| After scoring their first three runs on homers by Bill Melton and Dick Allen, the White Sox added a tally in the fifth inning on singles by Rich Morales and Pat Kelly, around a sacrifice, to defeat the Orioles. 4-3. Wilbur Wood was the winner with the help of Steve Kealey, who put down an Orioles' rally in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Friday, May 12, 1972 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 6 0 White Sox 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 4 8 2 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Buford lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .292 Kelly rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .362 Blair cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .292 Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .140 May lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .310 Baylor rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .364 D. Allen 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .329 Johnson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .227 Melton 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Reichardt cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Shopay pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Johnstone cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Etchebarren c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .205 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Morales ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .278 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .417 Wood p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .053 Cuellar p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kealey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Salmon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grich ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Totals 32 3 6 2 3 10 Totals 29 4 8 4 2 5 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 34,886 Left on Base: Orioles 6, White Sox 4 DP: Orioles 1, White Sox 0 Errors: Kelly, Morales Doubles: Etchebarren (3), D. Allen (4) Home Runs: Melton (1), D. Allen (5) Caught Stealing: Etchebarren (2), Kelly (3) Sacrifice Hits: Baylor (1), Wood (3) GIDP: Herrmann (2) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cuellar L(1-3) 4.1 6 4 4 1 2 2 19 3.58 Leonhard 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5.40 Harrison 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 8 1.80 Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.18 Totals 8 8 4 4 2 5 2 32 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood W(5-2) 8.1 6 3 2 3 9 0 33 1.43 Kealey SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 6 3 2 3 10 0 36 Passed Balls: Herrmann (3) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - John Rice ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell walked; Baylor forced Powell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly made an out to shortstop; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson struck out; Robinson was called out on strikes; Etchebarren walked; Etchebarren was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton homered; Reichardt walked; Herrmann grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Reichardt out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger struck out; Cuellar struck out; Buford popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Morales struck out; Wood grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Blair singled to center; Powell flied out to center; Baylor out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Blair to second]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); May singled to center; D. Allen homered [May scored]; Melton singled to left; Reichardt flied out to center; Herrmann grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (second to first); Etchebarren struck out; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morales singled to third; Wood out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Morales to second]; Kelly singled to left [Morales scored, Kelly to second (on throw)]; LEONHARD REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Andrews made an out to first; May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 4. ORIOLES 6TH: SALMON BATTED FOR LEONHARD; Salmon struck out; Buford struck out; Blair singled to right; Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: HARRISON REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); D. Allen doubled; Melton flied out to center; Reichardt struck out; Herrmann was walked intentionally; Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 4. ORIOLES 7TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING CF); Baylor made an out to third; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: Wood struck out; Kelly singled to center; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Andrews made an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, White Sox 4. ORIOLES 8TH: Etchebarren doubled; Belanger flied out to left; GRICH BATTED FOR HARRISON; Grich singled to right [Etchebarren scored (error by Kelly) (unearned) (no RBI), Grich to second]; Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Grich to third]; Buford struck out; Blair flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: WATT REPLACED GRICH (PITCHING); May made an out to second; D. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, White Sox 4. ORIOLES 9TH: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor walked; Johnson singled to left [Baylor to second]; Robinson singled to right [Baylor scored, Johnson to third]; SHOPAY RAN FOR ROBINSON; KEALEY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Etchebarren reached on an error by Morales [Johnson scored, Shopay to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Crowley struck out; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR WATT; Rettenmund forced Etchebarren (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, White Sox 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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