August 17, 1972 · 8:05 PM EDT
W: Marty PattinL: Mike PaulS: Bill Lee
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
 TEX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Biggest lead BOS by 1 · TEX by 2 · 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LALuis AparicioSS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CYCarl YastrzemskiLF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RSReggie SmithRF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RPRico Petrocelli3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DCDanny Cater1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JKJohn Kennedy2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MPMarty PattinP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AKAndy KoscoPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BLBill LeeP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
2B: Aparicio, Smith
HR: Harper, Smith
RBI: Harper, Smith 3
LOB: 8
2B: Paul
RBI: Billings, Fahey, Harris
CS: Harris, Nelson
LOB: 17
Top 1 · BOS batting
StrikeoutCarlton Fisk strikes out swinging.Bottom 1 · TEX batting
The Red Sox edged the Rangers 4-3 at Arlington Stadium.
Marty Pattin got the win, Mike Paul took the loss and Bill Lee earned the save. Reggie Smith went 2-for-4 for the Red Sox, while Dick Billings went 2-for-3 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
