Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 2 1
Rettenmund rf 4 1 2 1
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Grich 1b 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 1 1
Palmer p 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Northrup cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 1 1 1
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Horton rf 3 1 2 1
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Cain p 2 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Strampe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Baltimore 011 000 100380
Detroit 110 000 000240
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (3-3) 9.0 4 2 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  L (0-2) 6.1 8 3 3 2 4
  Niekro   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Strampe   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (4,off Cain); Robinson (6,off Cain).  3B–Baltimore Palmer (1,off Cain).  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund (1,3rd inning off Cain 0 on, 1 out), Detroit G Brown (2,1st inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out); Horton (4,2nd inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Grich (1,2nd base off Cain/Freehan).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:18.  A–29,092.
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