Bobby Grich hit the first grand-slam homer of his entire baseball career and drove in another run with a triple to power the Orioles to a 9-4 victory over the Twins. In the sixth inning, Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell singled and Terry Crowley walked to fill the bases for Grich's drive off Jim Perry.

The Twins scored their runs on homers by Harmon Killebrew, Bobby Darwin and Rick Renick. Killebrew's blow with a man on base marked his return to regular action for the first time since injuring his foot August 19 and was the 536th of his career, tying him with Mickey Mantle for fourth place on the major leagues' all-time list. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 9, Minnesota Twins 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  2  1    0  0  4    0  2  0  -   9 10  0
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  4  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .208      Tovar lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Coggins cf            3   1   2   0     0   0   .667      Carew 2b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .312
  Blair cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Killebrew 1b          2   1   1   2     2   1   .238
Robinson 3b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .250        Nettles pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Powell 1b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .245      Darwin rf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .260
Crowley rf            3   3   1   0     2   1   .246      Thompson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Baylor rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Grich ss              3   3   2   5     1   1   .275      Brye cf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Oates c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .277      Borgmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .226      Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Cuellar p             4   0   1   2     0   3   .130        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Renick ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .139
                                                            Strickland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               33   9  10   9     7   8             Totals               30   4   4   4     2   2

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 10,563
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Twins 1
DP: Orioles 1, Twins 3
Doubles: Coggins 2 (2)
Triples: Grich (3)
Home Runs: Grich (11), Killebrew (21), Darwin (19), Renick (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Oates (1)
GIDP: Johnson (10), Blair (10), Thompson (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(14-10)        9     4   4   4   2   2   3  32   2.81
Totals                  9     4   4   4   2   2   3  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(11-13)          5     8   7   7   3   4   1  24   3.68
LaRoche                 2.1   2   2   2   4   2   0  13   2.86
Granger                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.48
Strickland              1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.52
Totals                  9    10   9   9   7   8   1  41

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford flied out to center; Coggins doubled to
right; Debut game for Rich Coggins; Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Powell popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Carew forced Tovar (shortstop
to second); Killebrew homered [Carew scored]; Darwin homered;
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm popped to
first in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins
3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley walked; Grich tripled to right [Crowley
scored]; Oates hit a sacrifice fly to right [Grich scored];
Johnson struck out; Cuellar struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: Brye flied out to right; Borgmann grounded out (third
to first); Perry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford lined to first; Coggins doubled to center;
Robinson walked; Powell singled to right [Coggins scored,
Robinson to third]; Crowley flied into a double play (right to
catcher) [Robinson out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
3, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar lined to second; Carew flied out to left;
Killebrew walked; Darwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich struck out; On a bunt Oates singled; Johnson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Oates out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
flied out to center; Brye lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Cuellar struck out; Buford flied out to center;
Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: BLAIR REPLACED COGGINS (PLAYING CF); Borgmann flied
out to left; Perry flied out to center; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Robinson singled to center; Powell singled to right
[Robinson to third]; Crowley walked [Powell to second]; Grich
homered [Robinson scored, Powell scored, Crowley scored];
LAROCHE REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Oates popped to catcher in
foul territory; Johnson struck out; Cuellar struck out (catcher
to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
was called out on strikes; Darwin grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Buford flied out to center; Blair grounded out
(third to first); Robinson walked; Powell grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson flied out to center; Soderholm grounded out
(third to first); Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Crowley singled to right; Grich walked [Crowley to
second]; Oates grounded out (first unassisted) [Crowley to
third, Grich to second]; Johnson was walked intentionally;
Cuellar singled to left [Crowley scored, Grich scored, Johnson
to second]; Buford walked [Johnson to third, Cuellar to second];
GRANGER REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Blair grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buford out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Borgmann grounded out (third to first); RENICK BATTED
FOR GRANGER; Renick homered; Tovar flied out to left; Carew
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: STRICKLAND REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell struck out; Crowley
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 9,
Twins 4.

TWINS 9TH: BAYLOR REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); Killebrew
walked; NETTLES RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin popped to first in
foul territory; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 4.