Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
August 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1972 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Baltimore Orioles 11, Boston Red Sox 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 3 3 3 3
Blair cf 5 1 1 3
Grich 2b 5 1 2 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 2 1
Baylor lf 4 1 1 1
Powell 1b 5 1 2 2
Etchebarren c 5 0 1 0
Belanger ss 5 2 1 0
Palmer p 4 2 2 0
Totals 40 11 15 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Griffin 2b 5 0 2 0
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Krausse p 0 0 0 0
  Newhauser p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 1 1 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 1 1 2
Cater 1b 3 0 0 0
Miller cf 3 0 1 0
Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Baltimore 200 020 16011150
Boston 000 200 000260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (15-4) 9.0 6 2 2 6 6
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (6-6) 6.1 9 5 5 1 5
  Tatum   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Krausse   0.2 4 6 6 1 0
  Newhauser   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore Belanger (8,off Curtis); Palmer (3,off Curtis); Rettenmund (10,off Curtis); Blair (10,off Krausse).  3B–Baltimore Robinson (1,off Curtis).  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund (5,5th inning off Curtis 1 on, 1 out); Powell (14,8th inning off Krausse 1 on, 1 out), Boston Fisk (18,4th inning off Palmer 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Robinson (5,off Curtis).  HBP–Baylor (6,by Krausse).  HBP–Krausse (3,Baylor).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:29.  A–28,976.
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