Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
August 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Boston Red Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 1
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
Grich 2b 4 1 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor rf 4 0 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Oates c 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
McNally p 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 4 0 0 0
  Miller cf 0 0 0 0
Griffin 2b 4 2 2 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 2 2 0
Smith rf 3 1 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 4 1 3 6
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Cater 1b 1 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Tiant p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
Baltimore 200 010 000370
Boston 204 000 00x681
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (10-10) 2.1 6 6 6 2 1
  Harrison   3.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Watt   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (5-4) 9.0 7 3 3 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
6

  E–Petrocelli (10).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (7,off Tiant); Oates (9,off Tiant), Boston Petrocelli (10,off McNally).  HR–Boston Petrocelli (10,3rd inning off McNally 3 on, 1 out).  SB–Grich (8,Home off Tiant/Fisk); Baylor (16,2nd base off Tiant/Fisk).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:15.  A–25,735.
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