The Orioles, who had a chance to pick up ground in the East Division race, remained 2½ games off the pace when they failed to take full advantage of 10 hits off Jim Lonborg and lost to the Brewers, 2-1. The Brewers, who collected only four hits, scored a run off Dave McNally in the first inning on a walk to Johnny Briggs, sacrifice by Ollie Brown and single by Mike Ferraro.

The Orioles caught up in the seventh when Rich Coggins, batting for McNally, singled, advanced on an infield out by Don Buford and scored on a double by Paul Blair. Pat Dobson, making his first appearance in relief this season, was tagged for the Brewers' winning run in their half of the seventh. George Scott led off with a double, took third on an infield out by Briggs and scored when Brown singled past Bobby Grich with the Orioles' infield playing in. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1972 (Day game) at County Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1 10  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   2  4  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .206      Theobald 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Blair cf              5   0   4   1     0   1   .232      Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Grich ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Lahoud lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .232
Powell 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .244        May cf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Crowley rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Scott 1b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .268
  Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Briggs cf,lf          2   1   0   0     1   0   .268
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Brown rf              2   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Oates c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Ferraro 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .251
Johnson 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
McNally p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .152      Lonborg p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Coggins ph,rf       2   1   1   0     0   0   .344

Totals               36   1  10   1     2   6             Totals               26   2   4   2     1   3

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance:  6,185
Left on Base: Orioles 11, Brewers 2
DP: Orioles 2, Brewers 0
Errors: Grich
Doubles: Blair 2 (19), Scott (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1)
GIDP: Ferraro 2 (15)
Hit by Pitch: Grich (7,by Lonborg)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally                 6     2   1   1   1   3   0  21   2.88
Dobson L(16-17)         2     2   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.64
Totals                  8     4   2   2   1   3   0  28

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(13-11)        9    10   1   1   2   6   0  39   2.72
Totals                  9    10   1   1   2   6   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (11)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford struck out; Blair singled to center; Grich
singled to left [Blair to second]; Powell flied out to left;
Crowley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald flied out to right; Rodriguez singled to
left; Lahoud struck out; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oates flied
out to right; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs made an out to third; Brown reached on an
error by Grich; Ferraro grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Brown out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: McNally struck out; Buford singled to center; Blair
singled to center [Buford to second]; Grich forced Blair
(shortstop to second) [Buford to third]; Powell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); Lonborg
grounded out (second to first); Theobald grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Crowley grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson
singled to left; Oates flied out to center; Johnson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Lahoud
struck out; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: McNally struck out; Buford struck out; Blair
doubled to left; Grich was hit by a pitch; Powell walked [Blair
to third, Grich to second]; Crowley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Briggs walked; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Briggs to second]; Ferraro singled to right
[Briggs scored, Ferraro to second (on throw)]; Auerbach flied
out to right [Ferraro to third]; Lonborg lined to first; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Robinson flied out to right; Oates flied out to
center; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez flied out to right; Lahoud flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: COGGINS BATTED FOR MCNALLY; MAY REPLACED LAHOUD
(PLAYING CF); BRIGGS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Coggins
singled to center; Buford grounded out (first unassisted)
[Coggins to second]; Blair doubled [Coggins scored]; Grich flied
out to right; Powell was walked intentionally; Crowley singled
to left [Blair out at home (shortstop to third to catcher),
Powell to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: COGGINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DOBSON
REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Scott doubled to right; Briggs
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Scott to third]; Brown singled
to left [Scott scored]; Ferraro grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brown out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Oates
singled to first; Johnson flied out to center; Coggins flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Auerbach grounded out (third to first); Lonborg
grounded out (pitcher to first); Theobald grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Blair was
called out on strikes; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 2.