August 27, 1972 · 3:33 AM EDT
W: Marty PattinL: Rich Hand
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
 BOS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 10 | 8 | 1 |
CF2-4H-AB2B · 1 RTop hitterRPRico Petrocelli3B2-3H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 RP9.0IP3 ER · 6 K · WP0.0IP3 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead BOS by 7
| 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: Maddox, Howard
RBI: Mason, Biittner, Lovitto
LOB: 16
| THTommy HarperCF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LALuis AparicioSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CYCarl Yastrzemski1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RSReggie SmithRF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| RPRico Petrocelli3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
CF Carlton FiskC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BOBen OglivieLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JKJohn KennedySS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MPMarty PattinP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RMRick MillerCF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGPhil Gagliano2B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 30 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
2B: Petrocelli
HR: Petrocelli, Fisk
RBI: Yastrzemski, Smith, Petrocelli 3, Fisk 4, Miller
SB: Harper
LOB: 11
Top 1 · TEX batting
Bottom 1 · BOS batting
Batter OutCarlton Fisk out, shortstop Jim Mason to first baseman Frank Howard.The Red Sox routed the Rangers 10-3 at Fenway Park.
Marty Pattin got the win and Rich Hand took the loss. Rico Petrocelli went 2-for-3 for the Red Sox, while Elliott Maddox went 2-for-4 for the Rangers.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
