The Orioles ran their winning streak to nine games with a 4-1 victory over the Twins behind the pitching of Pat Dobson, who also set up three runs with sacrifice bunts. On each occasion, Dobson's bunts advanced Mark Belanger, who reached base with a single in the third, walk in the fifth and double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      17, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  1    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   4 12  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  9  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   1   2   2     0   2   .212      Tovar rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Oates c               5   0   3   2     0   1   .326      Thompson ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Blair cf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .257      Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Powell 1b             4   0   1   0     1   2   .170      Killebrew 1b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .218
Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Oliva lf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .333
Crowley rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .308        Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Rettenmund ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Darwin lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Nettles cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Belanger ss           3   3   2   0     1   1   .175      Monzon 3b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Dobson p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .121      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     0   0   .150
                                                          Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .194
                                                            Norton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Braun ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .303

Totals               35   4  12   4     4   8             Totals               32   1   9   1     0   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 17,272
Left on Base: Orioles 11, Twins 4
DP: Orioles 3, Twins 0
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Belanger (3), Oliva (1)
Stolen Bases: Belanger (4)
Caught Stealing: Grich (2), Mitterwald (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dobson 3 (5)
GIDP: Carew (4), Nettles (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(8-6)           9     9   1   1   0   3   0  32   2.26
Totals                  9     9   1   1   0   3   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(7-7)         6.1   8   4   4   1   5   0  29   2.97
Norton                  2     4   0   0   2   3   0  10   1.99
LaRoche                 0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.15
Totals                  9    12   4   4   4   8   0  42

Wild Pitches: Dobson (4)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Oates struck out; Blair grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to left; Thompson popped to first in
foul territory; Carew flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
made an out to second; Crowley singled to center; Grich flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew lined to third; Oliva made an out to third;
Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: On a bunt Belanger singled; Belanger stole second;
Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to
third]; Buford singled to right [Belanger scored]; Oates flied
out to center; Blair struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Monzon singled to center; Mitterwald singled to left
[Monzon to third]; Monzon was picked off third (catcher to
third); Blyleven struck out while Mitterwald was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell struck out; Robinson flied out to left;
Crowley singled to center; Grich forced Crowley (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
singled to left; Carew grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger walked; Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Belanger to second]; Buford struck out; Oates
singled to left [Belanger scored]; Blair grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Oliva
doubled; Nettles grounded out (second to first); Monzon grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell singled; Robinson popped to first in foul
territory; Crowley flied out to center; Grich forced Powell
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory;
Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger doubled; Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Belanger to third]; Buford reached on an
error by Carew [Belanger scored (RBI), Buford to second]; Oates
singled to right [Buford scored]; NORTON REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); Blair singled [Oates to second]; Powell was called
out on strikes; Robinson walked [Oates to third, Blair to
second]; Crowley flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Orioles 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson lined to center; Carew made an out to
shortstop; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
4, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Grich walked; Grich was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Belanger was
called out on strikes; On a bunt Dobson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva singled to center; KAAT RAN FOR OLIVA; Nettles
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Kaat out at second]; Monzon singled to center; Mitterwald flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: DARWIN REPLACED KAAT (PLAYING LF); Buford singled
to center; Oates singled to center [Buford to second]; Blair
singled to center [Buford out at home (center to second to
shortstop to catcher), Oates to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED NORTON
(PITCHING); Powell walked [Oates to third, Blair to second];
Robinson made an out to shortstop; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR
CROWLEY; Rettenmund flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Orioles 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 9TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BRAUN BATTED
FOR LAROCHE; Braun singled; Dobson threw a wild pitch [Braun to
second]; Tovar flied out to center; Thompson singled to left
[Braun to third]; Carew made an out to third; Killebrew singled
to center [Thompson to third, Braun scored]; Darwin struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, Twins 1.