Leading off in the ninth inning, Bobby Grich hit a homer to bring the Orioles a 2-1 victory over the Red Sox. Terry Crowley also homered for the Orioles to account for their first run in the second. The Red Sox tied the score with singles by Luis Aparicio, Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, August    11, 1972 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  1
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  5  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   1   0     0   3   .277      Buford lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .220
Aparicio ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .275      Blair cf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .211
Yastrzemski lf        3   0   1   0     1   1   .254        Oates ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Petrocelli 3b         2   0   1   1     2   0   .256        Rettenmund cf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Grich ss              4   1   1   1     0   1   .286
Cater 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .246      Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .238
Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Robinson 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Kennedy 2b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .255      Crowley rf            3   1   1   1     0   0   .241
McGlothen p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .267      Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .234
  Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Hendricks c           2   0   0   0     1   1   .150
  Newhauser p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cuellar p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .131

Totals               32   1   6   1     3  13             Totals               28   2   5   2     2   9

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 17,434
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 4
DP: Red Sox 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Kennedy, Johnson
Doubles: Aparicio (15)
Home Runs: Crowley (7), Grich (9)
Stolen Bases: Harper (15)
Caught Stealing: Cater (1), Blair (7), Hendricks (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               6     3   1   1   1   8   1  21   2.57
Newhauser L(3-2)        2     2   1   1   1   1   1   9   2.92
Totals                  8     5   2   2   2   9   2  30

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(12-9)         9     6   1   1   3  13   0  35   2.52
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3  13   0  35

Wild Pitches: Cuellar (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Barnett


RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio doubled to left;
Yastrzemski struck out; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Blair
struck out; Grich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk was called out on strikes; Cater singled to
right; Oglivie struck out while Cater was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson
flied out to left; Crowley homered; Johnson was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Kennedy was called out on strikes; McGlothen struck
out; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks was called out on strikes; Cuellar struck
out; Buford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Orioles 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Petrocelli walked;
Cuellar threw a wild pitch [Petrocelli to second]; Fisk flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair flied out to center; Grich struck out; Powell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Cater flied out to center; Oglivie grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kennedy grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson singled to left; Crowley flied out to
center; Johnson singled to left [Robinson to second]; Hendricks
flied out to center; Cuellar struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 6TH: McGlothen was called out on strikes; Harper
singled; Harper stole second; Aparicio flied out to center;
Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli walked [Harper to third,
Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Buford flied out to center; Blair walked; Blair was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Grich popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Orioles 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Cater struck out; Oglivie reached on an error by
Johnson [Oglivie to first]; Kennedy grounded out (third to
first) [Oglivie to second]; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN;
Gagliano struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: NEWHAUSER REPLACED GAGLIANO (PITCHING); Powell
struck out; Robinson flied out to center; Crowley made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Harper struck out; Aparicio singled to left;
Yastrzemski singled to center [Aparicio to third]; Petrocelli
singled to left [Aparicio scored, Yastrzemski out at third (left
to third), Petrocelli to second (on throw)]; Fisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson flied out to left; Hendricks walked;
Cuellar flied out to right; Buford singled to right [Hendricks
to second]; OATES BATTED FOR BLAIR; Oates reached on an error by
Kennedy [Hendricks to third, Buford to second]; Hendricks was
caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher to
third); Don Buford ran towards 3B, causing rundown; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 9TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED OATES (PLAYING CF); Cater was
called out on strikes; Oglivie grounded out (second to first);
Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Grich homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Orioles 2.