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Saturday August 12, 1972
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Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1972 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   3  3  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper cf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .274      Buford lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .218
Aparicio ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .274      Rettenmund rf         3   1   1   0     1   0   .247
Yastrzemski lf        3   0   0   1     0   0   .247      Oates c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .288
Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .257      Powell 1b             4   1   1   2     0   1   .235
Oglivie rf            4   2   2   2     0   0   .265      Grich ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .279
Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .253
Kennedy 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .257      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Montgomery c          4   1   2   1     0   0   .308      Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .212
Tiant p               4   0   0   0     0   1   .095      Alexander p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .056
                                                            Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                            Leonhard p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     2   1             Totals               29   3   3   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 24,297
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Orioles 2
DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Kennedy
Doubles: Oglivie (8)
Triples: Aparicio (2), Rettenmund (2)
Home Runs: Montgomery (2), Oglivie (7), Powell (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (7)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(6-4)            9     3   3   2   3   8   1  32   2.99
Totals                  9     3   3   2   3   8   1  32

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(5-7)        6     6   3   3   1   1   1  24   2.67
Leonhard                2     3   2   2   1   0   1  10   5.00
Watt                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.77
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   1   2  37

Passed Balls: Oates (1)
Wild Pitches: Leonhard (1)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper singled to third; Harper was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Aparicio tripled; Yastrzemski hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Aparicio scored]; Petrocelli grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Rettenmund grounded out (third
to first); Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Oglivie made an out to second; Cater grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kennedy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell popped to third in foul territory; Grich
struck out; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Montgomery homered; Tiant struck out; Harper
grounded out (third to first); Aparicio singled to right;
Yastrzemski forced Aparicio (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Blair flied out
to right; Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oglivie doubled; Cater flied out to center [Oglivie to third];
Kennedy singled to second [Oglivie scored]; Montgomery flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Buford walked; Rettenmund walked [Buford to
second]; Oates popped to third in foul territory; Powell hit
into a double play (third to catcher to shortstop to first to
third to shortstop to pitcher to center) [Buford out at third];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Tiant grounded out (shortstop to first); Harper
made an out to shortstop; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Grich struck out; Robinson grounded out (third to
first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Orioles 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Petrocelli walked; Oglivie flied out to center; Cater grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Blair popped to first; SHOPAY BATTED FOR ALEXANDER;
Shopay popped to third in foul territory; Buford flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 7TH: LEONHARD REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Kennedy flied
out to center; Montgomery singled to center; Oates allowed a
passed ball [Montgomery to second]; Tiant popped to first in
foul territory; Leonhard threw a wild pitch [Montgomery to
third]; Harper walked; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Rettenmund tripled to center [Rettenmund scored
(error by Kennedy) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Oates grounded out
(pitcher to first); Powell was called out on strikes; Grich
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher);
Petrocelli singled to center; Oglivie homered [Petrocelli
scored]; Cater made an out to third; Kennedy flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Robinson was called out on strikes; Johnson flied
out to left; Blair singled to second; Red Sox Coach Don
Lenhardt ejected by 1B umpire Larry Barnett; CROWLEY BATTED
FOR LEONHARD; Crowley made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 9TH: WATT REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Montgomery
grounded out (second to first); Tiant flied out to right; Harper
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Buford flied out to center; Rettenmund made an out
to second; Oates walked; Powell homered [Oates scored]; Grich
flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 3.



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