Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Baltimore Orioles 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser rf 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 1 2 0
McCraw cf 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Moses c 3 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 4 0 0 0
Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Colbert p 1 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 1 0 0
Grich 2b 4 0 1 1
Crowley rf 3 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Baylor lf 4 0 3 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Hendricks c 2 2 1 0
Palmer p 4 1 3 2
Totals 32 5 10 3
Cleveland 100 000 000141
Baltimore 020 300 00x5101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Colbert  L (0-2) 3.1 4 4 2 5 1
  Hargan   0.2 0 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Riddleberger   2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
2
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (5-3) 9.0 4 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
4

  E–Nettles (7), Powell (5).  DP–Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Palmer (1,off Colbert).  3B–Baltimore Baylor (1,off Colbert).  SF–Grich (2,off Hargan).  IBB–Powell (4,by Colbert).  SB–Brohamer (2,2nd base off Palmer/Hendricks); Baylor (2,2nd base off Hennigan/Moses).  WP–Hargan (1).  IBB–Colbert (1,Powell).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:14.  A–14,192.
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