Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
July 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Duffy ss 4 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b 5 1 2 2
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
  McCraw lf 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 1
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Unser cf 2 1 1 0
Perry p 1 0 0 1
Totals 32 4 7 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 1 1 0
Grich ss 4 0 0 0
Crowley rf 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 1
Baylor cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Oates c 4 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
McNally p 2 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Cleveland 000 100 000 3470
Baltimore 100 000 000 0161
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (17-8) 10.0 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (10-8) 10.0 7 4 4 3 2
Totals
10.0
7
4
4
3
2

  E–Powell (8).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Fosse (14,off McNally).  SH–Perry 3 (8,off McNally 3); A Johnson (1,off McNally); McNally (1,off Perry).  IBB–Unser (1,by McNally); Duffy (3,by McNally); Buford (6,by Perry).  HBP–Grich (4,by Perry).  CS–Fosse (1,Home by McNally/Oates).  WP–McNally (1).  HBP–Perry (7,Grich).  IBB–Perry (9,Buford); McNally 2 (10,Unser,Duffy).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:38.  A–12,372.
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