Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 3 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 1
Dobson p 1 0 1 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Stanley cf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf,rf 3 2 2 1
McAuliffe 2b 3 2 1 0
Haller c 3 1 1 4
Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0
Lolich p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 5
Baltimore 001 000 000141
Detroit 100 200 03x661
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (3-4) 3.1 5 3 2 3 3
  Scott   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Harrison   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Leonhard   2.0 1 3 3 3 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
6
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (7-1) 9.0 4 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
7

  E–Etchebarren (1), Rodriguez (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Dobson (1,off Lolich), Detroit Northrup (1,off Dobson).  HR–Baltimore Belanger (1,3rd inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Haller (1,8th inning off Leonhard 2 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:26.  A–27,384.
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