August 16, 1972 · 8:05 PM EDT
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
 TEX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
RF3-5H-ABHR · 2B · 4 RBI · 1 RTop hitterEMElliott MaddoxCF2-4H-AB1 RBI · 2 RP2.1IP0 ER · 1 K · WP0.2IP1 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead BOS by 2 · TEX by 3 · 2 lead changes
| 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 |
| THTommy HarperCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| LALuis AparicioSS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CYCarl YastrzemskiLF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RSReggie SmithRF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RPRico Petrocelli3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DCDanny Cater1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JKJohn Kennedy2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LMLynn McGlothenP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPGary PetersP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LTLuis TiantP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BLBill LeeP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BOBen OgliviePH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGPhil GaglianoPH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DNDon NewhauserP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BBBob BurdaPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KTKen TatumP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2B: Smith, Kennedy
HR: Yastrzemski, Smith
RBI: Yastrzemski 2, Smith 4, Cater, Gagliano
LOB: 20
2B: Howard
3B: Hand
HR: Grieve
RBI: Maddox, Billings 2, Howard, Jones, Ford, Ragland, Grieve
SB: Maddox, Harris
CS: Maddox
LOB: 27
Top 1 · BOS batting
Bottom 1 · TEX batting
The Rangers outlasted the Red Sox 9-8 in 10 innings at Arlington Stadium.
Casey Cox got the win and Ken Tatum took the loss. Elliott Maddox went 2-for-4 for the Rangers, while Reggie Smith went 3-for-5 for the Red Sox.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
