Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 3, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 15, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 6 1 2 1
Oates c 5 3 3 2
Powell 1b 6 3 2 3
Rettenmund cf,rf 6 1 4 0
Crowley rf 3 1 2 0
  Blair cf 3 1 0 1
Robinson 3b 5 2 2 2
Grich 2b 5 2 4 3
Belanger ss 4 1 1 1
Palmer p 5 0 1 2
Totals 48 15 21 15
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 3 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 1 1 1
Freehan c 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Northrup cf 4 1 3 2
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Timmermann p 2 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Zachary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Baltimore 000 006 07215210
Detroit 020 001 000393
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (11-4) 9.0 9 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  L (6-7) 5.0 7 4 3 0 4
  Seelbach   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Scherman   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Perranoski   0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Niekro   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Zachary   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
21
15
14
1
7

  E–Kaline (1), Freehan (4), Cash (5).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Grich (6,off Seelbach); Oates (7,off Zachary), Detroit Freehan (10,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Oates (2,6th inning off Timmermann 0 on, 0 out); Grich (5,8th inning off Perranoski 0 on, 0 out); Powell (6,9th inning off Zachary 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Northrup (3,2nd inning off Palmer 1 on, 1 out); G Brown (5,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Oates (1,off Timmermann).  SB–Belanger (6,2nd base off Perranoski/Freehan).  WP–Niekro (2).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:57.  A–50,835.
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