Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 13, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 1 0
Rettenmund cf,rf 4 1 2 0
Grich 2b 4 1 0 0
Powell 1b 4 1 1 4
Crowley rf 2 1 1 1
  Blair ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Oates c 1 0 0 0
  Etchebarren ph,c 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
McNally p 2 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 1 0 1 0
  McAuliffe 2b 3 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 1 0
Freehan c 2 2 1 0
Howard 1b 4 1 3 4
  Lane pr 0 0 0 0
  Cash 1b 0 0 0 0
Horton lf 2 1 1 0
  Northrup ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Stanley cf 2 1 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 1
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
Coleman p 1 0 0 0
  Blessitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5
Baltimore 014 000 000551
Detroit 100 050 00x6101
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (13-15) 4.2 6 6 5 5 4
  Alexander   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Harrison   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Scott   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Reynolds   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
6
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  W (16-13) 5.0 5 5 4 1 4
  Scherman  SV (12) 4.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
5
4
1
5

  E–Belanger (10), McAuliffe (10).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Howard (10,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Crowley (11,2nd inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out); Powell (19,3rd inning off Coleman 3 on, 1 out), Detroit Howard (10,5th inning off McNally 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Scherman (1,off Reynolds).  IBB–McAuliffe (7,by Reynolds).  CS–Rettenmund (4,2nd base by Coleman/Freehan).  BK–Alexander (1).  IBB–Reynolds (1,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:28.  A–29,788.
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