Impossible Dream???

April 10,11,12 v Minnesota Twins (8-1)

April 10-Tony Conigliaro hit a grand slam and Don Baylor hit a 3 run shot as the Sox pounded Minnesota pitching for 10 runs in a 10-1 win. (5-2)
W-Dock Ellis (2-0) L-Dave Boswell (0-2)

April 11-Rico Petrocelli capped a 7 run 6th with a grand slam, and Roger Moret pitched 6 innings of 1 run ball, giving Boston an 8-4 win. (6-2)
W-Roger Moret (2-0) L-Dean Chance (1-1)

April 12-Boston completed the sweep of the Twins, as Art Shamsky hit a 2 run HR to tie the game in the 7th, and Rico Petrocelli won it in the 13th with an RBI double, giving the Sox a 4-3 win. (7-2)
W-Sparky Lyle (1-0) L-Jim Roland (1-1)

April 13,14,15 at Kansas City Royals (4-8)

April 13-Ted Simmons tied the game with a solo HR in the top of the 9th inning, and Toby Harrah drove in the lead run with an RBI double as Boston nipped the Royals 2-1. (8-2)
W-Sparky Lyle (2-0) L-Bill Zepp (1-1)

April 14-Ed Hermann hit a pair of solo HR's and Dick Kenworthy hit an inside the park, 3 run HR as Kansas City beat Boston 5-4. (8-3)
W-Gary Neibauer (1-1) L-Rollie Fingers (0-2)

April 15-Don Baylor hit a solo HR and drove in 2 and Joe Lahoud hit his first HR of the year, a solo shot as Boston took two of three from Kansas City, winning 5-4. (9-3)
W-Jim York (1-0) L-Matt LaKosh (0-2) S-Sparky Lyle (4)

Up next for the Sox is a rematch of the ALCS as they host the Chicago White Sox for 3 games followed by 3 more in Fenway against the KC Royals!

April 16,17,18 v Chicago White Sox (8-4)

April 16-Toby Harrah drove in Reggie Smith in the bottom of the 9th inning with an RBI single as Boston beat Chicago 5-4. (10-3)
W-Rollie Fingers (1-2) L-Clay Carroll (1-2)

April 17-Don Baylor hit a 2 out 2 run HR off Dennis Higgins in the bottom of the 9th to give Boston its 2nd straight come from behind win in the 9th inning as the Sox topped Chicago 7-6. (11-3)
W-Cecil Upshaw (1-0) L-Dennis Higgins (0-1)

April 18-The Red Sox completed the sweep of the White Sox as Toby Harrah, Tony Conigliaro, and Ted Simmons each hit homeruns in the 8-7 win. (12-3)
W-Dock Ellis (3-0) L-Gary Peters (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (5)

April 19,20,21 v Kansas City Royals (7-11)

April 19-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 4, and Don Baylor had 2 hits and 3 RBI as Boston beat the Royals 9-4. (13-3)
W-Reggie Cleveland (1-0) L-Peter Gardner (0-2)

April 20-Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run HR and Joe Foy added a solo shot as Boston won its 6th in a row, a 8-4 decison over Kansas City. (14-3)
W-Bill Lee (2-1) L-Vida Blue (1-2)

April 21-Entering the bottom of the 9th trailing 7-5, Reggie Smith hit a solo HR, and Art Shamsky did it again with a 2 run HR to send Boston off with a 9-7 win and sweep of the Royals. (15-3)
W-Jim York (2-0) L-Hal Haydel (0-1)

MLB Trade News:

During the series with Kansas City, Boston and the Royals came to terms on a deal that would send prospects each way. Headed to KC is 1B John Mayberry, and coming back to Boston are RF Dwight Evans and 3B George Brett. Mayberry moves right into the Royal lineup at 1B while Evans and Brett are still a couple of years away. All three players were former first round, top 6 selections.

Editors Note: I really struggled with making this deal because I know how easy it is to rip off the AI. I finally decided to make the deal simply because Mayberry is currently rated an 81/96 with 76 contact, 90 power and a 98 eye, not to mention 80 health and above average fielding. He immediately gives KC a threat in their lineup, and while Boston will end up with the best of this deal in the end, they wont see it for a few years.

Up next for Boston is 3 more games at home, playing host to the Oakland A's, followed by 3 on the road against the Chicago White Sox!

What are some of your other noteworthy prospects, aside from Brett? Also wondering how many records Willie Mays is gonna break at that pace...
Keep it coming...best dynasty read here...

Currently at age 40, Willie Mays is hitting .388 with 7 HR's and 16 RBI in 67 AB's, and his career line looks like this:

2937 Games, 11116 AB's, 2149 Runs, 3461 Hits, 584 Doubles, 155 Triples, 743 Homeruns, 2135 RBI, 1390 BB, 1427 K's, 355 steals, .311/.387/.592, 5 MVP's, 10 Gold Gloves, 1 Triple Crown...and obviously still going strong. I could see 800 HR's, 2500 RBI, possibly 4000 hits.

Other main prospects in my system other than Brett (72/94) are:
Dwight Evans (74/95)
Billy Conigliaro (73/94)
Ray Knight (55/89)
Ernie Whitt (62/89)
Jeff Burroughs (63/86)

Ron Guidry (79/93)
Bert Blyleven (68/83)--He plummeted after the 10.29 patch, he needs some work now.
Mike Flanagan (72/90)
Dick Ruthven (71/90)
Dan Quisenberry (66/81)

I can post some minor league stats for them if you so desire!

April 22,23,24 v Oakland A's (11-7)

April 22-Ted Simmons went 3-4 with 5 RBI, and Reggie Smith hit a HR and drove in 4 as Boston hammered Oakland 13-1. (16-4)
W-Dock Ellis (4-0) L-Jerry Stephenson (0-2)

April 23-Jim French went 2-4 with 2 RBI, and Roger Moret improved to 3-0 as Boston beat Oakland 6-3. (17-4)
W-Roger Moret (3-0) L-Bill Stafford (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (6)

April 24-Sal Bando hit an RBI double in the 1st inning, and Fred Newman pitched a complete game shutout, striking out 4 as the A's blanked Boston 1-0. (17-5)
W-Fred Newman (2-3) L-Reggie Cleveland (1-1)

April 25,26,27 at Chicago White Sox (11-10)

April 25-Ossie Blanco hit a 2 run HR, and Tommy John pitched 7 innings of 3 run ball as the White Sox beat the Red 5-3. (17-6)
W-Clay Carroll (3-2) L-Bill Lee (2-2)

April 26-Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR, and Joe Foy added an RBI single in a 4 run 4th as Denny McClain pitched 7 innings of 1 run baseball as Boston beat Chicago 4-1. (18-6)
W-Denny McClain (2-0) L-Gary Peters (2-3) S-Sparky Lyle (7)

April 27-Jim Northrup went 3-4 with a homer and 3 RBI, and Chicago scored 2 off Rollie Fingers in the bottom of the 8th as Chicago beat Boston 5-4. (18-7)
W-Roger Nelson (1-0) L-Rollie Fingers (1-3)

Around the MLB:

Carl Yastrzemski of the Los Angeles Dodgers drove in his 1000th run

Finishing up April and starting May for the Sox is 3 games in Texas against the Rangers followed by 3 at home vs. the Indians.

Complete Team Batting Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Lee, Bill                BOS    7  .385    13    5  0  0  0    1    1    0  0    0    4  .385  .429
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  25 .343  105  36  6  2  7  12  11    0  0  19  27  .638  .407
Harrah, Toby              BOS  23  .330    88  29  7  0  3  23    9    6  1  14  13  .511  .468
Simmons, Ted              BOS  21  .325    83  27  6  2  2  10    5    0  0  11  15  .518  .389
Smith, Reggie            BOS  25  .323    99  32  10  0  4  22  14    5  2  25  16  .545  .451
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  23  .322    87  28  5  0  6  17  21    0  1  14  16  .586  .439
Shamsky, Art              BOS  21  .310    42  13  0  1  6    4    4    0  0    9  16  .786  .370
Bowa, Larry              BOS  26  .304  102  31  4  1  0    5    5    5  5  14    8  .363  .349
Foy, Joe                  BOS  16  .294    51  15  5  0  1    5    9    0  0  11    3  .451  .357
Baylor, Don              BOS  26  .287  108  31  3  1  7  16  16    1  1  22  24  .528  .389
Brown, Oscar              BOS  17  .275    40  11  3  0  1    4    6    0  1    8    6  .425  .356
Jaster, Larry            BOS    5  .250    4    1  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .250  .250
French, Jim              BOS    6  .182    22    4  1  0  0    2    3    0  0    3    3  .227  .250
Ellis, Dock              BOS    5  .182    11    2  0  0  0    2    6    0  0    2    2  .182  .286
McLain, Denny            BOS    6  .125    16    2  0  0  0    0    7    0  0    0    0  .125  .125
Lahoud, Joe              BOS  18  .118    68    8  1  0  2    9  12    0  1  13    7  .221  .228
Muser, Tony              BOS    4  .000    3    0  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .250
Moret, Roger              BOS    4  .000    5    0  0  0  0    1    3    0  0    0    0  .000  .167
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS    6  .000    10    0  0  0  0    2    6    0  0    1    0  .000  .167
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  15  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  10  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000

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Complete Team Pitching Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  11.2  0.77  11  0  2  0  9  11    4  8.49
York, Jim                BOS  11.1  2.38    8  0  3  0  0    7    3  7.94
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  17.1  2.60  15  0  1  3  0  13    4  9.87
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  13.2  2.63  10  0  1  0  0  12    4  9.22
Ellis, Dock              BOS  33.2  2.94    5  5  4  0  0  31  10 10.96
Moret, Roger              BOS  21.0  3.43    4  4  4  0  0  14  13 15.00
McLain, Denny            BOS  41.2  3.89    6  6  2  0  0  29  16 12.74
Lee, Bill                BOS  48.1  3.91    7  7  2  2  0  25    8 12.29
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  31.2  3.98    6  4  2  1  0  15    8  9.38
Brett, Ken                BOS    6.0  4.50    4  0  0  0  0    4    4 18.00
Jaster, Larry            BOS  13.2  4.61    5  1  0  0  0  12    8 14.49

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League Standings up next!

American League Standings Through April 30-

National League Standings Through April 30-

April 28,29,30 at Texas Rangers (14-10)

April 28-Rico Petrocelli went 2-5 with 3 RBI and Tony Conigliaro hit a 2 run HR as Boston beat the Rangers 9-7. (19-6)
W-Roger Moret (4-0) L-Jerry Reuss (2-3) S-Sparky Lyle (8)

April 29-Joe Lahoud hit a 3 run HR and Larry Bowa drove in a pair of runs as the Sox doubled up Texas 10-5. (20-6)
W-Reggie Cleveland (2-1) L-Milt Pappas (2-2)

April 30-Art Shamsky hit a 3 run HR, and Reggie Smith and Joe Lahoud had RBI's in the 10th inning as the Sox swept the Rangers, winning 5-3. (21-6)
W-Jim York (3-0) L-Bob Allen (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (9)

May 4,5,6 v Cleveland Indians (7-20)

May 4-4 different Indians drove in runs, and Steve Hargan pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as the Indians surprised the Sox, winning 4-1. (21-7)
W-Steve Hargan (1-1) L-Denny McClain (2-1)

May 5-Dock Ellis pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball and he helped his own cause with a 2 run single, and Larry Bowa added 2 RBI as Boston beat Cleveland 4-1. (22-7)
W-Dock Ellis (5-0) L-Tom Kelley (1-4) S-Sparky Lyle (10)

May 6-Roger Moret pitched his best game as a pro, going 8 innings, and allowing just 1 run, but he didn't get the win, as it took the Sox til the 9th inning to score, as Oscar Brown and Ted Simmons drove in runs helping Boston to a 2-1 victory. (23-7)
W-Cecil Upshaw (2-0) L-Jerry Koosman (3-2)

Up next for Boston is 3 games in Chicago against the White Sox followed by 3 at home against the Indians!

May 7,8,9 at Chicago White Sox (16-17)

May 7-Don Baylor went 3-5 with 2 RBI, and Tony Conigliaro and Toby Harrah hit homeruns as Boston beat Chicago 8-4. (24-7)
W-Reggie Cleveland (3-1) L-Clay Carroll (3-5)

May 8-Tommy John pitched 8 innings of shutout ball, topping Bill Lee who allowed a run in the bottom of the 9th on an RBI single by Pete Ward as Chicago blanked Boston 1-0. (24-8)
W-Cy Acosta (1-2) L-Bill Lee (2-3)

May 9-Reggie Smith hit a 2 run double in the 3rd inning, and Denny McClain made it stand up, pitching 7 innings of 1 run ball as the Red Sox beat the White 4-1. (25-8)
W-Denny McClain (3-1) L-Wilbur Wood (3-3) S-Sparky Lyle (11)


May 10,11,12 v Cleveland Indians (8-25)

May 10-Oscar Brown hit a 3 run HR, and Larry Bowa hit his 1st career shot, a 2 run blast as Boston beat up on the Indians 6-3. (26-8)
W-Dock Ellis (6-0) L-Jerry Koosman (3-3) S-Sparky Lyle (12)

May 11-Tony Conigliaro homered and drove in 3, and Joe Lahoud hit a solo shot as Boston beat Cleveland 5-2. (27-8)
W-Roger Moret (5-0) L-John Denny (0-8) S-Sparky Lyle (13)

May 12-An error by Ron Davis in the bottom of the 9th inning, allowed Reggie Smith to score the winning run as Boston beat Cleveland 5-4. Reggie Cleveland was dominant for 7 innings, allowing 1 run and 6 hits before tiring and giving up 3 runs in the 8th. (28-8)
W-Rollie Fingers (2-3) L-George Culver (0-2)

Up next for Boston is 3 games in Minnesota against the Twins, followed by 3 more at home against the Cleveland Indians.

May 13,14,15 at Minnesota Twins (20-19)

May 13-Tony C. (9) and Ted Simmons (3) each hit 2 run HR's, as Boston nipped Minnesota 5-4. (29-8)
W-Bill Lee (3-3) L-Jim McAndrew (5-2) S-Sparky Lyle (14)

May 14-Don Baylor went 2-5 with 3 RBI, and Denny McClain pitched just well enough to win as Boston beat the Twins again, today 7-5. (30-8)
W-Denny McClain (4-1) L-Dean Chance (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (15)

May 15-Mack Jones went 2-4 with 4 RBI, and Andy Kosco added a pair of RBI as the Twins avoided the sweep, beating the Sox 8-3. (30-9)
W-Bill Hands (4-5) L-Dock Ellis (6-1) S-Bob Johnson (1)

May 16,17,18 v Cleveland Indians (9-30)

May 16-Roger Moret pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 4, and 3 different Sox drove in runs as Boston shutout Cleveland 3-0. (31-8)
W-Roger Moret (6-0) L-Steve Hargan (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (16)

May 17-Reggie Cleveland pitched 7 innings, allowing just 1 run and Don Baylor had 3 hits and 2 RBI as Boston beat up the Indians 7-2. (32-9)
W-Reggie Cleveland (4-1) L-Tom Kelley (1-6)

May 18-Rico Petrocelli went deep twice (8,9), driving in 6, and Tony Conigliaro added 2 RBI as Boston swept the Indians, winning 9-3. (33-9)
W-Bill Lee (4-3) L-Jerry Koosman (3-5)

Around the MLB:

Pittsburgh sends OF Gene Clines
Philadelphia sends 1B Larry Fritz
I like this trade for the Pirates as moving Clines allows them to finally start promising youngster Al Bumbry, and Fritz is their 1B of the future.

Injury News:
Dick Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies was lost for the season after injuring his rotator cuff. Allen had surgery this week and is expected to be out of action until mid 1973.

Up next for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Texas Rangers followed by 3 in California against the Angels.

Sorry about the delay, new job and all!

May 19,20,21 v Texas Rangers (21-21)

May 19-Held scoreless for 7 innings by Carl Morton, Don Baylor hit a grand slam in the 8th accounting for all the Sox runs as they beat Texas 4-1. (34-9)
W-Denny McClain (5-1) L-Carl Morton (3-4) S-Sparky Lyle (17)

May 20-Jerry Reuss pitched 8 shutout innings, and Dave Moates drove in a pair of runs as the Rangers blanked the Sox 5-0. (34-10)
W-Jerry Reuss (4-5) L-Dock Ellis (6-2)

May 21-Joe Lahoud went 3-4 with the tie breaking RBI in the 6th inning, as rookie Roger Moret improved to 7-0 on the year as Boston nipped Texas 3-2. (35-10)
W-Roger Moret (7-0) L-J.R. Richard (4-4) S-Sparky Lyle (18)

May 22,23,24 at California Angels (24-24)

May 22-Rick Reichardt homered and drove in 4, and Marty Perez hit his first career HR, a 3 run shot, as California hammered the Sox 12-2. (35-11)
W-Marcelino Lopez (5-2) L-Reggie Cleveland (4-2)

May 23-Joe Lahoud continued his resurgence, upping his average to .254 by hitting a HR, and Bill Lee pitched 7 solid innings as Boston beat the Angels 5-3. (36-11)
W-Rollie Fingers (3-3) L-Pete Cimino (2-1) S-Sparky Lyle (19)

May 24-Tony Conigliaro (10), Don Baylor (10), Toby Harrah (5), and Ted Simmons (4), all hit homeruns, and Denny McClain pitched 7 2/3 innings of scoreless ball before giving up a grand slam to Rick Reichardt as Boston beat the Angels 8-4. (37-11)
W-Denny McClain (5-1) L-Clyde Wright (6-5)

Around the MLB:
Montreal sends P Bruce Houston
Pittsburgh sends OF Al Oliver 2B Jose Martinez
Another nice trade for the Pirates as they get an up and coming starting pitcher, and while Oliver is tough to give up, the Pirates problem is pitching, not hitting.

Up next for the Sox is a 6 game homestand which sees the Detroit Tigers come to town first followed by the California Angels!

May 25,26,27 v Detroit Tigers (23-25)

May 25-Juan Pizarro pitched a complete game, 2 hit shutout, walking 2 and striking out 5, as the Tigers blanked Boston 6-0. (37-12)
W-Juan Pizarro (3-4) L-Dock Ellis (6-2)

May 26-Al Ferrera and Chico Ruiz each hit 3 run HR's as Detroit outslugged Boston 8-6. (37-13)
W-Mickey Lolich (3-3) L-Roger Moret (7-1) S-Fred Gladding (3)

May 27-Don Baylor singled in Reggie Smith in the bottom of the 9th, helping Boston avoid the sweep, beating Detroit 4-3. (38-13)
W-Rollie Fingers (4-3) L-Don Leshnock (3-8)

May 28,29,30 v California Angels (28-26)

May 28-Clyde Wright pitched 8 2/3 innings of 1 run ball, and Tom Silverio hit a solo HR as the Angels beat Boston 3-1. (38-14)
W-Clyde Wright (7-5) L-Bill Lee (4-4) S-Pete Cimino (6)

May 29-The Sox had 6 stright two out singles, ending in a 5 run inning and the Sox bullpen made it stand up as Boston outlasted California 7-5. (39-14)
W-Denny McClain (7-1) L-Andy Messersmith (5-5) S-Sparky Lyle (20)

May 30-Don Baylor went 2-4 with 2 RBI, and Toby Harrah went 4-4 with 3 runs scored as Boston took two of three from California, winning 6-2. (40-14)
W-Dock Ellis (7-3) L-Marcelino Lopez (5-3)

MLB Trade News:
Montreal sends P Lance Clemons P Terry Cox 3B Terry Hughes
Cincinnati sends 1B Lee May
Nice trade for Montreal as they trade some of their excess minor league talent for a proven starting 1B.

Around the MLB:
Ron Santo of the Kansas City Royals scored his 1000th run

Up next for the Sox, ending May and into June is 3 games in Minnesota against the Twins followed by 3 in KC against the Royals. Prior to that however will be the Amateur Draft!

Complete Team Batting Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Baylor, Don              BOS  54  .258  221  57  11  1  10  20  25    3  1  34  44  .452  .332
Smith, Reggie            BOS  52  .256  203  52  16  2  4  37  26    5  3  39  25  .414  .370
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  51  .297  202  60  11  2  11  19  28    0  0  29  42  .535  .354
Bowa, Larry              BOS  54  .289  197  57  6  2  1  13  12  10  7  27  18  .355  .346
Harrah, Toby              BOS  51  .311  190  59  10  0  5  36  19  15  8   30  22  .442  .415
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  48  .275  189  52  11  2  10  26  36    0  1  31  30  .513  .370
Simmons, Ted              BOS  42  .282  156  44  11  3  5  17  13    0  0  19  30  .487  .345
Lahoud, Joe              BOS  34  .252  131  33  6  0  5  17  14    0  1  30  16  .412  .340
Brown, Oscar              BOS  30  .268    82  22  5  0  2    9  11    0  1  14  10  .402  .348
Foy, Joe                  BOS  29  .257    70  18  5  0  1  10  13    0  0  12    6  .371  .350
Shamsky, Art              BOS  39  .302    63  19  1  1  6    9    7    0  0  12  18  .635  .389
French, Jim              BOS  13  .227    44  10  1  0  0    4    3    0  0    4    4  .250  .292
McLain, Denny            BOS  12  .107    28    3  0  0  0    1  12    0  0    1    1  .107  .138
Lee, Bill                BOS  12  .222    27    6  0  0  0    1    4    0  0    0    4  .222  .250
Ellis, Dock              BOS  11  .158    19    3  0  0  0    5    9    0  0    2    4  .158  .320
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  11  .105    19    2  0  0  0    4    8    0  0    2    0  .105  .261
Moret, Roger              BOS  10  .000    16    0  0  0  0    1    5    0  0    0    1  .000  .056
Jaster, Larry            BOS  10  .167    6    1  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .167  .167
Muser, Tony              BOS    5  .000    4    0  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .200
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  25  .333    3    1  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    1    0  .333  .333
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  19  .000    3    0  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Sutherland, Gary          BOS    4  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
York, Jim                BOS  16  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000

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Complete Team Pitching Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  22.2  0.40  22  0  2  0  20  15    4  7.54
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  31.1  1.44  25  0  4  3  0  20    6  8.62
Moret, Roger              BOS  59.1  2.73  10  10  8  1  0  36  25 10.77
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  25.1  2.84  19  0  2  0  0  18    6  8.17
Lee, Bill                BOS  89.2  3.21  12  12  4  4  0  44  12 10.54
York, Jim                BOS  21.2  3.32  16  0  3  0  0  14    6  8.72
Brett, Ken                BOS  10.0  3.60    7  0  0  0  0    5    5 15.30
Jaster, Larry            BOS  26.0  3.81  10  1  0  0  0  25  10 13.15
Ellis, Dock              BOS  70.2  3.95  11  11  7  3  0  52  26 12.35
McLain, Denny            BOS  82.1  4.04  12  12  7  1  0  55  33 12.68
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  61.1  4.70  11  9  4  2  0  31  16 10.86

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League Standings are up next!

American League Standings Through May 31-

National League Standings Through May 31-

May 31, June 1,2 at Minnesota Twins (28-26)

May 31-Ted Simmons homered and drove in 4 runs, and Roger Moret allowed 1 run in 7 innings as Boston beat up on the Twins 7-1. (41-14)
W-Roger Moret (8-1) L-Bill Hands (4-6)

June 1-Tom Hall served up a 2 out 2 run HR to Reggie Smith in the top of the 11th inning as Boston outlasted Minnesota 7-5. (42-14)
W-Rollie Fingers (5-3) L-Tom Hall (0-3) S-Sparky Lyle (21)

June 2-Dave Boswell struck out 8 in 6 2/3 innings, and 4 Twins drove in runs as Minnesota avoided the sweep, beating Boston 4-2. (42-15)
W-Dave Boswell (5-4) L-Bill Lee (4-5) S-Ray Corbin (1)

June 3,4,5 at Kansas City Royals (24-30)

June 3-Don Baylor homered and drove in 4, and Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli each went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI as Boston blasted the Royals 9-3. (43-15)
W-Denny McClain (8-1) L-Jonah Stickles (5-2)

June 4-Ted Simmons hit a 2 run double and Dock Ellis pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 as Boston blanked KC 5-0. (44-15)
W-Dock Ellis (8-3) L-Vida Blue (4-8)

June 5-Reggie Smith (7), Art Shamsky (7), and Toby Harrah (6), all went deep as Boston completed the sweep of the Royals, winning 9-3. (45-15)
W-Roger Moret (9-1) L-Steve Rogers (1-7)

Up next for the Sox is 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers followed by the start of a homestand with 3 games against the Rangers. Next though is the 1972 Amateur Draft!

1972 Amateur Draft

1) San Diego- Bruce Berenyi (P)
2) Milwaukee-Bob Knepper (P)
3) Cleveland-Dennis Eckersley (P)
4) Pittsburgh-Andre Dawson (RF)
5) Kansas City-Juan Berenguer (P)
6) Cincinnati-Ozzie Smith (SS)
7) Chicago (NL)-Sammy Stewart (P)
8) Montreal-Gary Carter (C)
9) Oakland-Claudell Washington (RF)
10) Philadephia-Keith Moreland (RF)
11) Texas-Mark Fidrych (P)
12) Houston-Bert Roberge (P)
13) California-Ken Landreaux (CF)
14) Detroit-Jason Thompson (1B)
15) New York (AL)-Bob Shirley (P)
16) Minnesota-Pete Redfern (P)
17) New York (NL)-Rich Gale (P)
18) Atlanta-Preston Hanna (P)
19) Baltimore-Scott McGregor (P)
20) Chicago (AL)-Willie Hernandez (P)
21) Los Angeles-Rick Honeycutt (P)
22) San Fransisco-John Tudor (P)
23) St. Louis-Rob Dressler (P)
24) Boston-Ken Phelps (1B)--Mountain of a man, hit just .228 as a senior but blasted 14 HR's and drove in 41 RBI in 45 games. Hit .310 as a junior with 17 HR and 35 in 38 games. Hit 54 homeruns in 165 career H.S. games, with a 157/93 BB/K ratio.

2nd Round (48th overall)-Donnie Moore (RP)--Given a few years, could compliment the young talent coming up in the Sox system for relief pitchers. Saved 19 of 20 games in High School, posting a 2.15 ERA as a senior 23 K's in 29 innings.

3rd Round (72nd overall)-Don Aase (RP)--2-1 2.41 with a 30/8 K/BB ratio in 33.2 IP's. Never blew a save in H.S. saving 13 games perfectly.

4th Round (96th overall)-Willie Aikens (1B)--Another power hitting 1B, who hit .386 with 11 HR and 35 RBI in 36 games as a senior. Also hit .301 with 11 HR and 44 RBI as a junior.

5th Round (120th overall)-Denny Walling (IF)--Hit .427 with 4 HR and 38 RBI in 33 games as a senior. Projects to a utility infielder with a good eye as evidenced by his career 78/33 BB/K ratio in H.S.

6th Round (144th overall)-Roy Lee Jackson (RP)--3-0 3.21 as senior. Will be surprised if he ever makes the big club.

June 6,7,8 at Milwaukee Brewers (23-34)

June 6-In a wild game, Jose Cruz hit an RBI single off Cecil Upshaw in the bottom of the 9th inning, as Milwaukee beat Boston 9-8 in a game that also featured 20 hits and 6 errors. (45-16)
W-Brian Shill (1-1) L-Cecil Upshaw (2-1)

June 7-Don Baylor hit a 2 run HR, his 13th, Jim French hit a 2 run double, and Bill Lee pitched 7 shutout innings as Boston blanked the Brewers 6-0. (46-16)
W-Bill Lee (5-5) L-Dennis Bennett (2-6)

June 8-Toby Harrah (7) homered and drove in 5, and Art Shamsky continued his hot play hitting his 8th as Boston beat up on Milwaukee 12-5. (47-16)
W-Denny McClain (9-1) L-Don Secrist (2-2) S-Cecil Upshaw (1)

June 9,10,11 v Texas Rangers (32-31)

June 9-Rico Petrocelli went 3-3 including a game winning 2 run single off closer Bob Allen in the bottom of the 9th as Boston capped a comeback that saw them down 4-0 to eventually win 5-4. (48-16)
W-Rollie Fingers (6-3) L-Bob Allen (3-4)

June 10-Dave Moates homered and drove in a pair, and Gene Martin added a 2 run single as Texas hammered the Sox 9-2. (48-17)
W-Milt Pappas (5-4) L-Roger Moret (9-2)

June 11-Tony Muser hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game, and then Reggie Smith ended it with a 2 run blast to right as Boston took two of three from Texas winning 4-2. (49-17)
W-Cecil Upshaw (3-1) L-Jerry Reuss (5-8)

Around the MLB:

Nothing really to note except Tony Conigliaro has suffered through a season of nagging injuries and this really concerns me going forward as other than Don Baylor, Tony C. is our only true power hitter, and while Art Shamsky has produced well, he's not capable of 40+ HR's. Looking ahead, youngster Dwight Evans has made real strides since picking him up from KC and could well be the starting right fielder in a year or two.

Up next for the Sox is 3 at home against the KC Royals followed by Detroit coming to the Fens for 3.

June 13,14,15 v Kansas City Royals (25-38)

June 13-Toby Harrah went 2-4 with 2 RBI, and Bill Lee allowed 3 runs over 7 innings as the Sox beat the Royals 4-3. (50-17)
W-Bill Lee (6-5) L-Hal Haydel (3-2) S-Sparky Lyle (22)

June 14-Don Baylor homered (14), a 2 run shot, and Denny McClain won his 10th game of the year as Boston beat KC again, today 6-4. (51-17)
W-Denny McClain (10-1) L-Steve Rogers (1-9) S-Sparky Lyle (23)

June 15-Tony Conigliaro went 3-4 with 2 HR's (11,12) with 2 RBI and 4 runs scored, and Don Baylor hit a bases clearing triple as Boston swept the Royals, winning 9-4. (52-17)
W-Dock Ellis (9-3) L-Peter Gardner (2-7)

June 18,19,20 v Detroit Tigers (35-34)

June 18-Roger Moret allowed just 1 run over 7 innings, and Reggie Smith continued his power surge, hitting his 11th HR of the year as Boston beat Detroit 4-1. (53-17)
W-Roger Moret (10-2) L-Juan Pizarro (3-9) S-Sparky Lyle (24)

June 19-An 8 run 5th inning, capped by a 2 run Oscar Brown HR, as Boston outlasted Detroit 9-6. (54-17)
W-Reggie Cleveland (5-2) L-Les Cain (5-3)

June 20-Ron Woods hit a 3 run HR off Rollie Fingers in the top of the 8th inning, capping a 6 run 8th off the reliever, as Detroit avoided the sweep, beating Boston 11-9. (54-18)
W-Bob Moose (2-3) L-Rollie Fingers (6-4) S-Don Leshnock (3)

MLB Trade News:

Chicago (NL) sends LF Otto Velez, CF Glenn Burke, 1B Pat Putnam
Cincinnati sends SS Darrel Chaney
Good trade for both teams as the Cubs get their starting SS, and the Reds get 3 prospects for a player who was trapped behind Dave Concepcion.

Up next for Boston is 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers followed by a trip back to Boston to take on Detroit again!

June 21,22,23 at Milwaukee Brewers (27-45)

June 21-Rico Petrocelli homered and drove in 4, and Denny McClain allowed just 2 runs in 7 innings as Boston beat Milwaukee 7-2. (55-18)
W-Denny McClain (11-1) L-Dennis Bennett (2-8) S-Cecil Upshaw (2)

June 22-Don Baylor (16), Reggie Smith (14), and Toby Harrah (8) each hit 2 run HR's as the Sox blasted the Brewers 11-4. (56-18)
W-Dock Ellis (10-3) L-Dennis Leonard (5-5)

June 23-Former Sox farmhand Davey Lopes went 3-3 with a solo HR, and PH Craig Kusick hit a solo HR as Milwaukee avoided the sweep, beating the Sox 4-3. (56-19)
W-Randy Moffitt (3-1) L-Roger Moret (10-3)

June 24,25,26 v Detroit Tigers (37-38)

June 24-Tony Conigliaro hit a 2 run HR, and Ted Simmons went 2-4 with 2 RBI as Boston beat Detroit 4-3. (57-19)
W-Reggie Cleveland (6-2) L-Mickey Lolich (5-6) S-Sparky Lyle (25)

June 25-Bill Freehan and Wayne Comer hit solo HR's and former Sox OF Jose Tartabull hit a tie breaking 2 run double as Detroit beat the Sox 6-3. (57-20)
W-Ken Forsch (1-0) L-Bill Lee (6-6)

June 26-Willie Horton went 3-4 with 2 HR's and 3 RBI, and Bob Moose pitched 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball in relief, striking out 4 as the Tigers beat the Red Sox 7-5. (57-21)
W-Bob Moose (4-3) L-Larry Jaster (0-1)

Red Sox Trade News:

Boston made a couple of moves this week, first selling 19 year old OF Greg Gross to the Cincinnati Reds for $189,000 in cash. Gross could turn into a solid ball player, but he is stuck behind 4 or 5 better talents in the Sox system.

The second deal saw Boston send IF Joe Foy to the Cleveland Indians for 3 prospects, 2B Duane Kuiper, P Dick Tidrow, and OF Rick Manning. Foy had been our utility infielder for the last 5 years backing up every position, and his versatility will be missed. However, he was going to be replace with Billy Grabarkewitz next year, so we felt he should get the opportunity this season. I don't expect any of the prospects to turn into all-stars, but they should be solid backups in the future.

Ending June for the Sox is 3 games in Cleveland against the Indians followed by 3 in Texas to face the Rangers!

Editors Note: As a reminder, and questions or comments are welcome!

Complete Team Batting Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Baylor, Don              BOS  81  .275  335  92  14  3  19  31  36    6  2  54  74  .504  .345
Smith, Reggie            BOS  78  .276  315  87  22  3  16  52  45    6  5  66  50  .517  .378
Bowa, Larry              BOS  81  .261  303  79  10  3  1  19  19  12  10  38  31  .323  .314
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  76  .323  300  97  16  2  18  36  40    0  1  47  66  .570  .395
Harrah, Toby              BOS  75  .305  285  87  12  0  10  52  27  18  11  50  41  .453 .408
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  66  .280  257  72  16  3  15  42  52    0  1  53  44  .541  .385
Simmons, Ted              BOS  62  .246  232  57  13  3  5  27  20    0  0  24  35  .392  .319
Lahoud, Joe              BOS  44  .248  165  41  8  0  5  24  21    1  1  36  16  .388  .346
Brown, Oscar              BOS  46  .333  144  48  9  0  3  13  22    1  4  18  17  .458  .392
Shamsky, Art              BOS  58  .285  123  35  5  3  9  19  26    0  0  20  28  .593  .380
French, Jim              BOS  20  .235    68  16  2  0  0  11    6    0  0    9    8  .265  .342
McLain, Denny            BOS  17  .122    41    5  0  0  0    1  22    0  0    1    1  .122  .143
Lee, Bill                BOS  18  .175    40    7  1  0  0    1  12    0  0    1    4  .200  .195
Ellis, Dock              BOS  16  .200    30    6  0  0  0    6  13    0  0    6    5  .200  .324
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  17  .133    30    4  1  0  0    4  11    0  0    2    3  .167  .229
Moret, Roger              BOS  15  .069    29    2  1  0  0    1    8    0  0    2    2  .103  .097
Grabarkewitz, Billy      BOS    5  .125    16    2  0  0  0    1    7    1  0    3    0  .125  .176
Muser, Tony              BOS  12  .100    10    1  0  0  0    2    1    0  0    1    1  .100  .250
Rico, Fred                BOS    9  .222    9    2  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .222  .222
Jaster, Larry            BOS  15  .143    7    1  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .143  .143
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  27  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  38  .250    4    1  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .250  .250
Sutherland, Gary          BOS    6  .333    3    1  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    1    0  .333  .500
York, Jim                BOS  23  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  32  .000    0    0  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    0    0  .000 1.000

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Complete Team Pitching Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

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Lyle, Sparky              BOS  33.1  0.54  32  0  3  0  26  28    5  6.48
York, Jim                BOS  31.2  2.56  23  0  3  0  0  20    9  8.81
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  48.2  2.96  38  0  6  4  1  36  12 10.54
Moret, Roger              BOS  93.2 2.98  15  15  11  3  0  62  40 10.76
Brett, Ken                BOS  13.0  3.46    9  0  0  0  0    9    6 13.15
Lee, Bill                BOS  132.2  3.53  18  18  7  6  0  64  24 11.33
Ellis, Dock              BOS  103.0  3.76  16  16  10  4  0  80  33 12.15
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  38.2  3.96  27  0  3  1  2  24  10 10.94
McLain, Denny            BOS  117.1  4.07  17  17  11  1  0  77  40 12.35
Jaster, Larry            BOS  37.2  4.30  15  1  0  1  0  31  15 13.62
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  95.1  4.72  17  15  6  2  0  51  30 11.80

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Next up will be League Standings!

American League Standings Through June 30-

National League Standings Through June 30-

June 27,28,29 at Cleveland Indians (26-52)

June 27-Tom Kelley allowed 2 run over 6 innings and 3 different Indians drove in runs as Cleveland nipped Boston 3-2. (57-22)
W-Tom Kelley (4-8) L-Dock Ellis (10-4) S-Phil Hennigan (11)

June 28-Tony Conigliaro and Art Shamsky hit 2 run homeruns, and Roger Moret allowed 1 hit over 7 innings as Boston beat Cleveland 4-1. (58-22)
W-Roger Moret (11-3) L-Steve Hargan (4-7) S-Sparky Lyle (26)

June 29-Don Baylor hit his 18th and 19th homeruns of the year, and Reggie Smith drove in Larry Bowa in the 12th inning as the Sox took two of three from the Indians, winning 7-6. (59-22)
W-Sparky Lyle (3-0) L-George Culver (0-1) S-Rollie Fingers (1)

June 30, July 1,2 at Texas Rangers (41-40)

June 30-The Red Sox hit 5 homeruns, including 2 by Toby Harrah (9,10), and Reggie Smith hit a 2 run shot as Boston beat Texas 8-5. (60-22)
W-Bill Lee (7-6) L-Jerry Reuss (6-10)

July 1-Tom Tresh went 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI, and Dave Moates had 2 hits and an RBI helping Texas beat the Sox 7-4. (60-23)
W-Carl Morton (5-7) L-Denny McClain (11-2) S-Bob Allen (8)

July 2-Billy Conigliaro, subbing for his injured brother Tony went 2-4 with 2 doubles and an RBI, and Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR giving the Sox a 6-3 win. (61-23)
W-Dock Ellis (11-4) L-Milt Pappas (6-7) S-Sparky Lyle (27)

MLB Trade News:
Cleveland sends 1B Jack Hiatt
Oakland sends OF Mitchell Page
Good trade for the Indians as they pick up a former 1st round pick and possible future starting CF.

Up next for the Sox is 3 games in Cleveland against the Indians followed by the All-Star Break, then after the break is 3 games in California against the Angels.

July 3,4,5 at Cleveland Indians (28-56)

July 3-Joe Foy went 2-5 with 2 RBI against his former team, and Dick Schofield added a 2 run single as Cleveland beat Boston 6-4. (61-24)
W-Jerry Koosman (8-8) L-Roger Moret (11-4) S-Phil Hennigan (12)

July 4-Billy Conigliaro hit his first career HR, a 2 run shot, and Toby Harrah added a solo shot as Boston beat Cleveland 7-6. (62-24)
W-Reggie Cleveland (7-2) L-John Denny (2-16) S-Sparky Lyle (28)

July 5-Joe Foy hit a 3 run HR, and and Ron Davis went 3-5 with 3 RBI as the Indians outlasted the Red Sox 11-9. (62-25)
W-Bob Terlecki (1-0) L-Larry Jaster (0-2) S-Phil Hennigan (13)

July 12,13,14 at California Angels (41-43)

July 12-Don Baylor went 204 with 2 RBI, and Oscar Brown hit a solo HR as Boston nipped California 5-4. (63-25)
W-Denny McClain (12-2) L-Clyde Wright (9-8) S-Sparky Lyle (29)

July 13-Johnny Callison hit a pair of solo HR's, helping California beat the Red Sox 5-4. (63-26)
W-Andy Messersmith (8-8) L-Dock Ellis (11-5) S-Pete Cimino (11)

July 14-Reggie Smith hit a pair of solo homeruns (18,19) and Toby Harrah added his 12th, helping Boston take two of three from California, winning 6-4. (64-26)
W-Roger Moret (12-4) L-Tom Bradley (2-2) S-Sparky Lyle (30)

MLB Trade News:
It was a busy All-Star break, deal-wise, below took place over the last week or so:

St. Louis sends P Darold Knowles, P Tim Plodinec, 3B Phil Gagliano, P Wayne Granger, P Matthew Lowdermilk
Cincinnati sends SS Dave Concepcion
Cincy gets much needed bullpen help, but gives up a 24 year old rock in the middle infield.

Oakland sends P Bob Lacey C Jeff Newman
Cincinnati sends P Darold Knowles
Good move for Oakland, they give up to "c" prospects for a solid bullpen arm

Montreal sends RF Hank Aaron, P Paul Gilliford, P Dave LaRoche, LF Jeff Jurak, P Chris Nelson
Cincinnati sends OF Vada Pinson, LF Hal McRae
Another great move for the Expos as they are apparantely going for it this year. Nelson was tough to give up, but McRae is only 27, and is hitting .322 this year, and Pinson adds much needed veteran experience.

Up next will be the All-Star festivities!

1972 Home Run Derby

Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves defeated Willie Horton of the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in the final round of the HR derby. Evans made heads turn this year by pounding 16 homeruns in the first round en route to defending his crown. Complete totals below:

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1972 Home Run Showdown

FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
Darrell Evans (ATL)                16
Willie Horton (DET)                10
Jimmy Wynn (HOU)                    9
Bob Robertson (MIL)                  6
Johnny Briggs (PHI)                  5
Jim Northrup (CHW)                  3
Don Money (SDP)                      3
Rick Reichardt (CAL)                2
Bob Chance (CHC)                    1
Rico Petrocelli (BOS)                1

SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
Darrell Evans (ATL)                  6
Willie Horton (DET)                  3
Jimmy Wynn (HOU)                    2
Bob Robertson (MIL)                  2

FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
DARRELL EVANS (ATL)                  4
Willie Horton (DET)                  3

    WINNER: Darrell Evans

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1972 All-Star Game

Steve Huntz of Kansas City and Bob Robertson of the Milwaukee Brewers each hit homeruns, as the American League defeated the National League 5-1 in this year's All-Star game. Bill Laxton of the Texas Rangers was named MVP ptiching 3 scoreless innings in relief. Sox to make the squad were Rico Petrocelli (0-4 2 K's), Rollie Fingers (2 IP's 2 K's) and Sparky Lyle (DNP). Boxscore below:

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American League All Stars at National League All Stars
July 10, 1972

                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
      All Stars (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0    5  6  1
      All Stars (NL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0    1  4  1

AMERICAN LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb    avg
S. Huntz (SS)        3  1  1  2  1  2  1  0    .276
J. Northrup (RF)      4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .310
T. Agee (CF)          4  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .319
R. Reichardt (LF)    4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .333
R. Petrocelli (3B)    4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .329
B. Robertson (1B)    4  1  0  1  1  1  1  0    .284
B. Freehan (C)        4  2  0  1  0  0  0  0    .249
B. Grich (2B)        4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .320
 W. Horton (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .330
 B. Melton (P)        1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .311
 P. Blair (P)        1  0  0  1  0  0  0  1    .277
TOTALS              34  6  1  5  2  4  7  1

  2B:  B. Freehan
  3B:  B. Freehan
  HR:  B. Robertson, S. Huntz

                  ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      J. Palmer  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  18  2.74
      B. Laxton  3.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  47  1.67
      C. Dobson  2.0  3  1  0  1  1  1  42  2.03
      D. Secrist  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  15  1.40
      R. Fingers  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  28  2.82
          TOTALS  9.0  4  1  0  1  1  6 150

NATIONAL LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb    avg
A. Otis (CF)          4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .323
D. Money (2B)        4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .342
J. Briggs (LF)        4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .282
D. Evans (3B)        4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .292
J. Wynn (RF)          4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .277
B. Chance (1B)        3  0  1  1  0  0  1  0    .299
J. Torre (C)          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .302
 R. Hebner (P)        2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .372
D. Menke (SS)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .223
 T. McCarver (P)      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .322
 V. Pinson (P)        1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .237
 J. Lefebvre (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .284
 T. Perez (P)        1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .289
 C. Flood (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .298
TOTALS              31  4  1  1  0  1  6  0

  2B:  J. Briggs
  HBP:  J. Lefebvre
  GIDP:  T. McCarver

                  ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
        G. Perry  2.0  3  1  1  2  2  0  42  2.47
  W. Blasingame  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  9  3.01
      P. Niekro  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  4  28  1.95
    D. Drysdale  2.0  2  0  1  3  1  1  34  3.19
      B. Miller  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  22  2.01
          TOTALS  9.0  6  1  2  5  3  7 135

    WP: B. Laxton
    LP: G. Perry

    Temperature: 79F
    Wind: 9 MPH (left to right)
    Attendance: 51,383
    Time: 2:52

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Next for the Sox is 6 games at home, the first three against the Oakland A's followed by 3 vs. the Baltimore Orioles.

July 15,16,17 v Oakland A's (44-43)

July 15-Sal Bando homered and drove in 2, and 5 other A's drove in runs as Oakland hammered Boston 9-3. (64-27)
W-Dave Morehead (6-0) L-Bill Lee (7-7)

July 16-Ted Uhlaender hit a 2 run HR, and Dave Morehead threw 4 perfect innings in relief to get the win for a 2nd straight day as Oakland beat Boston again, today 7-4. (64-28)
W-Dave Morehead (7-0) L-Larry Jaster (0-3) S-Jack Baldschun (12)

July 17-Dock Ellis drove in a run with an RBI single in the 3rd inning, accounting for the only run of the game, as Ellis pitched 7 shutout innings, helping Boston avoid the sweep, winning 1-0. (65-28)
W-Dock Ellis (12-5) L-Chuck Dobson (13-2) S-Sparky Lyle (31)

July 18,19,20 v Baltimore Orioles (49-44)

July 18-Reggie Smith went 3-4 with 2 HR 5 RBI and 4 runs scored, and Rico Petrocelli hit a 3 run HR as Boston blasted Jim Palmer and the Orioles 15-3. (66-28)
W-Roger Moret (13-4) L-Jim Palmer (10-4)

July 19-Brooks Robinson hit a solo HR off Rollie Fingers in the top of the 10th inning, and Merv Rettemund hit a 2 run shot as Baltimore beat Boston 4-3 in 10. (66-29)
W-Jan Dukes (2-4) L-Rollie Fingers (6-5)

July 20-Toby Harrah hit a 3 run HR, and Rico Petrocelli added a 2 run shot, assisting Bill Lee, who pitched his 6th complete game of the year, beating Baltimore 5-1. (67-29)
W-Bill Lee (8-7) L-Woodie Fryman (10-6)

Red Sox Trade News:

The Sox made two separate deals this past week to try to stabilize a bullpen that has imploded over the last month. First we sent injured OF Joe Lahoud to the Pittsburgh Pirates for shortman Gene Garber. Garber was 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 31 games this year covering 40 innings for the Pirates. Lahoud was hitting .248 5-16 so far this year, but was oft-injured.

Second, we called up young lefthander Ron Guidry to play the long relief/spot starter role, and in doing so, made Larry Jaster obselete. We sold Jaster to the Atlanta Braves for $224,000. (By the way, I put a cap on cash sales at $250,000.) Guidry was 13-3 2.68 in AAA this year, and is expected to be in the starting rotation next year.

Around the MLB:

One notable retirement as single season homerun champ Roger Maris retired from the game after 15 seasons. Maris hit 61 homeruns in 1961, breaking Babe Ruth's single season record of 60. He hit a total of 312 homeruns with Cleveland, Kansas City, New York (AL), St. Louis, Seattle/Milwaukee, and retired with New York (AL) again after just 2 games.

Up next for the Sox is 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers followed by 3 more at home against the Orioles!

July 21,22,23 at Milwaukee Brewers (34-63)

July 21-Danny Godby hit a 2 run HR, and Jose Cruz had 2 hits and 2 RBI as Milwaukee beat Boston 4-3. (67-30)
W-Derek Maus (7-11) L-Denny McClain (12-3) S-Don Secrist (8)

July 22-Reggie Smith hit a 3 run HR, his 23rd, and Billy Conigliaro hit his 2nd of the year, a 2 run HR as Boston blasted the Brewers 12-0. (68-30)
W-Dock Ellis (13-5) L-Doug Rau (3-3)

July 23-Don Baylor went 3-5 with a HR and 4 RBI, and Tony Muser added a 2 run single helping Boston taking 2 of 3 from the Brewers, winning 7-3. (69-30)
W-Ron Guidry (1-0) L-Dennis Leonard (7-8)

July 24,25,26 v Baltimore Orioles (50-46)

July 24-a 4 run 10th inning, highlighted by 5 Oriole hits off Ron Guidry and Cecil Upshaw helped the Orioles beat the Sox in a wild one, 11-8. (69-31)
W-Jan Dukes (3-4) L-Ron Guidry (1-1)

July 25-Curt Blefary hit 2 homeruns and drove in 7, and Jim Palmer pitched a complete game, 4 hit shutout, striking out 6 as Baltimore blanked Boston 8-0. (69-32)
W-Jim Palmer (11-7) L-Bill Lee (8-8)

July 26-Larry Bowa went 2-5 with 3 RBI, and Rico Petrocelli had 4 hits, as Boston avoided the sweep, beating Baltimore 6-5. (70-32)
W-Sparky Lyle (4-0) L-Bill Landis (2-5)

MLB Milestones:
Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs hit his 300th career HR, a 2 run shot off the Phillies Don Nottebart.
Carl Yastrzemski of the Los Angeles Dodgers connected on his 2000th hit, a single off the Padres Gerry Arrigo.

Ending July for Boston is 6 more, this time on the road against the Baltimore Orioles, sandwiched by the Trade Deadline.

July 28,29,30 at Baltimore Orioles (52-47)

July 28-Trailing 3-2 entering the 8th inning, Boston put up 4 in the 8th and 5 in the 9th, lead by 3 RBI from both Larry Bowa and Reggie Smith as Boston beat Baltimore 11-3. (71-32)
W-Dock Ellis (14-5) L-Jan Dukes (3-5)

July 29-Brooks Robinson hit a 2 run HR, and Fred Talbot pitched 7 2/3 innings of 1 run ball as the Orioles beat the Red Sox 3-1. (71-33)
W-Fred Talbot (4-5) L-Roger Moret (13-5) S-Jan Dukes (5)

July 30-Trailing 7-0 into the 7th inning, the Sox scored 3 in the 7th and 4 in the 8th to tie the score, only to see Paul Blair hit his 2nd HR of the game, a solo shot off closer Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 9th as Baltimore beat Boston 8-7. (71-34)
W-Jan Dukes (4-5) L-Sparky Lyle (4-1)

August 1,2,3 at Baltimore Orioles (54-48)

August 1-Tony Conigliaro hit a 3 run shot, his 17th and Rico Petrocelli added a 2 run blast, his 26th as Boston hammered Baltimore 11-3. (72-34)
W-Bill Lee (9-8) L-Dave Roberts (7-7)

August 2-Curt Blefary hit a 3 run HR, and Davey Johnson had a 2 run HR as the Orioles knocked around Denny McClain and the Sox, winning 6-1. (72-35)
W-Woodie Fryman (11-6) L-Denny McClain (12-4)

August 3-Reggie Smith had 3 hits anda 2 run HR, and Art Shamsky hit a HR in his first game back from the DL as Boston took two of three from the Orioles, winning 7-5. (73-35)
W-Dock Ellis (15-5) L-Fred Talbot (4-6)

MLB Trade Deadline News:
The Sox made one move at the deadline, coming to terms with the San Fransisco Giants on a deal that sees OF Ben Ogilive (69/93) and $210,000 come to the Sox organization in exchange for 26 year old Oscar Brown (85/93). Brown was hitting .314 5-24 this year, including .382/.443/.555 against lefties, but under .200 against righties. Ogilive is a couple years away, but should be the better player when it's all done.

Other Deals:
Pittsburgh sends 1B Ken Harrelson, P Jim Sadowski, P Jeff James, 3B Ken Macha, P Tim Jones, P Kent Tekulve, C Hawk Taylor, SS Bucky Dent, and 2B Fernando Gonzalez
Texas sends P Gerry Schoen
Don't understand this at all. Schoen is a decent pitcher, but to give up 9 players for him......

Cincinnati sends P Sammy Ellis
Los Angeles sends P Vern Ruhle
Nice deal for the Reds as they give up an aging starter for a possible ace. Also helps the Dodgers solidify an already solid pitching staff.

Kansas City sends 2B Chris Arnold
Baltimore sends P Randy Miller, RF Bob Bailor
Eh, couple of "C+" type prospects for one "B" prospect.

Cleveland sends P Ron Scheuler
Baltimore sends P Scott McGregor, P Dave Johnson
Scheuler is better now, but McGregor, Baltimore's 1st round pick this year, could be special.

Cleveland sends P Tom Kelley
Los Angeles sends P Don Carrithers
Another nice, "Move for the future" deal by the Indians.

Oops, I forgot to post team stats and league standings. It is now August 4, so everything will be as of then! After that the Sox come home for 3 against the AL West leading Chicago White Sox followed by 3 more on the road, this time against the Cleveland Indians.

Complete Team Batting Stats Through August 4-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Baylor, Don              BOS  107  .274  441  121  20  3  24  44  51    7  3  71  98 .497  .349
Smith, Reggie            BOS  103  .275  418  115  27  3  24  70  59    8  5  91  73  .526  .380
Bowa, Larry              BOS  107  .289  405  117  18  4   1  25  26  15  13  47  45  .360  .336
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  100  .321  399  128  21  2  26  44  55    1  1  67  92  .579  .387
Harrah, Toby              BOS  101  .290  393  114  17  0  13  69  39  22  12  70  49  .433 .394
Simmons, Ted              BOS  82  .227  308  70  13  4  6  32  24    0  0  32  44  .354  .299
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  71  .284  278  79  16  4  17  44  55    0  1  58  48  .554  .385
Shamsky, Art              BOS  65  .299  147  44  7  3  11  23  28    0  0  25  36  .612  .394
Conigliaro, Billy        BOS  26  .248  101  25  6  0  3  13  21    0  0  15  13  .396  .330
French, Jim              BOS  26  .213    89  19  2  0  0  15    9    0  0  13    9  .236  .327
Grabarkewitz, Billy      BOS  28  .208    53  11  1  0  1    7  17    5  1    9    2  .283  .300
McLain, Denny            BOS  22  .096    52    5  0  0  0    1  26    0  0    1    1  .096  .113
Lee, Bill                BOS  23  .137    51    7  1  0  0    1  14    0  0    2    5  .157  .154
Ellis, Dock              BOS  22  .239    46  11  0  0  0    7  18    0  0  10    7  .239  .333
Moret, Roger              BOS  20  .051    39    2  1  0  0    2  11    0  0    3    2  .077  .095
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  21  .108    37    4  1  0  0    4  16    0  0    2    3  .135  .190
Muser, Tony              BOS  19  .389    18    7  2  0  0    2    2    0  0    3    6  .500  .455
Rico, Fred                BOS  16  .313    16    5  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    1    0  .313  .313
Sutherland, Gary          BOS    8  .200    5    1  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    1    0  .200  .333
Garber, Gene              BOS  38  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  37  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  48  .250    4    1  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .250  .250
York, Jim                BOS  31  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Guidry, Ron              BOS    6  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  42  .000    0    0  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    0    0  .000 1.000

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Complete Team Pitching Stats Through August 4-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  43.2  2.06  42  0  4  1  31  32    8  8.66
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  62.1  3.18  48  0  6  5  1  43  16 11.55
Moret, Roger              BOS  124.2  3.25  20  20  13  5  0  78  54 10.97
Ellis, Dock              BOS  146.0  3.27  22  22  15  5  0  99  45 11.40
Brett, Ken                BOS  13.0  3.46    9  0  0  0  0    9    6 13.15
Garber, Gene              BOS  48.2  3.51  38  0  2  0  0  34  10 11.28
Lee, Bill                BOS  166.1  3.90  23  23  9  8  0  79  32 11.58
York, Jim                BOS  41.0  4.17  31  0  3  0  0  25  13 12.29
McLain, Denny            BOS  149.1  4.34  22  22  12  4  0  100  47 12.72
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  47.2  4.34  37  0  3  1  2  29  15 12.27
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  117.1  4.83  21  19  7  2  0  63  36 12.35
Guidry, Ron              BOS  11.1  6.35    6  1  1  1  0    7    3 15.09

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League Standings are up next!

American League Standings Through August 4-

National League Standings Through August 4-

August 5,6,7 v Chicago White Sox (71-37)

August 5-Billy Conigliaro went 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Roger Moret pitched 7 shutout innings as the Red Sox blanked the White, 6-0. (74-35)
W-Roger Moret (14-5) L-Tommy John (11-3)

August 6-Bill Melton went 3-6 with a HR and 4 RBI, and Carlos May went 4-4 with 3 RBI as Chicago outslugged Boston 10-6. (74-36)
W-Roger Nelson (4-1) L-Jim York (3-1)

August 7-Tommy Agee went 3-4 with a solo HR, and Bill Melton added a 2 run single as Chicago took two of three from Boston, winning 6-3. (74-37)
W-Wilbur Wood (12-8) L-Bill Lee (9-9) S-Dennis Higgins (14)

August 8,9,10 at Cleveland Indians (42-69)

August 8-Reggie Smith went 4-5, and Dock Ellis pitched 9 innings, allowing just 1 unearned run as Boston nipped Cleveland 2-1. (75-37)
W-Dock Ellis (16-5) L-Steve Bailey (2-3) S-Sparky Lyle (32)

August 9-John Lowenstein hit a 2 run single off Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Indians a 6-5 win over Boston. (75-38)
W-Steve Bailey (3-3) L-Sparky Lyle (4-2)

August 10-Joe Foy went 2-4 with a 2 run HR, and Jerry May went 3-3 with an RBI as Cleveland beat the Sox for a 2nd straight day, today 4-2. (75-39)
W-Steve Hargan (8-9) L-Roger Moret (14-6)

MLB Milestones:

Ron Santo of the Kansas City Royals picked up his 2000th hit
Johnny Callison of the California Angels picked up his 2000th hit
Frank Howard of the New York Yankees bashed his 300th Homerun

Up next for the Sox is 3 more in Baltimore against the Orioles followed by 3 games at home against the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 11,12,13 at Baltimore Orioles (58-53)

August 11-Dave Roberts scattered 9 hits and 1 run over 7 2/3 innings, and Davey Johnson drove in the winning run with an RBI single off Rollie Fingers in the bottom of the 8th inning, giving the Orioles a 2-1 win. (75-40)
W-Jan Dukes (5-5) L-Rollie Fingers (6-6) S-Bill Landis (14)

August 12-Don Baylor went 2-5 with 2 RBI, including the eventual game winner in the top of the 10th off closer Bill Landis as Boston beat Baltimore 5-4. (76-40)
W-Gene Garber (1-0) L-Bill Landis (2-6) S-Sparky Lyle (33)

August 13-Reggie Smith hit a 1 out, solo HR in the top of the 9th inning off Frank Bertaina, breaking a 1 all tie and giving the Sox a 2-1 win. (77-40)
W-Dock Ellis (17-5) L-Frank Bertaina (3-4) S-Sparky Lyle (34)

August 14,15,16 v Milwaukee Brewers (41-76)

August 14-Don Baylor went 2-5 and hit a 3 run HR, his 25th of the year, and Toby Harrah hit his 15th, a solo shot as Boston hammered Milwaukee 10-3. (78-40)
W-Denny McClain (13-4) L-Brian Mogford (3-10)

August 15-Reggie Smith hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 7th inning, and Larry Bowa had 3 hits and an RBI as Boston outlasted Milwaukee 7-4. (79-40)
W-Roger Moret (15-6) L-Dennis Bennett (4-11) S-Sparky Lyle (35)

August 16-Art Shamsky went 3-4 including his 12th HR of the year, a 2 run shot, and Larry Bowa had 3 hits and an RBI for a 2nd straight day as Boston swept the Brewers, winning 7-4. (80-40)
W-Reggie Cleveland (8-2) L-Dennis Leonard (7-12) S-Sparky Lyle (36)


MLB Milestones:
Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles hit his 300th career HR, a 3 run HR off Jerry Crider of the Minnesota Twins.

Up next for the Sox are 6 games, all at home, against familiar opponents. First the Orioles come to town followed by 3 against the Brew Crew.

August 17,18,19 v Baltimore Orioles (62-55)

August 17-Boog Powell homered and drove in 3 runs, and the Oriole bullpen pitched 4 2/3 shutout innings as Baltimore nipped Boston 5-4. (80-41)
W-Jan Dukes (6-5) L-Cecil Upshaw (3-2) S-Bill Landis (15)

August 18-Don Baylor went 2-3 with 2 RBI and Dock Ellis allowed just 1 earned run in 6 innings giving Boston a 7-6 win over the O's. (81-41)
W-Dock Ellis (18-5) L-Wayne Garland (6-5) S-Sparky Lyle (37)

August 19-Billy Conigliaro went 2-4 with 3 RBI and Billy Grabarkewitz hit a 2 run HR as Boston beat up on the Orioles 11-2. (82-41)
W-Denny McClain (14-4) L-Dave Roberts (9-8) S-Ron Guidry (1)

August 20,21,22 v Milwaukee Brewers (44-79)

August 20-Ted Simmons went 3-6 with 5 RBI, Larry Bowa added 4 hits, 4 runs and 2 RBI, and Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR as Boston obliterated the Brewers 16-1. (83-41)
W-Roger Moret (16-6) L-Dennis Leonard (7-13)

August 21-Ted Simmons hit a bases clearing double, completing a comeback from a 3-0 defecit, giving Boston a 4-3 lead they would not give up. (84-41)
W-Reggie Cleveland (9-2) L-Derek Maus (8-15) S-Sparky Lyle (38)

August 22-Boston completed the sweep, as they jumped on the back of Reggie Smith who homered twice and accounted for all 3 RBI's as Boston beat Milwaukee 3-2. (85-41)
W-Bill Lee (10-9) L-Brian Mogford (3-11)

Around the MLB:

The Texas Rangers released 2B Bill Mazeroski. Texas had signed Mazeroski to a 3 year deal in the offseason, but he was outplayed by Tom Ragland, lost his job and eventually was relegated to pinch hitting duty. Mazeroski is currently playing in the Mexican Leagues, hitting .395 with 1 HR and 10 RBI.

Willie Mays of the San Fransisco Giants recorded his 3500th hit.

Ending August for the Sox is 3 more at home against the Brewers followed by 3 on the road against the Oakland A's.

Complete Team Batting Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Baylor, Don              BOS  130  .284  539  153  22  3  31  54  68  10  4  88 121  .508  .356
Smith, Reggie            BOS  126  .285  512  146  33  3 31  91  75  10  6 116  94  .543  .394
Bowa, Larry              BOS  131  .307  498  153  21  6   1  32  33  18  16  66  54  .380  .355
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  122  .322  487  157  26  2  30  57  67    2  1  84  107  .569  .393
Harrah, Toby              BOS  122  .293  482  141  20  0  17  82  50  26  13  89  62  .440 .394
Simmons, Ted              BOS  105  .245  392  96  18  4  11  42  27    0  0  44  69  .395  .317
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  77  .286  297  85  16  4  17  52  57    0  1  66  51  .539  .396
Shamsky, Art              BOS  85  .299  224  67  11  3  13  33  33    0  0  36  49  .549  .389
Conigliaro, Billy        BOS  42  .265  166  44  12  1  4  19  34    0  0  19  26  .422  .342
Grabarkewitz, Billy      BOS  47  .237  114  27  6  0  4  12  34    6  2  20    7  .395  .310
French, Jim              BOS  28  .215    93  20  2  0  0  17  10    0  0  14    9  .237  .336
McLain, Denny            BOS  26  .127    63    8  0  0  0    2  31    0  0    3    2  .127  .154
Lee, Bill                BOS  28  .129    62    8  1  0  0    2  20    0  0    2    5  .145  .156
Ellis, Dock              BOS  27  .228    57  13  0  0  0    9  20    0  0  10    7  .228  .328
Moret, Roger              BOS  25  .042    48    2  1  0  0    5  18    0  0    3    2  .063  .130
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  25  .133    45    6  1  0  0    5  16    0  0    2    5  .156  .216
Muser, Tony              BOS  27  .360    25    9  3  0  0    3    3    0  0    3    6  .480  .433
Rico, Fred                BOS  25  .320    25    8  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    3    0  .320  .320
Sutherland, Gary          BOS  10  .286    7    2  1  0  0    1    0    0  0    2    0  .429  .375
Guidry, Ron              BOS  10  .143    7    1  0  0  0    0    5    0  0    1    2  .143  .125
Garber, Gene              BOS  46  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  40  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  56  .250    4    1  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .250  .250
York, Jim                BOS  34  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  53  .000    0    0  0  0  0    1    0    0  0    0    0  .000 1.000

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Complete Team Pitching Stats Through August 31-(team leaders in bold)

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1972 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Lyle, Sparky              BOS  53.1  1.86  53  0  4  2  40  35    9  8.27
Fingers, Rollie          BOS  72.1  2.99  56  0  6  6  1  51  17 11.20
Garber, Gene              BOS  60.0  3.00  46  0  3  1  0  43  11 10.20
Moret, Roger              BOS  159.2  3.04  25  25  17  6  0  102  62 10.88
Ellis, Dock              BOS  183.2  3.09  27  27 19  5  0  122  47 10.83
Brett, Ken                BOS  14.0  3.21  10  0  0  0  0    9    6 12.86
Guidry, Ron              BOS  27.1  3.62  10  2  2  1  1  19    6 12.51
Lee, Bill                BOS 202.0 4.01  28  28  11  9  0  96  38 11.72
McLain, Denny            BOS  175.1  4.21  26  26  15  4  0  120  57 12.68
Upshaw, Cecil            BOS  53.0  4.25  40  0  3  2  2  37  16 11.89
York, Jim                BOS  46.0  4.50  34  0  3  1  0  30  14 12.72
Cleveland, Reggie        BOS  143.0  4.78  25  23  9  2  0  71  43 12.21

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Up next are League Standings Through August 31!

American League Standings Through August 31-

National League Standings Through August 31-

August 25,26,27 v Milwaukee Brewers (44-82)

August 25-Reggie Smith reached the 30 HR plateau for a 5th straight year, hitting a 3 run HR, and Rico Petrocelli hit his 29th as Boston beat the Brewers 8-5. (86-41)
W-Dock Ellis (19-5) L-Tim Dawson (5-12)

August 26-Rico Petrocelli went 5-6 with a HR and 5 RBI, and Reggie Smith went 4-5 with a HR, 3 RBI and 5 runs scored as Boston scored 2 touchdowns and kicked 2 field goals in a 20-3 thrashing of Milwaukee. (87-41)
W-Denny McClain (15-4) L-Dennis Leonard (7-14)

August 27-Don Baylor hit a 2 run HR, as Boston completed the sweep, despite only 3 hits in a 3-2 win over the Brewers. (88-41)
W-Roger Moret (17-6) L-Brian Mogford (3-12) S-Sparky Lyle (39)

August 29,30,31 at Oakland A's (63-66)

August 29-Every Sox starter except Toby Harrah drove in a run, lead by Don Baylor, who homered and drove in 4 as Boston beat up the A's 14-2. (89-41)
W-Ron Guidry (2-1) L-Jerry Stephenson (3-7)

August 30-Ted Simmons hit a solo HR, and Bill Lee outdueled Jim Nash as Boston beat Oakland 3-2. (90-41)
W-Bill Lee (11-9) L-Jim Nash (4-12) S-Sparky Lyle (40)

August 31-Ted Kubiak drove in the winning run off Gene Garber in the bottom of the 9th inning, helping the A's avoid the sweep, winning 4-3. (90-42)
W-Steve Mingori (4-2) L-Gene Garber (1-1)

MLB Milestones:

Bert Campaneris of the Oakland A's stole his 400th base
Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles drove in his 1000th run

Leading off September for the Sox is 3 at home against the Minnesota Twins followed by 3 in Fenway against the New York Yankees!