Ed Kirkpatrick homered with a man on base for the Royals in the eighth inning, but the Orioles came back with a three-run rally in their half to gain a 3-2 victory. Singles by Mark Belanger and Terry Crowley and a wild throw by Paul Schaal on an infield hit by Don Buford produced the Orioles' first run. Merv Rettenmund singled to drive in the tying tally and Boog Powell added the winning run with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Friday, May       5, 1972 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  3  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Buford lf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .314
Schaal 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .154      Rettenmund rf         4   0   3   1     0   0   .250
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Powell 1b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .150
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .328      Blair cf              1   0   0   0     2   0   .264
Scheinblum rf         3   1   1   0     0   0   .222      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Hovley rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .364      Etchebarren c         3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Rojas 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .279
Kirkpatrick c         3   1   1   2     0   0   .286      Palmer p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Hedlund p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .333        Crowley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .444
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Leonhard pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   3   2     0   9             Totals               26   3   7   2     4   1

Time of Game: 1:49   Attendance:  5,839
Left on Base: Royals 1, Orioles 4
DP: Royals 4, Orioles 0
Errors: Schaal
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Powell (2)
GIDP: Powell 2 (3), Johnson (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hedlund                 7     5   2   2   4   1   0  27   2.95
Burgmeier L(2-1)        1     2   1   1   0   0   0   4   2.45
Totals                  8     7   3   3   4   1   0  31

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(2-2)           8     3   2   2   0   8   1  27   3.38
Watt SV(1)              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.91
Totals                  9     3   2   2   0   9   1  30

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Schaal struck out; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (first to pitcher); Rettenmund
singled to center; Powell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Rettenmund out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry made an out to third; Piniella flied out to
right; Scheinblum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson walked; Blair walked [Robinson to second];
Johnson made an out to shortstop; Etchebarren struck out;
Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas singled to left; Kirkpatrick made an out to
third; Hedlund was called out on strikes; Patek flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Palmer grounded out (shortstop to first); Buford
singled to second; Rettenmund flied out to right; Powell flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Schaal grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (second to first); Mayberry made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Blair
walked; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Blair out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella struck out; Scheinblum grounded out (first
to pitcher); Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first);
Belanger flied out to left; Palmer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Hedlund struck out;
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Buford walked; Rettenmund singled to right [Buford
to second]; Powell grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Buford to third, Rettenmund out at second]; Robinson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Schaal grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis struck
out; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
made an out to catcher; Etchebarren flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Piniella flied out to center; Scheinblum singled to
center; Rojas was called out on strikes; Kirkpatrick homered
[Scheinblum scored]; Hedlund was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: HOVLEY REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING RF); Belanger
singled to left; CROWLEY BATTED FOR PALMER; Crowley singled to
right [Belanger to second]; LEONHARD RAN FOR CROWLEY; BURGMEIER
REPLACED HEDLUND (PITCHING); Buford singled to third [Belanger
scored (error by Schaal) (no RBI), Leonhard to third];
Rettenmund singled to right [Leonhard scored, Buford to third];
Powell sacrifice flied into a double play (center to shortstop
to second) [Buford scored, Rettenmund out at first]; Robinson
flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 9TH: WATT REPLACED LEONHARD (PITCHING); Patek grounded
out (third to first); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first);
Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 3.