The Orioles' hopes of repeating as East Division champions suffered a severe blow with 9-1 and 4-0 losses to the Red Sox in a twi-night doubleheader. As a result of the sweep, the Red Sox slightly expanded their division lead to one game over the Tigers, while the Orioles fell 3½ off the pace. The rain-idled Yankees were 3½ behind. Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway ParkOrioles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Red Sox 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 x - 9 10 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rettenmund cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .234 Harper cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Grich ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Miller cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Baylor lf,rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Aparicio ss 5 2 2 1 0 1 .256 Powell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .265 Leonhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Smith rf 3 2 0 0 2 1 .264 Crowley rf,1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Petrocelli 3b 2 1 0 2 2 2 .248 Robinson 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Fisk c 4 1 3 3 1 0 .304 Matchick 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Evans lf 4 0 2 2 0 2 .444 Oates c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Griffin 2b 1 1 1 0 3 0 .262 Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .223 Pattin p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .147 Palmer p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .228 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shopay ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 33 1 5 1 4 6 Totals 31 9 10 9 9 9 Time of Game: 2:39 Left on Base: Orioles 9, Red Sox 9 DP: Orioles 2, Red Sox 0 Errors: Palmer, Aparicio Doubles: Robinson (23), Crowley (9), Harper (27), Aparicio (24), Yastrzemski (15), Fisk (27) Sacrifice Hits: Pattin (7) Sacrifice Flies: Petrocelli (4) GIDP: Pattin (2) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer L(20-9) 3.1 7 6 5 3 5 0 21 1.97 Harrison 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 4 2.49 Reynolds 2.2 1 0 0 4 1 0 11 1.86 Leonhard 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 4.50 Totals 8 10 9 8 9 9 0 42 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin W(15-12) 9 5 1 1 4 6 0 37 3.43 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 6 0 37 Wild Pitches: Palmer (4) Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Don Denkinger ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund struck out; Grich was called out on strikes; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper doubled to left; Aparicio struck out; Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Powell flied out to right; Crowley grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson doubled to left; Oates walked; Johnson walked [Robinson to third, Oates to second]; Palmer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli struck out; Fisk walked; Evans singled [Fisk to third, Evans to second]; Griffin was walked intentionally; Pattin struck out; Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Rettenmund walked; Grich flied out to right; Baylor forced Rettenmund (shortstop to second); Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Aparicio doubled to left; Yastrzemski struck out; Smith walked; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Aparicio to third, Smith to second]; Petrocelli hit a sacrifice fly to center [Aparicio scored]; Fisk singled to center [Smith scored]; Evans struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Crowley doubled to left; Robinson flied out to right; Oates grounded out (second to first) [Crowley to third]; Johnson walked; Palmer singled to left [Crowley scored, Johnson to second]; Rettenmund flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 4TH: Griffin singled to right; Pattin reached on an error by Palmer on a sacrifice bunt [Griffin to second]; On a bunt Harper popped to third in foul territory; Aparicio singled to left [Griffin scored, Pattin to second]; Yastrzemski doubled to left [Pattin scored (unearned), Aparicio to third]; HARRISON REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Smith was walked intentionally; Petrocelli walked [Aparicio scored, Yastrzemski to third, Smith to second]; Fisk singled to right [Yastrzemski scored, Smith scored, Petrocelli to third, Fisk to second]; Evans singled to right [Petrocelli scored, Fisk scored]; REYNOLDS REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Griffin walked [Evans to second]; Pattin grounded into a double play (third to first) [Evans out at third]; 7 R (6 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. ORIOLES 5TH: Grich made an out to second; Baylor singled to left; Powell flied out to right; Crowley flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 5TH: Harper flied out to center; Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski walked; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. ORIOLES 6TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Oates made an out to first; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 6TH: MATCHICK REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); Petrocelli walked; Fisk doubled to left [Petrocelli to third]; Evans struck out; Griffin was walked intentionally; Pattin flied into a double play (center to catcher) [Petrocelli out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. ORIOLES 7TH: SHOPAY BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Shopay reached on an error by Aparicio; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Grich forced Shopay (shortstop to second); Baylor singled to second [Grich to second]; Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 7TH: SHOPAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CROWLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LEONHARD REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); Miller struck out; Aparicio flied out to left; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. ORIOLES 8TH: Crowley flied out to right; Matchick struck out; Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. RED SOX 8TH: Smith struck out; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. ORIOLES 9TH: Johnson struck out; Shopay flied out to left; Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 9. |
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