Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1972 at Cleveland 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 0, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 1 0
Oates c 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0
Crowley rf 2 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
McNally p 2 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
  Unser lf 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 2 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 1 0
Bell rf 2 1 1 2
McCraw cf 3 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Baltimore 000 000 000020
Cleveland 020 000 00x270
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (10-9) 7.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
1
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (18-8) 9.0 2 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 1.  HR–Cleveland Bell (4,2nd inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Robinson (3,off Perry).  IBB–Bell (4,by McNally).  IBB–McNally (11,Bell).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:01.  A–30,543.
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