August 9, 1972 · 3:33 AM EDT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
 BOS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 5 | 9 | 2 |
C2-3H-AB1 RTop hitterRPRico Petrocelli3B2-3H-ABHR · 3B · 1 RBI · 2 RP6.1IP2 ER · 0 K · WP4.0IP4 ER · 2 K · LLosing pitcherP2.2IP0 ER · 0 K · SBiggest lead BOS by 3
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1DE Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | — |
| 2BORed Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | 0.5 |
3BA Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 5.0 |
4NY Yankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 6.5 |
| 5CLGuardians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 14.0 |
6MI Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 21.0 |
2B: Lowenstein
RBI: Perry
LOB: 14
2B: Miller
3B: Petrocelli
HR: Petrocelli
RBI: Aparicio 2, Petrocelli, Oglivie, Montgomery
LOB: 16
Top 1 · CLE batting
Bottom 1 · BOS batting
The Red Sox beat the Guardians 5-2 at Fenway Park.
Sonny Siebert got the win, Gaylord Perry took the loss and Gary Peters earned the save. Rico Petrocelli went 2-for-3 for the Red Sox, while Ray Fosse went 2-for-3 for the Guardians.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
