Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
August 26, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 0 0
Blair cf 5 1 3 2
Crowley rf 4 0 1 1
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Grich ss 4 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 1
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Oates c 2 0 1 0
Dobson p 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 1 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 2 1
Jackson cf 4 0 2 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0
Mangual rf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 0 0 0 0
  Mincher ph 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Cullen 2b 0 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
Odom p 2 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 1 1 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Baltimore 000 010 004591
Oakland 000 000 010152
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (15-12) 8.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Jackson  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom   5.2 4 1 1 4 3
  Locker   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Fingers  L (6-6) 1.0 4 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
6
7

  E–Grich (15), Cullen 2 (11).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Robinson 2 (18,off Odom,off Fingers); Blair (13,off Fingers), Oakland Hegan (3,off Dobson).  IBB–Oates 2 (7,by Odom,by Fingers); Powell (11,by Odom); Buford (10,by Fingers).  SB–Grich (10,2nd base off Odom/Duncan); Blair (4,2nd base off Odom/Duncan); Davis (1,2nd base off Fingers/Duncan).  IBB–Odom 2 (2,Oates,Powell); Fingers 2 (5,Oates,Buford).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:20.  A–14,698.
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