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Indians
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 27, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, played on September 27, 1972 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 27, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 27, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gaylord Perry |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave McNally |
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
City | Baltimore |
State | MD |
Attendance | 3,130 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Barnett 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Jim Evans |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Buddy Bell | Center Fielder |
Jack Brohamer | Second Baseman |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Ray Fosse | Catcher |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Kurt Bevacqua | Left Fielder |
Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
Tommy McCraw | Right Fielder |
Gaylord Perry | Pitcher |
Ken Aspromonte | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Buford | Left Fielder |
Johnny Oates | Catcher |
Bobby Grich | Shortstop |
Boog Powell | First Baseman |
Terry Crowley | Right Fielder |
Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
Davey Johnson | Second Baseman |
Dave McNally | Pitcher |
Earl Weaver | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 27, 1972
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. McNally
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. McNally
Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell juggles the ball. That's an error on Powell. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. McNally
Chambliss hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair who is chasing the ball. Chambliss reaches third base with a triple. Bell scores. Brohamer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fosse vs. McNally
Fosse hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chambliss scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Harrison
Roric Harrison now pitching.
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bevacqua vs. Harrison
Bevacqua strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duffy vs. Harrison
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Perry
Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oates vs. Perry
Oates hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer catches it and throws to first to double up Buford. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Perry
Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Perry
Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grich moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Crowley vs. Perry
Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Harrison
McCraw bunts towards the mound. Harrison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Harrison
Perry bunts towards the mound. Harrison fields it and throws to first for the out. McCraw moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Harrison
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brohamer vs. Harrison
Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Perry
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Perry
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrison vs. Perry
Harrison strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Harrison
Chambliss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Harrison
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Harrison
Nettles is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bevacqua vs. Harrison
Bevacqua hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Duffy vs. Harrison
Duffy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Perry
Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Bevacqua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oates vs. Perry
Oates takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Perry
Grich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Perry
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Harrison
McCraw strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Harrison
Perry strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Harrison
Bell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Harrison
Brohamer hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Perry
Crowley strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Perry
Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Perry
Blair hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Blair reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Harrison
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Harrison
Fosse hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Harrison
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Fosse moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bevacqua vs. Harrison
Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Crowley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shopay vs. Perry
Tom Shopay pinch hits for Roric Harrison. Del Unser now playing left field.
Shopay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buford vs. Perry
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oates vs. Perry
Oates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Perry
Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oates moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Perry
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Alexander
Doyle Alexander now pitching.
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Alexander
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Alexander
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Alexander
Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oates settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Perry
Crowley hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Perry
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Perry
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Alexander
Brohamer hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Alexander
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Alexander
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bumbry vs. Perry
Al Bumbry pinch hits for Doyle Alexander.
Bumbry hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Perry
Buford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oates vs. Perry
Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grich vs. Perry
Grich takes first base on ball four. Buford moves to third. Oates moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Powell vs. Perry
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Watt
Eddie Watt now pitching.
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Watt
Unser hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Watt
Duffy is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Watt
McCraw takes first base on ball four. Duffy moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perry vs. Watt
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Perry
Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Perry
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Perry
Blair hits a fly ball into left field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Watt
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Watt
Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Watt covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Watt
Chambliss hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fosse vs. Watt
There's a wild pitch. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fosse vs. Watt
Fosse hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Perry
Tommy Davis pinch hits for Eddie Watt.
Davis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Perry
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/27/1972 -- Cleveland at Baltimore (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI Bell B, cf 4 1 1 0 Buford D, lf 4 0 1 0 Brohamer J, 2b 5 1 0 0 Oates J, c 3 0 1 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 2 2 Grich B, ss 3 0 2 0 Fosse R, c 5 0 2 1 Powell B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Crowley T, rf 4 0 0 0 Bevacqua K, lf 3 0 0 0 Robinson B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Unser D, lf 1 0 0 0 Blair P, cf 4 0 1 0 Duffy F, ss 3 0 0 0 Johnson D, 2b 4 0 1 0 McCraw T, rf 3 0 1 0 McNally D, p 0 0 0 0 Perry G, p 3 0 1 0 Harrison R, p 1 0 0 0 Shopay T, ph 0 0 0 0 Alexander D, p 0 0 0 0 Bumbry A, ph 1 0 0 0 Watt E, p 0 0 0 0 Davis T, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 7 3 32 0 7 0 Cleveland 300 000 000 -- 3 Baltimore 000 000 000 -- 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Perry G (W) 9.0 7 0 0 5 5 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO McNally D (L)* 0.0 3 3 2 0 0 Harrison R 5.0 2 0 0 2 5 Alexander D 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Watt E 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 1st E -- Powell B DP -- Cleveland 2 LOB -- Cleveland 10, Baltimore 10 2B -- Chambliss C 3B -- Chambliss C, Blair P SH -- Perry G HBP -- by Harrison R (Bell B), by Watt E (Duffy F) WP -- Watt E T -- 2:44 A -- 3130
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