Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 0, Kansas City Royals 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 3 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0
Oates c 3 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 1 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 1 2 0
Piniella lf 4 1 1 0
Oliver rf 4 1 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 2 2
May c 2 0 1 0
Drago p 3 0 0 1
Totals 31 3 8 3
Baltimore 000 000 000020
Kansas City 020 000 01x380
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (2-1) 8.0 8 3 3 3 5
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Drago  W (1-1) 9.0 2 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  3B–Kansas City Oliver (1,off Dobson).  HBP–Mayberry (1,by Dobson).  IBB–May (1,by Dobson).  CS–Blair (1,2nd base by Drago/May).  SB–Otis (1,2nd base off Dobson/Oates); Patek (1,2nd base off Dobson/Oates).  HBP–Dobson (2,Mayberry).  IBB–Dobson (1,May).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:16.  A–8,640.
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