The rain that cooled off Pat Dobson served to steam up the Twins, who erupted for seven runs in the seventh inning to beat the Orioles, 7-1, and end their eight-game losing streak. Before the 34-minute delay because of rain, the Twins managed only four hits off Dobson, but when play resumed, they ripped into the Orioles' starter for two runs on singles by Harmon Killebrew, Bobby Darwin, Danny Thompson and Glenn Borgmann.

Roric Harrison, relieving with two out, walked Bert Blyleven and gave up a two-run double by Cesar Tovar. Mickey Scott yielded a double by Rod Carew, adding two runs, and a single by Steve Braun for another tally before bringing the inning to a close. Don Buford saved the Orioles from being shutout with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    30, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    7  0  x  -   7 11  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   1   2   1     0   2   .211      Tovar cf,lf           4   1   1   2     0   1   .253
Coggins cf            4   0   2   0     0   2   .571      Carew 2b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .316
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Braun 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .294
Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Crowley rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .241        Reese pr,1b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .234
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Darwin rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .260
Oates c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .279      Manuel lf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Belanger ss           2   0   1   0     1   1   .191        Nettles pr,cf       1   0   0   0     1   0   .223
Dobson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .122      Thompson ss           4   1   1   1     0   0   .281
  Harrison p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Roof c                2   0   1   0     0   0   .202
  Scott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Soderholm pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Borgmann c          1   1   1   1     1   0   .231
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .056      Blyleven p            3   1   0   0     1   3   .157

Totals               30   1   7   1     2   9             Totals               33   7  11   7     3   5

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  8,923
Left on Base: Orioles 4, Twins 5
DP: Orioles 2, Twins 1
Errors: Carew
Doubles: Roof (9), Tovar (17), Carew (18)
Home Runs: Buford (4)
Caught Stealing: Oates 2 (6), Belanger (3)
GIDP: Powell (11), Braun 2 (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(15-13)         6.2   8   4   4   0   4   0  26   2.65
Harrison                0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2   2.34
Scott                   0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   2.53
Alexander               1     0   0   0   2   1   0   5   2.68
Totals                  8    11   7   7   3   5   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(11-15)       9     7   1   1   2   9   1  32   3.09
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   9   1  32

Wild Pitches: Alexander (7)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Coggins singled to right;
Robinson forced Coggins (second unassisted) [Robinson to second
(error by Carew)]; Powell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
singled to center; Braun grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley grounded out (first to pitcher); Grich
struck out; Oates singled to left; Oates was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Manuel popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger struck out; Dobson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Buford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Roof
grounded out (third to first); Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Coggins struck out; Robinson flied out to center;
Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Tovar was called out on strikes; On a bunt Carew
singled; Braun grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Crowley grounded out (second to first); Grich flied
out to left; Oates walked; Oates was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Darwin
struck out; Manuel singled to right; NETTLES RAN FOR MANUEL;
Thompson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: NETTLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Belanger singled to left; Dobson was
called out on strikes; Buford singled to right [Belanger to
third]; Belanger was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher to
third to second to shortstop); Coggins struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Roof doubled to right; SODERHOLM RAN FOR ROOF; On a
bunt Blyleven struck out; Tovar flied out to center; Carew flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: BORGMANN REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING C ); Robinson
singled to left; Powell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; Crowley struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Braun flied out to right; Killebrew singled to left;
REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin singled to right [Reese to
second]; Nettles flied out to center; Thompson singled to left
[Reese scored, Darwin to second]; Borgmann singled to left
[Darwin scored, Thompson to second]; HARRISON REPLACED DOBSON
(PITCHING); Blyleven walked [Thompson to third, Borgmann to
second]; Tovar doubled [Thompson scored, Borgmann scored,
Blyleven to third]; SCOTT REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Carew
doubled to right [Blyleven scored, Tovar scored]; Braun singled
to right [Carew scored]; Reese flied out to right; 7 R, 7 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Grich flied out
to right; Oates grounded out (second to first); Belanger walked;
SHOPAY BATTED FOR SCOTT; Shopay flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Darwin grounded
out (third to first); Nettles walked; Alexander threw a wild
pitch [Nettles to second]; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Nettles to third]; Borgmann was walked intentionally;
Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: Buford homered; Coggins singled to center; Robinson
made an out to second; Powell flied out to right; Crowley popped
to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Twins 7.