The Orioles collected only two hits off Tom Timmerman, but one of them was a homer by Paul Blair in the fourth inning and that was enough to beat the Tigers, 1-0. Pat Dobson, who was the winner, held the Tigers to three singles. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 20, 1972 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  2  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Buford lf             2   0   0   0     2   1   .235
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .250      Blair cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .263
Northrup cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Powell 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .143
Kaline rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Robinson 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Cash 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Rettenmund rf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Horton lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .385      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Haller c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .308      Belanger ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .467
Timmermann p          2   0   1   0     0   1   .500      Dobson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Seelbach p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   3   0     0   5             Totals               24   1   2   1     4   4

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance:  5,223
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Orioles 4
DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Powell
Home Runs: Blair (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dobson (1)
GIDP: Northrup (1), Powell (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann L(0-1)       7     2   1   1   3   3   1  25   1.29
Seelbach                1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     2   1   1   4   4   1  29

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(2-0)           9     3   0   0   0   5   0  30   0.59
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   5   0  30

Passed Balls: Haller (1)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled to center; Northrup grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Blair made an out to shortstop;
Powell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Buford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline flied to left in foul territory; Cash made an
out to shortstop; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson flied out to center; Rettenmund grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hendricks flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Haller flied out to right; Brinkman struck out;
Timmermann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Belanger
singled to right; Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Belanger to second]; Buford lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled to center; Northrup made an out to second; Kaline
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair homered; Powell walked; Haller allowed a
passed ball [Powell to second]; Robinson walked; Rettenmund
forced Robinson (pitcher to shortstop) [Powell to third];
Hendricks struck out; Johnson made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Cash flied out to left; Horton lined to shortstop;
Haller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger grounded out (first unassisted); Dobson
struck out; Buford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Timmermann singled to shortstop; McAuliffe flied out to right;
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Blair flied out to center; Powell flied out to
center; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup popped to first in foul territory; Kaline
flied out to center; Cash reached on an error by Powell [Cash to
second]; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendricks flied out to right; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Haller grounded out (second to first); Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); G. BROWN BATTED FOR
TIMMERMANN; G. Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: SEELBACH REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Belanger was
called out on strikes; Dobson flied out to right; Buford walked;
Blair grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 9TH: On a bunt McAuliffe made an out to catcher;
Rodriguez made an out to second; Northrup grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".