Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 0, Baltimore Orioles 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 2 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Foor p 0 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
Howard 1b 3 0 1 0
  Staton pr 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Slayback p 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Blessitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 3 3 1 0
Blair cf 5 1 3 2
Davis lf 4 2 2 2
  Coggins rf 1 0 0 0
Baylor rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 2 2 3
Powell 1b 4 0 0 1
Etchebarren c 4 1 2 1
Belanger ss 4 0 2 0
Cuellar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
Detroit 000 000 000041
Baltimore 430 000 02x9120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Scherman  L (6-2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Slayback   1.2 4 4 3 1 2
  Timmermann   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Niekro   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  LaGrow   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Foor   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
2
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (15-10) 9.0 4 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
4

  E–Howard (13).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Taylor (9,off Cuellar), Baltimore Davis (2,off Scherman).  3B–Baltimore Robinson (2,off Slayback); Blair (7,off Foor).  SH–Cuellar (6,off Niekro).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:29.  A–8,357.
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