant got the win and Horacio Piña took the loss. Carl Yastrzemski went 5-for-6 for the Red Sox, while Frank Howard went 4-for-4 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
