The Boston Red Sox decisively defeated the New York Yankees, 7 to 4, on August 2, 1972.

1972 Boston Red Sox

Final

NYY

Yankees

49-46

4

BOS

Red Sox

48-48

7

NYY

BOS

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

3

4

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

4

7

H

13

11

E

1

0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Horace Clarke 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Swoboda RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Blomberg PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roy White LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Felipe Alou 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bobby Murcer CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
John Ellis C 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Celerino Sanchez 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Kenney SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Lanier SS,3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Kekich P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Beene P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindy McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4 1 2 4 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Kekich (L) 2.1 5 5 5 1 0 0
Fred Beene 4.2 5 2 1 2 1 0
Lindy McDaniel 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 7 6 3 1 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tommy Harper CF 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Doug Griffin 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Cater 1B 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Reggie Smith RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rico Petrocelli 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
John Kennedy SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ben Oglivie LF 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Montgomery C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gary Peters P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Luis Tiant P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6 0 3 1 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Peters (W) 7.2 11 4 4 2 3 1
Luis Tiant (S) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 13 4 4 2 4 1

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