Pat Dobson climaxed the Orioles' scoring with a single in the sixth inning but then needed help from Eddie Watt to hold off the Royals, 5-4. The Royals cut into the Orioles' 5-1 lead with a run on a single by Cookie Rojas and triple by John Mayberry in the eighth inning. After Paul Schaal singled and Ed Kirkpatrick homered in the ninth, Watt came in to save the game for Dobson. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1972 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   4 10  1
Orioles      2  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   5  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Buford lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .321
Rojas 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Rettenmund rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Otis cf               4   1   0   0     1   0   .203      Powell 1b             4   2   2   1     0   1   .167
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .243      Robinson 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .310
Piniella lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .338      Blair cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .279
Scheinblum rf         3   0   1   0     1   1   .294      Johnson 2b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .250
Schaal 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .181      Etchebarren c         4   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Kirkpatrick c         4   1   2   2     0   0   .318      Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Dal Canton p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dobson p              2   0   1   1     0   1   .182
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               36   4  10   4     2   4             Totals               32   5   9   4     2   6

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 12,149
Left on Base: Royals 8, Orioles 6
DP: Royals 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Patek, Johnson
Doubles: Buford (2)
Triples: Mayberry (1)
Home Runs: Kirkpatrick (3)
Caught Stealing: Buford (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dal Canton (1), Dobson (2)
GIDP: Schaal (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton L(1-2)       5     8   5   4   1   5   0  23   4.05
Abernathy               1     1   0   0   1   1   0   6   0.00
Fitzmorris              2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.66
Totals                  8     9   5   4   2   6   0  35

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(3-2)           8     9   4   4   2   4   1  35   2.52
Watt SV(2)              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.86
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   4   1  39

Wild Pitches: Dobson (1)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to center; Rojas flied out to
center; Otis walked; Mayberry singled to right [Otis to third];
Piniella singled to right [Otis scored, Mayberry to second];
Scheinblum was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford doubled to right; Rettenmund flied out to
right; Powell singled to right [Buford scored]; Robinson walked
[Powell to second]; Blair forced Robinson (shortstop to second)
[Powell to third]; Johnson singled to left [Powell scored, Blair
to second]; Etchebarren forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Schaal singled to center; Kirkpatrick made an out to
shortstop; Dal Canton out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Schaal to second]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Belanger singled to center; Dobson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to second]; Buford
made an out to second; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas made an out to second; Otis reached on an
error by Johnson; Mayberry flied out to left; Piniella struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Powell struck out; Robinson flied out to left;
Blair was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Scheinblum singled to center; Schaal grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Scheinblum out at second];
Kirkpatrick singled to center; Dal Canton flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren
was called out on strikes; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek was called out on strikes; Rojas flied out to
left; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dobson was called out on strikes; Buford singled to
center; Rettenmund struck out while Buford was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry made an out to third; Piniella flied out to
right; Scheinblum walked; Schaal flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell singled to right; Robinson singled [Powell
to second]; Blair singled to right [Powell scored, Robinson to
third, Blair to second (on throw)]; ABERNATHY REPLACED DAL
CANTON (PITCHING); Johnson was walked intentionally; Etchebarren
reached on an error by Patek [Robinson scored (no RBI), Blair to
third, Johnson to second]; Belanger forced Blair (shortstop to
catcher) [Johnson to third, Etchebarren to second]; Dobson
singled to right [Johnson scored (unearned), Etchebarren to
third, Belanger to second]; Buford was called out on strikes;
Rettenmund forced Dobson (shortstop unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); KEOUGH
BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; Keough was called out on strikes; Patek
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: FITZMORRIS REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Powell flied
out to center; Robinson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Blair grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas singled to center; Otis made an out to
catcher; Dobson threw a wild pitch [Rojas to second]; Mayberry
tripled to center [Rojas scored]; Piniella made an out to third;
Scheinblum flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson flied out to left; On a bunt Etchebarren
grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Schaal singled to left; Kirkpatrick homered [Schaal
scored]; WATT REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); HOPKINS BATTED FOR
FITZMORRIS; Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Patek flied
out to right; Rojas singled to left; Otis forced Rojas (third to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 5.