July 27, 1972 · 7:05 PM EDT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
 NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Biggest lead BOS by 1 · NYY by 4 · 1 lead change
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1DE Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | — |
| 2BORed Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | 0.5 |
3BA Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 5.0 |
| 4NYYankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 6.5 |
5CL Guardians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 14.0 |
6MI Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 21.0 |
| THTommy HarperCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DGDoug Griffin2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CYCarl YastrzemskiLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RSReggie SmithRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DCDanny Cater1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JKJohn Kennedy3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JBJuan BeníquezSS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MPMarty PattinP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BLBill LeeP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGPhil GaglianoPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BOBen OglivieRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2B: Beníquez, Pattin
HR: Cater
RBI: Cater, Pattin
LOB: 16
2B: Munson
HR: Murcer, Callison
RBI: Munson, Murcer 3, Callison 2
SB: White
LOB: 14
Top 1 · BOS batting
Bottom 1 · NYY batting
The Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-2 at Yankee Stadium I.
Fritz Peterson got the win, Marty Pattin took the loss and Sparky Lyle earned the save. Johnny Callison went 2-for-3 for the Yankees, while Danny Cater went 2-for-4 for the Red Sox.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
