Milwaukee Brewers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 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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Milwaukee Brewers 0, Baltimore Orioles 8

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Auerbach ss 4 0 0 0
Theobald 2b 3 0 1 0
May cf 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Briggs lf 3 0 0 0
Lahoud rf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
O'Brien 3b 3 0 1 0
Brett p 2 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Ferraro ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 2 4 0
  Belanger pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Baylor lf 4 2 1 2
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 2
Grich ss,1b 4 0 3 2
Johnson 2b 3 1 1 1
Robles c 4 0 0 0
Alexander p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 7
Milwaukee 000 000 000023
Baltimore 200 101 40x8111
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Brett  L (6-11) 6.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Sanders   1.0 4 4 0 0 2
  Linzy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
4
2
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (6-8) 9.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
2

  E–Johnson (6).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Grich (21,off Brett); Robinson (21,off Sanders).  HR–Baltimore Baylor (10,1st inning off Brett 1 on, 2 out); Johnson (5,4th inning off Brett 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Johnson (8,by Brett).  SB–Davis (2,2nd base off Brett/Rodriguez).  IBB–Brett (7,Johnson).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:08.  A–12,344.
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