Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 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."

"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, Boston Red Sox 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 1 0
Crowley 1b 4 0 1 0
Baylor rf 2 1 1 1
Hendricks c 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 0 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 1 2 0
Aparicio ss 3 1 2 1
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Josephson 1b 4 0 0 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0
Oglivie lf 3 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 2 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Pattin p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 9 1
Baltimore 010 000 000141
Boston 002 000 00x290
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (4-5) 6.0 7 2 1 2 2
  Harrison   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
2
1
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (1-5) 9.0 4 1 1 2 9
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
9

  E–Belanger (3).  DP–Baltimore 1.  TP–Boston 1.  PB–Hendricks (1).  2B–Baltimore Grich (2,off Pattin); Rettenmund (5,off Pattin), Boston Harper (8,off Dobson); Petrocelli (3,off Dobson); Aparicio (8,off Harrison).  HR–Baltimore Baylor (5,2nd inning off Pattin 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Grich (1,by Pattin); Johnson (2,by Pattin); Baylor (1,by Pattin).  IBB–Smith (4,by Harrison).  SB–Grich (2,2nd base off Pattin/Fisk); Aparicio (2,2nd base off Dobson/Hendricks).  HBP–Pattin 3 (5,Grich,Johnson,Baylor).  IBB–Harrison (4,Smith).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:20.  A–12,291.
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