Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
October 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1972 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 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

Boston Red Sox 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Harper cf 3 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 2 0
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 0
Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 1
Evans lf 3 0 1 0
Griffin 2b 4 0 1 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 3 0 2 0
Oates c 3 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 1
Baylor lf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0
Grich 2b,ss 3 1 1 1
Blair cf 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,2b 2 1 0 0
Cuellar p 3 0 1 0
Totals 26 2 6 2
Boston 000 001 000180
Baltimore 001 001 00x260
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (8-7) 6.0 5 2 2 4 4
  Lee   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (18-12) 9.0 8 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, Baltimore 3.  HR–Baltimore Grich (12,6th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Oates (5,off McGlothen).  SB–Baylor (22,2nd base off McGlothen/Fisk).  WP–McGlothen (4).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:25.  A–9,718.
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