Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 22, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1972 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 1 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 0 0 0 0
Grich ss 5 0 1 0
Baylor lf 5 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Powell 1b 5 2 2 3
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 1
Etchebarren c 3 0 1 0
  Oates c 0 0 0 0
McNally p 3 0 1 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 2 3 1 0
Otis cf 4 2 3 1
Scheinblum rf 5 0 3 4
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Piniella lf 5 0 2 2
Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick c 4 1 1 0
Knoop 2b 3 1 1 0
Floyd 3b 4 1 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Schaal ph 1 0 0 0
  Hedlund p 2 0 0 0
  Angelini p 0 0 0 0
  Hovley ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
Baltimore 100 020 2005103
Kansas City 100 100 24x8120
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   7.0 10 4 3 2 7
  Harrison  L (0-3) 1.0 2 4 4 3 2
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
5
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.0 3 1 0 2 3
  Hedlund   4.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Angelini  W (1-0) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Wright  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
6
8

  E–Grich 2 (12), Powell (7).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Kirkpatrick (8).  2B–Baltimore Etchebarren (5,off Hedlund); Powell (9,off Hedlund); Johnson (16,off Hedlund), Kansas City Kirkpatrick (10,off McNally).  3B–Kansas City Piniella (3,off McNally); Scheinblum (2,off Harrison).  HR–Baltimore Powell (11,7th inning off Angelini 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hovley (1,off Harrison).  SB–Baylor (14,2nd base off Hedlund/Kirkpatrick); Otis (20,2nd base off McNally/Etchebarren).  CS–Otis (8,2nd base by McNally/Etchebarren).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:54.  A–16,485.
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