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Friday August 3, 1973
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Baltimore Orioles 8, Boston Red Sox 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 3, 1973 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Red Sox      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Orioles      2  0  2    2  0  1    1  0  x  -   8 17  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .266      Belanger ss           4   3   3   0     1   1   .229
Guerrero ss           2   1   0   0     2   1   .252      Coggins rf            2   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .262        Rettenmund ph,rf    3   0   1   2     0   2   .230
Cepeda dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .287      Davis dh              3   1   3   2     1   0   .313
Petrocelli 3b         2   0   0   0     2   2   .247      Powell 1b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .244
Montgomery c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .377      Blair cf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .304
Miller cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Crowley lf            2   0   1   1     0   0   .221
Griffin 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Baylor ph,lf        2   0   2   1     0   0   .240
Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .229      Grich 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hendricks c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .198
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brown 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
                                                          Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     4   9             Totals               37   8  17   8     2   7

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 16,712
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Doubles: Rettenmund (9), Blair (19)
Triples: Belanger (1)
Home Runs: Harper (13)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (5)
Caught Stealing: Belanger (6), Blair (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Davis (3)
GIDP: Crowley (4)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(0-1)             3.2  10   6   6   1   2   0  19  14.73
Skok                    4.1   7   2   2   1   5   0  21   5.19
Totals                  8    17   8   8   2   7   0  40

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson W(4-3)        9     5   2   2   4   9   1  36   3.77
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   9   1  36

Wild Pitches: Jefferson (8)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Harper homered; Debut game for Dick Pole;
Guerrero walked; Yastrzemski singled to left [Guerrero to
second]; Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Guerrero to third,
Yastrzemski to second]; Cepeda grounded out (second to first)
[Guerrero scored, Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli was called
out on strikes; Montgomery struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger singled to second; Coggins singled to left
[Belanger to second]; Davis singled to left [Belanger scored,
Coggins to second]; Powell singled to right [Coggins scored,
Davis to second]; Blair flied out to right [Davis to third];
Crowley grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Powell
out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Miller singled to right; Griffin forced Miller
(shortstop unassisted); Griffin stole second; Evans struck out;
Harper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich popped to first in foul territory; Hendricks
struck out; Brown flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Guerrero walked; Yastrzemski flied out to left;
Cepeda singled to right [Guerrero to third]; Petrocelli walked
[Cepeda to second]; Montgomery made an out to second; Miller
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger walked; Coggins struck out; Belanger was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
second); Davis singled to left; Powell singled to right [Davis
to third]; Blair singled to right [Davis scored, Powell to
third]; Crowley singled to center [Powell scored, Blair to
third]; Blair was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher to
third to pitcher); Terry Crowley trapped off 1B then Paul
Blair run down; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Griffin flied out to center; Evans struck out;
Harper was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich made an out to third; Hendricks made an out
to first; Brown singled to left; Belanger singled to right
[Brown to third]; SKOK REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); RETTENMUND
BATTED FOR COGGINS; Rettenmund doubled to left [Brown scored,
Belanger scored]; Davis was walked intentionally; Powell flied
out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

RED SOX 5TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Guerrero
struck out; Yastrzemski flied out to left; Cepeda grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: On a bunt Blair singled; BAYLOR BATTED FOR CROWLEY;
On a bunt Baylor singled [Blair to second]; On a bunt Grich
forced Blair (pitcher to third) [Baylor to second]; Hendricks
flied out to right; Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

RED SOX 6TH: BAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Petrocelli
struck out; Montgomery grounded out (second to first); Miller
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger tripled to left; Rettenmund struck out;
Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Belanger scored]; Powell
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Orioles 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Griffin flied out to center; Evans grounded out
(catcher to first); Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair doubled to left; Baylor singled to left
[Blair scored]; Grich struck out; Hendricks forced Baylor
(shortstop to second); Brown grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 8.

RED SOX 8TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Yastrzemski grounded
out (pitcher to first); Cepeda flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger struck out; Rettenmund was called out on
strikes; Davis singled to shortstop; Powell struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 8.

RED SOX 9TH: Petrocelli walked; Montgomery singled to center
[Petrocelli to second]; Miller flied out to center; Griffin was
called out on strikes; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 8.



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