Old pro Brooks Robinson collected three hits and sparked the Orioles to a 5-2 victory over the Red Sox, who slipped out of first place in the East Division race, dropping one-half game behind the idle Tigers. The Orioles moved within one length of the lead, while the idle Yankees were 2½ off the pace. Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 2Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway ParkOrioles 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 - 5 14 1 Red Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grich ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .282 Harper cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .263 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Blair cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .223 Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Smith rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .266 Rettenmund rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .249 Powell 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .248 Fisk c 3 1 2 0 1 1 .300 Crowley rf 1 1 0 0 2 0 .239 Evans lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .400 Baylor ph,lf 2 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Griffin 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .261 Robinson 3b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .252 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Oates c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .260 Newhauser p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .224 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Dobson p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .143 Cooper ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .043 Bolin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Totals 38 5 14 5 4 9 Totals 30 2 5 1 6 7 Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 17,803 Left on Base: Orioles 10, Red Sox 8 DP: Orioles 1, Red Sox 3 Errors: Grich Doubles: Robinson (22), Oates (11), Blair (16), Powell (18) Triples: Johnson (3) Stolen Bases: Fisk (5), Harper (21) Caught Stealing: Aparicio (3) Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (3) GIDP: Blair (15), Oates (4) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson W(16-16) 6 4 2 1 4 5 0 26 2.62 Alexander SV(2) 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 2.39 Totals 9 5 2 1 6 7 0 37 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(7-6) 5.1 8 3 3 3 5 0 25 3.23 Newhauser 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.76 Lee 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.58 Bolin 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 3.08 Totals 9 14 5 5 4 9 0 42 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jim Odom ORIOLES 1ST: Grich singled to second; Blair grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grich out at second]; Davis singled to left; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Aparicio flied out to center; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley walked; Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Crowley to second]; Oates struck out; Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Smith walked; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk singled to center [Smith to second]; Evans walked [Smith to third, Fisk to second]; Griffin hit a sacrifice fly to center [Smith scored]; McGlothen flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Dobson struck out; Grich singled to center; Blair singled to left [Grich to second]; Davis grounded out (third to first) [Grich to third, Blair to second]; Powell walked; Crowley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 3RD: Harper struck out; Aparicio walked; Aparicio was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson doubled to left; Oates flied out to left; Johnson tripled to center [Robinson scored]; On a bunt Dobson hit into a double play (catcher to first) [Johnson out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Smith flied out to right; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk walked; Fisk stole second; Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Grich struck out; Blair flied out to right; Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Griffin flied out to center; McGlothen flied out to center; Harper singled to third; Harper stole second; Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Crowley walked; Robinson singled to left [Crowley to third]; Oates doubled to right [Crowley scored, Robinson to third]; NEWHAUSER REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Johnson was called out on strikes; Dobson singled to left [Robinson scored, Oates to third]; Grich made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to center; Petrocelli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Blair doubled to left; Davis popped to first in foul territory; LEE REPLACED NEWHAUSER (PITCHING); Powell singled [Blair to third]; BAYLOR BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Baylor singled to right [Blair scored, Powell to second]; Robinson singled to center [Powell scored, Baylor to third]; Oates grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: BAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RETTENMUND REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING RF); Fisk singled to left; Evans singled to right [Fisk to second]; Griffin reached on an error by Grich [Fisk scored (unearned) (no RBI), Evans to second, Griffin to first]; ALEXANDER REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); COOPER BATTED FOR LEE; Cooper lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Evans out at second]; Harper grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 2. ORIOLES 8TH: BOLIN REPLACED COOPER (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to center; Alexander walked; Grich struck out; Blair was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED GRICH (PLAYING SS); Aparicio grounded out (first to pitcher); Yastrzemski walked; Smith flied out to center; Petrocelli singled to center [Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 2. ORIOLES 9TH: Rettenmund popped to first in foul territory; Powell doubled to right; Baylor struck out; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 9TH: Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin walked; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR BOLIN; Oglivie flied out to left; Harper was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 2. |
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