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Wednesday September 20, 1972
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Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1972 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    2  1  x  -   4  5  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grich ss,2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .277      Harper cf             3   1   1   1     1   1   .263
Blair cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .226        Miller cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Davis lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Aparicio ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .256
Powell 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .245      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   1   .263
Crowley rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .236      Smith rf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .262
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Petrocelli 3b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .246
  Cabell pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   0   .302
Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Evans lf              4   2   2   1     0   1   .462
  Bumbry pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
  Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Tiant p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .109
  Buford ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Etchebarren c         1   0   0   0     1   0   .205
  Oates ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Cuellar p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .043
  Shopay ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     4   7             Totals               29   4   5   3     6   9

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 28,777
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Red Sox 8
DP: Orioles 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Grich
Doubles: Blair (17)
Triples: Evans (1)
Home Runs: Evans (1)
Stolen Bases: Harper (22)
Caught Stealing: Blair (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Cuellar (7), Tiant (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(17-11)        6.2   4   3   3   6   9   0  31   2.61
Alexander               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.38
Watt                    1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.29
Totals                  8     5   4   4   6   9   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(13-5)           9     4   0   0   4   7   0  34   1.93
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   7   0  34

Passed Balls: Oates 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Soar


ORIOLES 1ST: Grich lined to shortstop; Blair singled to center;
Blair was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Davis
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski reached on an error
by Grich; Smith walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Petrocelli
walked [Yastrzemski to third, Smith to second]; Fisk flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell struck out; Crowley was called out on
strikes; Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Evans struck out; Griffin struck out; Tiant struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren
walked; Cuellar out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Etchebarren to second]; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Harper struck out; Aparicio struck out; Yastrzemski
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair flied out to right; Davis flied out to left;
Powell singled to left; Crowley walked [Powell to second];
Robinson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Smith struck out; Petrocelli struck out; Fisk
walked; Evans forced Fisk (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Etchebarren flied
out to left; Cuellar made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Griffin singled to left; Tiant out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Griffin to second]; Harper singled to
left [Griffin scored]; Harper stole second; Aparicio made an out
to shortstop; Yastrzemski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich made an out to shortstop; Blair doubled;
Davis grounded out (pitcher to first) [Blair to third]; Powell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Smith made an out to second; Petrocelli grounded
out (third to first); Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Crowley flied out to right; Robinson struck out;
Johnson singled to left; BUMBRY RAN FOR JOHNSON; OATES BATTED
FOR ETCHEBARREN; Oates grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: BELANGER REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING SS); GRICH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); Evans tripled to right; Griffin grounded out (third to
first); On a bunt Tiant struck out; Harper walked; Aparicio
singled to left [Evans scored, Harper to third, Aparicio to
second]; Oates allowed a passed ball [Harper scored, Aparicio to
third]; Yastrzemski walked; Oates allowed a passed ball
[Aparicio stayed at third, Yastrzemski to second]; Smith walked;
ALEXANDER REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Petrocelli popped to
first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red
Sox 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: MILLER REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING CF); SHOPAY BATTED
FOR ALEXANDER; Shopay was called out on strikes; Grich walked;
Blair was called out on strikes; Davis grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: WATT REPLACED SHOPAY (PITCHING); Fisk made an out
to shortstop; Evans homered; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to
first); Tiant grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Red Sox 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Powell struck out; Crowley made an out to
shortstop; Robinson walked; CABELL RAN FOR ROBINSON; BUFORD
BATTED FOR BELANGER; Buford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Red Sox 4.



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