Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
April 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 2 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Crowley 1b 4 1 2 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Baylor rf 4 0 1 1
Hendricks c 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 1 1 0
Leon 2b 2 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1
Fosse c 4 0 2 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
McCraw 1b 3 0 1 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Perry p 2 1 1 0
Totals 27 2 8 1
Baltimore 000 000 001171
Cleveland 002 000 00x280
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (0-1) 7.0 7 2 1 2 2
  Harrison   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
2
1
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (2-1) 9.0 7 1 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
7

  E–Cuellar (1).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 3.  2B–Baltimore Crowley (1,off Perry); Hendricks (1,off Perry), Cleveland Leon (1,off Cuellar); Perry (1,off Cuellar).  SH–Unser (1,off Cuellar); Leon (2,off Cuellar); Perry (1,off Cuellar).  SB–McCraw (3,2nd base off Cuellar/Hendricks).  CS–A Johnson (1,2nd base by Harrison/Hendricks).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:15.  A–20,513.
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