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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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