Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 29, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1972 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Coggins cf 3 1 2 0
  Blair cf 2 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 0
Powell 1b 5 1 2 1
Crowley rf 3 3 1 0
  Baylor rf 0 0 0 0
Grich ss 3 3 2 5
Oates c 3 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Cuellar p 4 0 1 2
Totals 33 9 10 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 1 0 0
Killebrew 1b 2 1 1 2
  Nettles pr 0 0 0 0
Darwin rf 4 1 1 1
Thompson ss 4 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0
Brye cf 3 0 0 0
Borgmann c 3 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 1 1 1
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 4 4
Baltimore 021 004 0209100
Minnesota 300 000 010440
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (14-10) 9.0 4 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
2
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (11-13) 5.0 8 7 7 3 4
  LaRoche   2.1 2 2 2 4 2
  Granger   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Strickland   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
7
8

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 3.  2B–Baltimore Coggins 2 (2,off Perry 2).  3B–Baltimore Grich (3,off Perry).  HR–Baltimore Grich (11,6th inning off Perry 3 on, 0 out), Minnesota Killebrew (21,1st inning off Cuellar 1 on, 1 out); Darwin (19,1st inning off Cuellar 0 on, 1 out); Renick (4,8th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Oates (1,off Perry).  IBB–Johnson (6,by LaRoche).  IBB–LaRoche (6,Johnson).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:34.  A–10,563.
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