Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
June 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 0 0 0
Oates c 3 2 0 0
Rettenmund cf 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 2 0
  Salmon pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 2 2
  Leonhard pr 0 0 0 0
  Grich 3b 0 0 0 0
Crowley rf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 4 2 3 0
Thompson ss 4 1 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 1 2 2
  Reese 1b 0 0 0 0
Renick lf 1 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Nettles lf 0 0 0 0
Darwin cf 4 0 1 1
Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 1
Monzon 2b 3 0 0 0
  Oliva ph 1 0 1 0
  Kaat pr 0 0 0 0
  Roof c 0 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
  Carew ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Baltimore 100 000 020350
Minnesota 002 020 00x4101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (4-6) 4.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Alexander   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Harrison   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (6-5) 7.1 3 3 2 3 4
  Granger  SV (11) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
3
4

  E–Monzon (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Powell (6,off Perry); Robinson (9,off Granger), Minnesota Soderholm (6,off Cuellar).  HBP–Powell (2,by Perry).  SB–Tovar (7,2nd base off Alexander/Oates).  WP–Cuellar (1), Perry (2).  HBP–Perry (4,Powell).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:45.  A–19,435.
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