Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 23, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 2 0 0 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 1 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Powell 1b 5 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
  Grich pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Crowley rf 4 2 2 1
Johnson 2b 3 1 0 0
Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 1
Belanger ss 2 1 0 0
McNally p 2 0 0 0
  Baylor ph,lf 2 1 1 2
Totals 33 5 4 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 2 2 1
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Smith rf 3 2 1 3
Josephson 1b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 5 0 2 1
Gagliano lf 2 0 2 0
  Miller pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Siebert p 2 0 0 0
  Tatum p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 1 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Baltimore 000 000 320 0540
Boston 101 020 001 16111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   6.0 7 4 4 2 7
  Harrison   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Watt   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Alexander  L (2-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.1
11
6
6
4
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   6.2 3 3 3 4 6
  Tatum   1.0 1 2 1 2 0
  Bolin   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lee  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
4
5
4
7
7

  E–Griffin (4).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Crowley (3,off Siebert).  HR–Baltimore Baylor (4,7th inning off Siebert 1 on, 2 out); Crowley (3,8th inning off Tatum 0 on, 2 out), Boston Harper (4,1st inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out); Smith (4,5th inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Crowley (1,off Lee); Fisk (1,off Watt); Josephson (1,off Alexander).  SF–Hendricks (1,off Siebert).  HBP–Belanger (2,by Siebert).  SB–Buford (5,2nd base off Siebert/Fisk).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by McNally/Etchebarren).  HBP–Siebert (3,Belanger).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–George Maloney.  T–3:07.  A–14,552.
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