Don Baylor homered for two of the Orioles' four runs in the first inning and Terry Crowley hit the first grand slam of his major league career in the seventh to decide an 8-4 victory over the Royals. A double by Davey Johnson, walk to Elrod Hendricks and safe bunt by Mike Cuellar set the stage for Crowley's wallop off Roger Nelson. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Sunday, July      23, 1972 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Orioles      4  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   8  9  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   4  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .223      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Crowley rf            4   2   1   4     0   0   .263        Keough ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .175
  Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Grich ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .288        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Powell 1b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .221      Otis cf               0   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Baylor cf,rf          4   1   1   2     0   0   .270        Hovley cf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .244
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Scheinblum rf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .324
Johnson 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Piniella lf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .317
Hendricks c           3   1   0   0     1   1   .134      Rojas 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Cuellar p             3   1   1   0     0   1   .143        Floyd 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hopkins ph,3b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .171
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Mayberry 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .282
  Jackson p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Kirkpatrick c         4   1   3   1     0   0   .311
                                                          Knoop 2b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .246
                                                          Drago p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .045
                                                            May ph              0   0   0   0     1   0   .211
                                                            Nelson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Schaal ph,ss        2   1   1   1     0   0   .217

Totals               35   8   9   8     2   6             Totals               29   4   6   4     7   1

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 28,563
Left on Base: Orioles 2, Royals 6
DP: Orioles 3, Royals 1
Doubles: Johnson (17), Powell (10), Kirkpatrick 2 (12), Knoop (2), Schaal (12)
Triples: Grich (2)
Home Runs: Baylor (8), Crowley (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Hovley (1)
GIDP: Johnson (5), Mayberry (4), Scheinblum (7), Patek (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(9-8)          7     5   4   4   4   0   0  27   2.64
Watt                    0.2   0   0   0   2   0   0   4   3.66
Alexander               0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.69
Jackson SV(4)           1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.15
Totals                  9     6   4   4   7   1   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago L(7-11)           6     5   4   4   1   4   1  23   2.72
Nelson                  2     4   4   4   1   1   1  11   2.48
Dal Canton              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.51
Totals                  9     9   8   8   2   6   2  37

Wild Pitches: Watt (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bill Haller


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Crowley forced Buford (first to
shortstop); Grich tripled to center [Crowley scored]; HOVLEY
REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Powell singled to center [Grich
scored]; Amos Otis ran into the fence, was carried off on a
stretcher and taken to the hospital with cuts and bruises on
face and left knee; Baylor homered [Powell scored]; Robinson
singled to center; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Robinson out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (third to first); Hovley grounded
out (second to first); Scheinblum grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Hendricks struck out; Cuellar grounded out (pitcher
to first); Buford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
walked; Mayberry grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rojas out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Crowley grounded out (pitcher to first); Grich
struck out; Powell singled to third; Baylor flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Knoop
made an out to second; Drago made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson flied out to right; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hendricks flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Hovley
singled to first; Scheinblum grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hovley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Cuellar was called out on strikes; Buford struck
out; Crowley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Piniella flied out to center; Rojas grounded out
(third to first); Mayberry lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich flied out to right; Powell grounded out
(catcher to first); Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick doubled to right; Knoop grounded out
(second to first) [Kirkpatrick to third]; MAY BATTED FOR DRAGO;
May walked; Patek grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Royals 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: NELSON REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Johnson doubled; Hendricks walked; On
a bunt Cuellar singled to third [Johnson to third, Hendricks to
second]; Buford struck out; Crowley homered [Johnson scored,
Hendricks scored, Cuellar scored]; Grich flied out to center; 4
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING CF); BAYLOR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Hovley grounded out (shortstop to
first); Scheinblum made an out to shortstop; Piniella walked;
Rojas forced Piniella (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: FLOYD REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 3B); Powell doubled;
Baylor made an out to shortstop; Robinson flied out to left;
Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry walked; Kirkpatrick doubled [Mayberry
scored]; Knoop doubled to left [Kirkpatrick scored]; SCHAAL
BATTED FOR NELSON; Schaal doubled to left [Knoop scored]; WATT
REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Watt threw a wild pitch [Schaal to
third]; KEOUGH BATTED FOR PATEK; Keough lined to first; Hovley
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Schaal scored]; Scheinblum walked;
ALEXANDER REPLACED WATT (PITCHING); Piniella walked (walk was
charged to Watt) [Scheinblum to second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR
FLOYD; JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Hopkins walked
(walk was charged to Alexander) [Scheinblum to third, Piniella
to second]; Mayberry flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Orioles 8, Royals 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: SCHAAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HOPKINS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DAL CANTON REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING);
Hendricks flied out to right; Jackson struck out; Buford popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 8,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Kirkpatrick singled to right; Knoop was called out
on strikes; Schaal made an out to shortstop; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
DAL CANTON; Taylor popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 4.