Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
June 14, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 0 1 0
Blair cf 5 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 2 0
  Shopay pr 0 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Baylor rf 3 0 0 0
Oates c 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 0
Grich ss,1b 4 1 2 1
McNally p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson cf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 1
Mangual rf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 0 1 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0
Clark 2b 2 0 0 0
Hunter p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 4 1
Baltimore 001 000 000 1263
Oakland 000 100 000 0142
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (7-5) 10.0 4 1 1 0 5
Totals
10.0
4
1
1
0
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (6-3) 10.0 6 2 1 3 9
Totals
10.0
6
2
1
3
9

  E–Oates (2), Grich (4), McNally (1), Mangual (2), Hunter (2).  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Tenace (1).  2B–Baltimore Powell 2 (5,off Hunter 2), Oakland Rudi (15,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Grich (2,10th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Oates (1,by Hunter).  SH–Clark (1,off McNally).  SB–Baylor (9,2nd base off Hunter/Tenace); Campaneris (12,2nd base off McNally/Oates).  IBB–Hunter (3,Oates).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:02.  A–6,296.
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