Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
May 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Schaal 3b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Piniella lf 3 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 3 1 1 0
  Hovley rf 0 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick c 3 1 1 2
Hedlund p 3 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 1 2 0
Rettenmund rf 4 0 3 1
Powell 1b 3 0 0 1
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Palmer p 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Leonhard pr 0 1 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 7 2
Kansas City 000 000 020–231
Baltimore 000 000 03x–370
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hedlund   7.0 5 2 2 4 1
  Burgmeier  L (2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (2-2) 8.0 3 2 2 0 8
  Watt  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
0
9
  E–Schaal (3).  DP–Kansas City 4.  HR–Kansas City Kirkpatrick (1,8th inning off Palmer 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Powell (2,off Burgmeier).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Hank Morgenweck, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–1:49.  A–5,839.
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