Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 2 1
Crowley rf 6 0 1 1
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Grich ss 5 1 3 2
Powell 1b 5 1 1 1
Baylor cf 4 0 2 1
  Blair cf 0 1 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 0 0
Oates c 5 1 4 0
Palmer p 3 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 1 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Totals 41 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Floyd pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Taylor ph,3b 0 0 0 1
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
Scheinblum rf 4 0 0 1
  Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 2 1
Piniella lf 5 0 1 1
Kirkpatrick c 5 0 1 0
Rojas 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Knoop 2b 3 0 1 0
  Keough ph 0 1 0 0
  Schaal 2b 0 0 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph,rf 2 1 2 1
Totals 36 5 10 5
Baltimore 001 020 002 38140
Kansas City 000 100 022 05101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   7.2 7 3 3 2 3
  Alexander   0.2 1 2 2 0 0
  Jackson   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Watt  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Harrison  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   8.0 9 3 3 2 3
  Fitzmorris   0.0 2 2 1 0 0
  Wright  L (1-1) 1.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Burgmeier   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Abernathy   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
14
8
7
5
3

  E–Mayberry (5).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Grich 2 (13,off Nelson 2); Powell (8,off Nelson), Kansas City Mayberry (15,off Palmer).  SH–Alexander (3,off Fitzmorris); Robinson (2,off Wright); Nelson (2,off Palmer); Otis (5,off Palmer).  HBP–Johnson (4,by Wright); Keough (1,by Alexander).  IBB–Buford (4,by Burgmeier).  SF–Taylor (2,off Watt).  SB–Buford (7,2nd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick); Grich (6,2nd base off Nelson/Kirkpatrick); Otis (19,2nd base off Palmer/Oates).  WP–Nelson (2).  HBP–Alexander (1,Keough); Wright (1,Johnson).  IBB–Burgmeier (4,Buford).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:00.  A–11,075.
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