Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 8, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 5 1 1 0
Powell 1b 4 3 3 1
Robinson 3b 5 1 2 1
Crowley rf 2 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 2 2 2 1
Grich 2b 4 0 2 1
Blair cf 3 1 2 2
Oates c 2 0 1 2
  Etchebarren ph,c 2 0 1 0
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 5 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 3 1 1 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 1
Kaline rf 4 0 0 1
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
Brown I. 1b 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph,1b 4 1 1 1
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
Timmermann p 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 2 0 0 0
  McAuliffe 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Baltimore 000 310 0138142
Detroit 200 100 000361
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Alexander  W (2-0) 8.2 3 1 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
0
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  L (2-3) 4.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Scherman   3.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Perranoski   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Niekro   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
5

  E–Powell (4), Oates (1), Scherman (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Powell (3,off Timmermann); Robinson (7,off Timmermann); Oates (1,off Timmermann), Detroit Taylor (3,off Cuellar).  3B–Detroit Rodriguez (1,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Powell (4,5th inning off Timmermann 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Cash (6,4th inning off Alexander 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Grich (1,off Scherman).  SF–Blair (1,off Scherman).  HBP–Etchebarren (1,by Niekro).  CS–Belanger (1,2nd base by Scherman/Freehan).  WP–Alexander (3).  HBP–Niekro (1,Etchebarren).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:34.  A–21,493.
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