Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
April 12, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1973 at Tiger 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 0

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0
Grich 2b 3 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Williams c 4 0 1 0
  Etchebarren c 0 0 0 0
Baylor lf 5 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 2 0
Davis dh 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
Howard dh 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
Reese 1b 4 0 0 0
Stanley cf 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0
  Brown I. ph 0 0 0 0
  McAuliffe pr 0 0 0 0
Lolich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 3 0
Baltimore 000 000 000 1190
Detroit 000 000 000 0031
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (2-0) 9.2 3 0 0 5 2
  Pena  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
3
0
0
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (0-2) 10.0 9 1 0 3 5
Totals
10.0
9
1
0
3
5

  E–Lolich (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  3B–Detroit Brinkman (1,off McNally).  SH–Powell (1,off Lolich); Grich (1,off Lolich); Rodriguez (1,off McNally).  IBB–Etchebarren (1,by Lolich); Kaline (1,by McNally).  SB–Belanger (1,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  IBB–McNally (1,Kaline); Lolich (1,Etchebarren).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:42.  A–6,303.
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