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.