Led by Tommy McCraw, the Indians won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-5, in 10 innings, before losing the second game to the Orioles, 4-3. McCraw singled home two runs in the second inning, doubled in another tally in the sixth and tied the score at 5-5 with a homer in the eighth. Graig Nettles singled in the 10th, stopped at third on a double by McCraw and scored the winning run on a single by Frank Duffy. Don Baylor batted in three runs for the Orioles with a homer and sacrifice fly. Cleveland Indians 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, October 3, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumOrioles 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 10 2 Indians 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 6 12 3 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .286 Bell cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Buford ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Brohamer 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Coggins cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .290 Blair ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Fosse c 5 1 0 0 0 1 .242 Grich ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Nettles 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .255 Baylor 1b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .256 McCraw lf 5 2 4 4 0 0 .256 Rettenmund lf,rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Unser rf 2 0 1 0 3 0 .237 Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Duffy ss 5 0 3 2 0 0 .241 Matchick 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Tidrow p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Etchebarren ph,c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .205 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .088 Oates c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Robinson ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Alexander p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .080 Crowley ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .231 Scott p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 10 5 3 4 Totals 41 6 12 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:48 Left on Base: Orioles 9, Indians 11 DP: Orioles 0, Indians 1 Errors: Grich, Matchick, Brohamer, Chambliss, Mingori Doubles: Crowley (10), Oates (12), Nettles (28), McCraw 2 (11) Home Runs: Baylor (11), McCraw (7) Stolen Bases: Baylor 2 (24), Grich (13), McCraw (12) Caught Stealing: Matchick (1) Sacrifice Hits: Coggins (3), Rettenmund (4), Johnson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Baylor (3) GIDP: Robinson (12) Hit by Pitch: Baylor (9,by Tidrow) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander 6 5 4 3 2 4 0 27 2.45 Scott 1.1 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 2.74 Watt L(2-3) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.17 Totals 9 12 6 5 3 5 1 44 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow 8 9 5 3 2 4 1 36 2.77 Mingori 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.95 Farmer W(2-5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 Totals 10 10 5 3 3 4 1 44 Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (6) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - John Rice ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to second; Coggins out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Bumbry to second]; Grich struck out; Baylor homered [Bumbry scored]; Rettenmund walked; Johnson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (second to first); Brohamer flied out to center; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Matchick singled to left; Matchick was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oates flied out to left; Alexander singled to center; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Fosse reached on an error by Grich; Nettles doubled to right [Fosse to third]; McCraw singled to right [Fosse scored (unearned), Nettles scored]; Unser walked [McCraw to second]; McCraw stole third; Duffy flied out to center; Tidrow was called out on strikes; Bell forced Unser (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Coggins singled to center; Grich flied out to right; Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first) [Coggins to second]; Rettenmund grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Chambliss reached on an error by Matchick; Fosse was called out on strikes; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Matchick flied out to right; Oates walked; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. INDIANS 4TH: McCraw flied out to center; Unser flied out to center; Duffy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry flied out to center; Coggins flied out to right; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. INDIANS 5TH: Tidrow was called out on strikes; Bell flied out to center; Brohamer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor was hit by a pitch; Baylor stole second; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Baylor stole third; Johnson grounded out (third to first); Matchick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 2. INDIANS 6TH: Chambliss singled to center; Fosse flied out to center; Nettles flied out to center; McCraw doubled [Chambliss scored]; Unser was walked intentionally; Duffy singled to center [McCraw scored, Unser to second]; Tidrow grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 4. ORIOLES 7TH: Oates reached on an error by Chambliss; CROWLEY BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Crowley doubled [Oates scored (unearned)]; Bumbry singled to first [Crowley to third]; Coggins grounded out (first unassisted) [Crowley scored, Bumbry to second (error by Brohamer)]; Grich singled to center [Bumbry to third]; Grich stole second; Baylor hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bumbry scored (unearned)]; Rettenmund popped to first in foul territory; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 7TH: SCOTT REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Bell grounded out (third to first); Brohamer grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss singled to left; Fosse forced Chambliss (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 4. ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson flied out to left; Matchick flied out to right; Oates doubled to right; Scott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Nettles flied out to left; McCraw homered; Unser singled to left; Duffy singled to right [Unser to third]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR TIDROW; WATT REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Bevacqua struck out; Bell flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 5. ORIOLES 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); BUFORD BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Buford flied out to left; BLAIR BATTED FOR COGGINS; Blair flied out to right; Grich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 5. INDIANS 9TH: BUFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RETTENMUND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Brohamer flied out to center; Chambliss flied out to center; Fosse made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 5. ORIOLES 10TH: Baylor singled to third; Rettenmund reached on an error by Mingori on a sacrifice bunt [Baylor to second, Rettenmund to first]; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Baylor to third, Rettenmund to second]; ETCHEBARREN BATTED FOR MATCHICK; Etchebarren was walked intentionally; ROBINSON BATTED FOR OATES; FARMER REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Etchebarren out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 5. INDIANS 10TH: ETCHEBARREN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles singled to right; McCraw doubled to right [Nettles to third]; Unser was walked intentionally; Duffy singled to center [Nettles scored, McCraw to third, Unser to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 6. |
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