April 22, 1973 Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 5
DET 3 CLE 8
BOS 7 BOS 5
@CLE 2 CHW 8
@KCR 4 KCR 6
CHW 1 MIL 4
NYY 3 MIN 6
TEX 4 OAK 3
CAL 2
(10) PIT 10
@CHC 4 CHC 11
PIT 3 CIN 6
ATL 3 HOU 4
SDP 3 SFG 4
@LAD 2 MON 2
@NYM 1
(10) NYM 13
MON 3 PHI 4
STL 2 PHI 2
STL 1

Standings at end of play this day

First game of doubleheader, see Second game.

Cleveland Stadium, Attendance: Not Given

Sunday, April 22, 1973, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:06

Red Sox

5-7

Lost 1

4th, 2½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         0  2  0   0  1  1   0  0  3    7 12  1
Indians         0  1  0   0  0  1   2  0  4    8  9  1

W: J Johnson (1-0), L: S Siebert (0-1)

Winning Run scored with 2 outs

Indians

6-8

Won 1

5th, 3½ GB

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Harper LF                   4   0   0   0    1   1  .300  .844    0    3   0   
  R Miller LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
L Aparicio SS                 5   1   2   1    0   0  .250  .681    0    1   2   2B
C Yastrzemski 1B              5   1   1   2    0   2  .234  .730    0    9   1   HR
R Smith CF                    4   1   3   1    1   1  .326 1.045    0    2   0   HR
O Cepeda DH                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .277  .918    0    0   0   2B,GDP
R Petrocelli 3B               3   2   2   2    1   0  .222  .850    0    0   2   HR
C Fisk C                      3   0   1   0    0   0  .372 1.204    0    6   0   CS,SH
D Griffin 2B                  3   1   1   1    1   0  .357  .876    0    2   2   2B
D Evans RF                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .182  .546    0    2   0   
  B Oglivie PH-RF             0   0   0   0    0   0  .364 1.091    0    0   0   SH

L Tiant P                                                                1   1
  B Veale P                                                              0   1
  B Bolin P                                                              0   0
  J Curtis P                                                             0   0
  S Siebert P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   7  12   7    4   7                    26   9

BATTING

2B: D Griffin (2, off B Strom); O Cepeda (2, off B Strom); L Aparicio (4, off J Johnson).

HR: R Petrocelli (5, off B Strom; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); C Yastrzemski (3, off J Johnson; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); R Smith (3, off B Strom; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF).

SH: B Oglivie (1, off J Johnson); C Fisk (1, off B Strom).

TB: R Smith 6; R Petrocelli 5; C Yastrzemski 4; O Cepeda 3; L Aparicio 3; D Griffin 2; C Fisk.

GIDP: O Cepeda (1).

RBI: C Yastrzemski 2 (11); R Petrocelli 2 (9); R Smith (10); D Griffin (4); L Aparicio (2).

2-out RBI: C Yastrzemski 2; L Aparicio.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

E: L Aparicio (2).

BASERUNNING

CS: C Fisk (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by B Strom).

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Torres RF                   3   0   1   0    2   0  .162  .619    0    3   0   2B
J Brohamer 2B                 3   1   2   1    0   0  .161  .493    0    1   2   HR
  W Williams PH               1   0   1   1    0   0  .500 1.250    0    0   0   
  T Ragland 2B                1   1   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    0    1   2   
C Chambliss 1B                3   1   0   0    2   0  .167  .560    0    7   2   
C Spikes LF                   4   0   1   1    1   1  .245  .796    0    1   1   
O Gamble DH                   3   1   1   1    0   0  .323  .977    0    0   0   HR
  R Lolich PH                 2   1   1   4    0   0  .333 1.666    0    0   0   HR
D Duncan C                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .240  .543    0    7   0   
G Hendrick CF                 4   1   1   0    0   0  .288  .706    0    1   0   
J Lowenstein 3B               2   0   0   0    0   1  .200  .533    0    1   1   
  B Bell PH-3B                1   1   0   0    1   0  .178  .445    0    2   0   
L Cardenas SS                 3   1   0   0    0   1  .095  .299    0    3   1   SH

B Strom P                                                                0   2
  J Johnson P                                                            0   0
Totals                       34   8   9   8    6   4                    27  11

BATTING

2B: R Torres (3, off L Tiant).

HR: O Gamble (2, off L Tiant; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs); R Lolich (1, off S Siebert; 9th inn, 3 on, 2 outs to LF); J Brohamer (1, off L Tiant; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF).

SH: L Cardenas (3, off B Veale).

TB: J Brohamer 5; O Gamble 4; R Lolich 4; R Torres 2; G Hendrick; T Ragland; W Williams; C Spikes.

RBI: R Lolich 4 (4); O Gamble (5); C Spikes (9); W Williams (3); J Brohamer (2).

2-out RBI: R Lolich 4; C Spikes.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Brohamer-C Chambliss.

E: C Chambliss (1).

BASERUNNING

PO: R Torres (1st base by L Tiant).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
L Tiant                        6     5   3   3    3   3   2   4.74   25     -       ·  ·      6· 7· 1· 5     50    -     1.07   0.10
B Veale, H (1)                 0.2   1   1   1    2   0   0   4.26    5     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 1          1-1    3.78  -0.12
B Bolin, BS (1)                0     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 1          3-1    5.92  -0.21
J Curtis                       1.2   1   3   0    1   0   0   4.86    8     -       ·  ·      3· 2· 1· 1          3-0    2.00   0.06
S Siebert, BS (1), L (0-1)     0.1   1   1   1    0   1   1   7.71    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 1          3-3    4.51  -0.80
Totals                         8.2   9   8   5    6   4   3          41     -       ·  ·     10·10· 2· 9         10-5

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Strom                        7     8   4   3    1   6   2   2.70   29     -       ·  ·      7· 5· 3· 7     52    -     0.81  -0.19
J Johnson, W (1-0)             2     4   3   3    3   1   1   5.68   12     -       ·  ·      2· 1· 1· 4          1-0    2.74  -0.29
Totals                         9    12   7   6    4   7   3          41     -       ·  ·      9· 6· 4·11          1-0

L Tiant faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.
B Bolin faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.
B Strom faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

PO: B Strom (1; C Fisk, 2nd base (CS)); L Tiant (1; R Torres, 1st base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney.

Time of Game: 3:06.

Attendance: 0.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 68° F.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Cleveland Indians                    
1. T Harper             LF    1. R Torres             RF 
2. L Aparicio           SS    2. J Brohamer           2B 
3. C Yastrzemski        1B    3. C Chambliss          1B 
4. R Smith              CF    4. C Spikes             LF 
5. O Cepeda             DH    5. O Gamble             DH 
6. R Petrocelli         3B    6. D Duncan             C  
7. C Fisk               C     7. G Hendrick           CF 
8. D Griffin            2B    8. J Lowenstein         3B 
9. D Evans              RF    9. L Cardenas           SS 

   L Tiant              P        B Strom              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   2  7-4  123      91% 100% R Lolich        S Siebert       Home Run; Cardenas Scores/unER; Ragland Scores/unER; Chambliss Scores/unER; Lolich Scores/Team unER
   t 9   2  4-4  --3     -35%  17% L Aparicio      J Johnson       Double to CF; Griffin Scores
   b 7   2  4-3  123      21%  62% C Spikes        B Bolin         Single to SS; Bell Scores; Torres to 3B; Williams to 2B
   t 2   1  0-0  -2-     -17%  31% R Petrocelli    B Strom         Home Run; Cepeda Scores
   b 7   1  4-2  123      16%  56% W Williams      B Veale         Single to RF; Hendrick Scores; Bell to 3B; Torres to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Brent Strom facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      52%  T Harper        Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---      54%  L Aparicio      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      55%  C Yastrzemski   Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Luis Tiant facing 1-2-3
          ---      61%  R Torres        Double to RF
   O      -2-      59%  J Brohamer      Groundout: 1B unassisted; Torres to 3B
   O      --3      54%  C Chambliss     Popfly: 2B
   O      --3      50%  C Spikes        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Brent Strom facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      52%  R Smith         Strikeout
          ---      48%  O Cepeda        Double to RF
   RR     -2-      31%  R Petrocelli    Home Run; Cepeda Scores
          ---      30%  C Fisk          Single to P/Bunt
   O      1--      33%  D Griffin       Fisk Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
   O      ---      33%  " "             Popfly: LF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Luis Tiant facing 5-6-7
   R      ---      44%  O Gamble        Home Run
   O      ---      41%  D Duncan        Strikeout
   O      ---      40%  G Hendrick      Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      ---      38%  J Lowenstein    Strikeout
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brent Strom facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      41%  D Evans         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---      42%  T Harper        Strikeout
   O      ---      43%  L Aparicio      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 1-2, Luis Tiant facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      41%  L Cardenas      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      44%  R Torres        Walk
   O      1--      39%  J Brohamer      Torres Picked off 1B (P-1B)
          ---      40%  " "             Single to RF
          1--      43%  C Chambliss     Walk; Brohamer to 2B
   O      12-      37%  C Spikes        Popfly: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brent Strom facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      40%  C Yastrzemski   Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      37%  R Smith         Single to P
   OO     1--      42%  O Cepeda        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-2, Luis Tiant facing 5-6-7
   O      ---      39%  O Gamble        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      37%  D Duncan        Flyball: CF
   O      ---      36%  G Hendrick      Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Indians 1.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 2-1, Brent Strom facing 6-7-8
          ---      32%  R Petrocelli    Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      34%  C Fisk          Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Petrocelli to 2B
   R      -2-      23%  D Griffin       Double to CF; Petrocelli Scores/unER
   O      -2-      25%  D Evans         Flyball: RF
          -2-      25%  T Harper        Walk
   O      12-      28%  L Aparicio      Lineout: SS
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-3, Luis Tiant facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      25%  J Lowenstein    Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---      23%  L Cardenas      Strikeout
   O      ---      21%  R Torres        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 1.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-1, Brent Strom facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      23%  C Yastrzemski   Popfly: SS
   R      ---      14%  R Smith         Home Run
   O      ---      15%  O Cepeda        Strikeout Looking
          ---      14%  R Petrocelli    Single to LF
   O      1--      16%  C Fisk          Lineout: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-4, Luis Tiant facing 2-3-4
   R      ---      25%  J Brohamer      Home Run
   O      ---      22%  C Chambliss     Foul Flyball: C
          ---      26%  C Spikes        Walk
   O      1--      21%  O Gamble        Popfly: SS
   O      1--      18%  D Duncan        Lineout: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 2.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-2, Brent Strom facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      19%  D Griffin       Lineout: CF
   O      ---      20%  D Evans         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---      21%  T Harper        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-4, Luis Tiant facing 7-8-9
          ---      28%  G Hendrick      Single to RF
                  Bob Veale replaces Luis Tiant pitching; Buddy Bell pinch hits for John Lowenstein batting 8th
          1--      39%  B Bell          Walk; Hendrick to 2B
   O      12-      37%  L Cardenas      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Hendrick to 3B; Bell to 2B
          -23      40%  R Torres        Walk
                  Walt Williams pinch hits for Jack Brohamer batting 2nd
   R      123      56%  W Williams      Single to RF; Hendrick Scores; Bell to 3B; Torres to 2B
   O      123      40%  C Chambliss     Popfly: LF
                  Bobby Bolin replaces Bob Veale pitching
   R      123      62%  C Spikes        Single to SS; Bell Scores; Torres to 3B; Williams to 2B
                  John Curtis replaces Bobby Bolin pitching; Ron Lolich pinch hits for Oscar Gamble batting 5th
   O      123      50%  R Lolich        Lineout: RF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 4-4, Brent Strom facing 2-3-4
                  Tom Ragland replaces Walt Williams playing 2B batting 2nd; Buddy Bell moves to 3B
          ---      43%  L Aparicio      Single to CF
                  Jerry Johnson replaces Brent Strom pitching
   O      1--      50%  C Yastrzemski   Strikeout
          1--      43%  R Smith         Single to CF; Aparicio to 2B
   O      12-      52%  O Cepeda        Foul Flyball: 1B
          12-      47%  R Petrocelli    Walk; Aparicio to 3B; Smith to 2B
   O      123      61%  C Fisk          Lineout: 3B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Tied 4-4, John Curtis facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      56%  D Duncan        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      53%  G Hendrick      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      50%  B Bell          Popfly: C
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Indians 4.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 4-4, Jerry Johnson facing 8-9-1
          ---      42%  D Griffin       Walk
                  Ben Oglivie pinch hits for Dwight Evans batting 9th
   O      1--      44%  B Oglivie       Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Griffin to 2B
   O      -2-      52%  T Harper        Groundout: 2B-1B; Griffin to 3B
   R      --3      17%  L Aparicio      Double to CF; Griffin Scores
   RR     -2-       4%  C Yastrzemski   Home Run; Aparicio Scores
          ---       4%  R Smith         Walk
   O      1--       4%  O Cepeda        Single to LF; Smith out at 3B/LF-2B-3B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-7, John Curtis facing 9-1-2
                  Rick Miller replaces Tommy Harper playing LF batting 1st; Ben Oglivie moves to RF
          ---       9%  L Cardenas      Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--       4%  R Torres        Flyball: CF
          1--      10%  T Ragland       Single; Cardenas to 2B
          12-      20%  C Chambliss     Walk; Cardenas to 3B; Ragland to 2B
                  Sonny Siebert replaces John Curtis pitching
   O      123       9%  C Spikes        Strikeout
   RRRR   123     100%  R Lolich        Home Run; Cardenas Scores/unER; Ragland Scores/unER; Chambliss Scores/unER; Lolich Scores/Team unER
        4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Red Sox 7, Indians 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CLE197304221

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation