Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1972 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 1 2 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Baylor lf,rf 4 0 2 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bumbry pr 0 1 0 0
Grich ss 2 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Belanger pr 0 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 0 1 1
  Coggins pr 0 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 1 0
  Buford ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 2 1
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
  Kaline rf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Northrup rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0
Brinkman ss 2 2 1 2
Fryman p 3 0 1 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Baltimore 100 000 001280
Detroit 002 000 10x370
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (15-16) 6.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Harrison   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  W (6-2) 8.1 8 2 2 3 8
  Seelbach   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hiller  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3.  PB–Sims (3).  2B–Detroit McAuliffe 2 (12,off Dobson,off Harrison).  HR–Baltimore Blair (7,1st inning off Fryman 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Brinkman (4,3rd inning off Dobson 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Robinson (2,by Fryman).  SB–Baylor (20,2nd base off Fryman/Sims).  HBP–Fryman (7,Robinson).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:40.  A–24,475.
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