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May 12, 1972

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 3 6 0
White Sox 4 8 2
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 3 6 0
White Sox 4 8 2

Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .220
OBP .000 .339
At Bats 0 50
Hits 0 11
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 2

Steve Kealey Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Comiskey Park - May 12, 1972
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Out
Steve Kealey
Ed Herrmann
Dick Allen
Mike Andrews
Bill Melton
Rich Morales
Carlos May
Jay Johnstone
Pat Kelly
Merv Rettenmund
Andy Etchebarren
Tom Shopay

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 3 6 0 6
Chicago White Sox 4 8 2 4
Winning Pitcher Wilbur Wood
Losing Pitcher Mike Cuellar
Save Steve Kealey
Game Winning RBI Bill Melton
Attendance 34,886
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Eddie Watt. Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Melton fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Crowley strikes out.
Top 9 Tom Shopay pinch runs for Brooks Robinson. Steve Kealey now pitching. Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales misplays the ball. That's an error on Morales. Johnson scores. Shopay moves to second.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baylor scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 9 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baylor moves to second.
Top 9 Baylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out.
Bottom 8 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Eddie Watt now pitching. May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blair hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Buford strikes out.
Top 8 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Grich moves to third.
Top 8 Bobby Grich pinch hits for Roric Harrison. Grich hits a line drive into right field. Kelly picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kelly. Etchebarren scores. Grich moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Etchebarren hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Johnstone. Etchebarren reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Andrews hits a popup in front of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Kelly. The throw from Etchebarren and he is out, Johnson applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Wood strikes out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jay Johnstone now playing center field. Baylor hits a popup towards third. Melton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrmann is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Reichardt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roric Harrison now pitching. Allen hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Allen reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blair hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Buford strikes out.
Top 6 Chico Salmon pinch hits for Dave Leonhard. Salmon strikes out.
Bottom 5 May strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dave Leonhard now pitching. Andrews hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morales scores. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wood bunts in front of the plate. Etchebarren fields it and throws to first for the out. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 5 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Etchebarren strikes out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Cuellar scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Allen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baylor bunts towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baylor for the out. Blair moves to second.
Top 4 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Morales strikes out.
Top 3 Buford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cuellar strikes out.
Top 3 Belanger strikes out.
Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cuellar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Reichardt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Melton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wood fires to first and has Etchebarren trapped. There's the throw to Andrews who tags Etchebarren for the out.
Top 2 Etchebarren takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Cuellar covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Powell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morales scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Buford strikes out.