Brooks Robinson hit a homer and Mark Belanger drove in two runs with a double to lead the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers. After hitting his homer in the second to tiethe  score at 1-1, Robinson walked in the sixth. Merv Rettenmund also drew a pass from Jim Lonborg and, with two out, Belanger drove in both runners with his double. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Game Played on Monday, August    7, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  2    0  2  0  -   5  9  1
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .220      Auerbach ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .218
Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .208      Theobald 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Grich 2b              5   0   1   0     0   2   .283      May cf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .235
Powell 1b             3   0   1   0     2   0   .222      Scott 1b              2   1   0   0     2   2   .259
Robinson 3b           3   2   1   1     2   0   .256      Brown rf              3   0   2   1     1   1   .246
Rettenmund rf         4   2   1   0     1   0   .245      T. Reynolds lf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Hendricks c           4   0   1   1     0   0   .154        Azcue c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Belanger ss           4   1   2   2     0   1   .191        Briggs ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .280
Cuellar p             3   0   1   0     0   2   .138      Ferraro 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .257
  Alexander p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     1   0   .284
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                            Heise ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
                                                          Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
                                                            Davis lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .317

Totals               35   5   9   4     6   7             Totals               31   2   6   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  6,629
Left on Base: Orioles 10, Brewers 8
DP: Orioles 0, Brewers 1
Errors: Robinson, Auerbach 2
Doubles: Belanger (9), Hendricks (4)
Home Runs: Robinson (7)
Caught Stealing: Ferraro (4), Auerbach (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Blair (3), Lonborg (6)
GIDP: Robinson (8)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(11-9)         5.2   5   2   2   4   4   0  25   2.60
Alexander               2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.51
Jackson SV(5)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.04
Totals                  9     6   2   2   5   6   0  37

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(10-6)         6.1   6   3   3   6   7   1  31   2.72
Linzy                   2.2   3   2   1   0   0   0  11   3.05
Totals                  9     9   5   4   6   7   1  42

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to right; Blair was called out on
strikes; Grich flied out to left; Powell grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach popped to catcher in foul territory;
Theobald grounded out (third to first); May singled to center;
Scott walked [May to second]; Brown singled to right [May
scored, Scott to third]; T. Reynolds popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson homered; Rettenmund flied out to center;
Hendricks flied out to left; Belanger singled to left; Cuellar
singled to center [Belanger to second]; Buford flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Ferraro reached on an error by Robinson [Ferraro to
first]; Ferraro was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Rodriguez walked; Lonborg out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Rodriguez to second]; Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Blair grounded out (third to first); Grich was
called out on strikes; Powell walked; Robinson walked [Powell to
second]; Rettenmund forced Robinson (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald grounded out (third to first); May
grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Hendricks grounded out (shortstop to first);
Belanger was called out on strikes; Cuellar was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Brown walked; T. Reynolds made an out to shortstop;
Ferraro flied out to center; Rodriguez forced Brown (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford grounded out (second to first); Blair struck
out; Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Lonborg struck out; Auerbach singled to left;
Auerbach was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Theobald grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell flied out to right; Robinson walked;
Rettenmund walked [Robinson to second]; Hendricks flied out to
center; Belanger doubled to left [Robinson scored, Rettenmund
scored]; Cuellar struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Scott walked;
Brown singled to left [Scott to second]; T. Reynolds struck out;
Ferraro singled to left [Scott scored, Brown to second];
ALEXANDER REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Rodriguez lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Buford walked; Blair out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Buford to second]; Grich singled to left [Buford to
third, Grich to second (on throw)]; Powell was walked
intentionally; LINZY REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); DAVIS
REPLACED LONBORG (PLAYING LF); AZCUE REPLACED T. REYNOLDS
(PLAYING C ); Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Brewers 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Auerbach
grounded out (second to first); Theobald grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Rettenmund singled to left; Hendricks doubled
[Rettenmund scored]; Belanger reached on an error by Auerbach
[Belanger to first]; On a bunt Alexander forced Hendricks (first
to third) [Belanger to second]; Buford forced Alexander (first
to shortstop) [Belanger scored (error by Auerbach) (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Blair flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott was
called out on strikes; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Brewers 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Grich grounded out (second to first); Powell
singled to center; Robinson flied out to right; Rettenmund
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 9TH: BRIGGS BATTED FOR AZCUE; Briggs walked; Ferraro
singled to left [Briggs to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR LINZY;
JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); HEISE BATTED FOR LAHOUD;
Heise made an out to shortstop; Davis flied out to left;
Auerbach grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 5, Brewers 2.