Stopped by a cutoff play, the Orioles' nine-game winning streak came to an end with a 4-3 loss to the Twins. Harmon Killebrew drove in two runs with a pair of singles to pace the Twins to a 4-1 lead before the Orioles began their rally with a run in the eighth on a pass to Johnny Oates, single by Boog Powell and double by Brooks Robinson with one out.

With pinch-runners Chico Salmon and Dave Leonhard on base, Terry Crowley singled, scoring Salmon, Leonhard stopping at third. Crowley tried to take second, but Rich Reese cut off the throw from the outfield and fired to Danny Thompson, who tagged Crowley out. Davey Johnson then flied out to end the inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      18, 1972 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  5  0
Twins        0  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4 10  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Tovar rf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .269
Oates c               3   2   0   0     1   0   .306      Thompson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .271
Rettenmund cf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Killebrew 1b          3   1   2   2     1   1   .226
  Blair ph,cf         3   0   0   0     0   2   .253        Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Powell 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .181      Renick lf             1   0   0   0     1   1   .152
  Salmon pr,1b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Robinson 3b           4   0   2   2     0   0   .259        Nettles lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .242
  Leonhard pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Darwin cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .233
  Grich 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Soderholm 3b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .209
Crowley rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .304      Monzon 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .243        Oliva ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .375
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .171        Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Baylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Roof c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Cuellar p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .043      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carew ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
  Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .259
  Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Granger p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Hendricks ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .114

Totals               33   3   5   3     3   4             Totals               33   4  10   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 19,435
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Twins 8
DP: Orioles 1, Twins 0
Errors: Monzon
Doubles: Powell (6), Robinson (9), Soderholm (6)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (7)
GIDP: Carew (5)
Hit by Pitch: Powell (2,by Perry)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(4-6)          4     7   4   4   2   3   0  21   3.29
Alexander               2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.17
Harrison                2     1   0   0   1   3   0   7   0.93
Totals                  8    10   4   4   3   6   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(6-5)            7.1   3   3   2   3   4   0  31   3.38
Granger SV(11)          1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.50
Totals                  9     5   3   2   3   4   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Perry (4)
Wild Pitches: Cuellar (1), Perry (2)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford reached on an error by Monzon; Oates forced
Buford (second to shortstop); Rettenmund walked [Oates to
second]; Powell forced Rettenmund (second to shortstop) [Oates
to third]; Robinson singled to left [Oates scored (unearned),
Powell to second]; Crowley flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to third; Thompson popped to third
in foul territory; Killebrew walked; Renick struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson flied out to left; Belanger flied out to
center; Cuellar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Darwin flied out to center; Soderholm doubled to
left; Monzon struck out (catcher to first); Mitterwald lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford popped to catcher in foul territory; Oates
grounded out (first to pitcher); BLAIR BATTED FOR RETTENMUND;
Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Perry struck out;
Tovar singled to left; Thompson popped to catcher in foul
territory; Killebrew singled [Tovar scored]; Cuellar threw a
wild pitch [Killebrew to second]; Renick walked; Darwin singled
to center [Killebrew scored, Renick to second]; Soderholm forced
Darwin (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell doubled to left; Robinson lined to first;
Crowley grounded out (second to first) [Powell to third];
Johnson walked; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Monzon flied out to center; Mitterwald grounded out
(third to first); Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Cuellar flied out to left; Buford lined to second;
Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar singled; Thompson singled to right [Tovar to
second]; Killebrew singled to left [Tovar scored, Thompson to
second]; ALEXANDER REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR
RENICK; Braun flied out to left; Darwin forced Killebrew (second
to shortstop) [Thompson to third]; Soderholm singled to right
[Thompson scored, Darwin to second]; Monzon forced Soderholm
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: NETTLES REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); Blair struck
out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Powell was hit by a
pitch [Blair to second]; Robinson flied out to left; Crowley
forced Powell (second to shortstop) [Blair to third]; Johnson
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald popped to first in foul territory; Perry
grounded out (second to first); Tovar singled; Tovar stole
second; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger was called out on strikes; SHOPAY BATTED
FOR ALEXANDER; Shopay grounded out (third to first); Buford
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: HARRISON REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Killebrew struck
out; Nettles walked; Darwin struck out; Soderholm flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Oates
walked; Blair flied out to center; Powell singled to left [Oates
to third]; SALMON RAN FOR POWELL; GRANGER REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); Robinson doubled to left [Oates scored, Salmon to
third]; LEONHARD RAN FOR ROBINSON; Crowley singled to right
[Salmon scored, Leonhard to third, Crowley out at second (right
to first to shortstop)]; Johnson flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: GRICH REPLACED LEONHARD (PLAYING 3B); SALMON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); OLIVA BATTED FOR MONZON; Oliva singled to
right; KAAT RAN FOR OLIVA; CAREW BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Carew
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kaat
out at second]; Granger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: ROOF REPLACED KAAT (PLAYING C ); CAREW STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); BAYLOR BATTED FOR BELANGER; Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); HENDRICKS BATTED FOR HARRISON;
Hendricks flied out to center; Buford popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 4.