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Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 2, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, played on August 2, 1972 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 2, 1972 |
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Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 2, 1972 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roric Harrison |
Home Starting Pitcher | Milt Wilcox |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 14,148 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Evans 1B: Larry Barnett 2B: Dave Phillips 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
Terry Crowley | Right Fielder |
Johnny Oates | Catcher |
Boog Powell | First Baseman |
Don Baylor | Left Fielder |
Bobby Grich | Third Baseman |
Davey Johnson | Second Baseman |
Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
Roric Harrison | Pitcher |
Earl Weaver | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Del Unser | Center Fielder |
Jack Brohamer | Second Baseman |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Tommy McCraw | Right Fielder |
Roy Foster | Left Fielder |
Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
Jerry Moses | Catcher |
Milt Wilcox | Pitcher |
Ken Aspromonte | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 2, 1972
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Wilcox
Belanger hits a popup in front of the plate. Moses settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Wilcox
Crowley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oates vs. Wilcox
Oates hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCraw. Oates reaches second base with a double. Crowley moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Powell vs. Wilcox
Powell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Baylor vs. Wilcox
Baylor hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crowley tags and scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grich vs. Wilcox
Grich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Harrison
Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Harrison
Brohamer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Harrison
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Harrison
Nettles 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
Top 2
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Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wilcox
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Wilcox
Blair hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrison vs. Wilcox
Harrison strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Wilcox
Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Harrison
McCraw hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Harrison
Foster hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Harrison
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Harrison
Moses hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilcox vs. Harrison
Wilcox hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowley vs. Wilcox
Crowley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oates vs. Wilcox
Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Crowley trying to get to third. Unser throws the ball in to Nettles, who tags Crowley for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Wilcox
Powell strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Wilcox
Baylor hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Harrison
Unser hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Harrison
Brohamer hits a line drive into left field. Baylor picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Baylor. Unser moves to third. Brohamer moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chambliss vs. Harrison
Chambliss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Scott
Mickey Scott now pitching.
Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCraw vs. Scott
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Scott
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Duffy vs. Scott
Duffy is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Wilcox
Grich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Grich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Wilcox
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grich moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Blair vs. Wilcox
Blair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCraw. Blair reaches second base with a double. Grich scores. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buford vs. Kilkenny
Don Buford pinch hits for Mickey Scott. Mike Kilkenny now pitching.
Buford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Belanger vs. Kilkenny
Belanger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rettenmund vs. Kilkenny
Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Terry Crowley.
Rettenmund hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Leonhard
Don Buford now playing left field. Dave Leonhard now pitching. Don Baylor now playing right field.
Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kilkenny vs. Leonhard
Kilkenny bunts towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. Moses moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Unser vs. Leonhard
Unser hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brohamer vs. Leonhard
Brohamer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Leonhard
Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Moses moves to third. Brohamer moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nettles vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
Nettles 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
Top 5
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oates vs. Kilkenny
Oates takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Kilkenny
Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Kilkenny
Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Kilkenny
Grich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Jackson
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Jackson
Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duffy vs. Jackson
Duffy takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moses vs. Jackson
Moses hits a line drive towards second base. Johnson makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. Foster scores. Duffy moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kilkenny vs. Jackson
Kilkenny strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Kilkenny
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Kilkenny
Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buford vs. Kilkenny
Buford strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belanger vs. Kilkenny
Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Jackson
Unser hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Jackson
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 -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Jackson
Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Jackson
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salmon vs. Kilkenny
Chico Salmon pinch hits for Grant Jackson.
Salmon hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Kilkenny scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Salmon for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oates vs. Kilkenny
Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Kilkenny
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out. Oates moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baylor vs. Kilkenny
Baylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Watt
Eddie Watt now pitching.
McCraw hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Watt
Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Watt
Duffy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Watt
Moses takes first base on ball four. Duffy moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kilkenny vs. Watt
Kilkenny strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Kilkenny
Grich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Grich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Kilkenny
Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Duffy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blair vs. Kilkenny
Blair hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buford vs. Kilkenny
Buford hits a fly ball into right field. McCraw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Watt
Unser 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 -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Watt
Brohamer strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Watt
Chambliss 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
Top 9
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Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Kilkenny
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kilkenny
Brooks Robinson pinch hits for Eddie Watt.
Robinson hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oates vs. Kilkenny
Oates is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/2/1972, game 2 -- Baltimore at Cleveland (N) Baltimore AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Belanger M, ss 5 0 0 0 Unser D, cf 5 1 1 0 Crowley T, rf 1 1 1 0 Brohamer J, 2b 4 1 2 0 Rettenmund M, ph 1 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 2 3 Leonhard D, p 0 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Jackson G, p 0 0 0 0 McCraw T, rf 4 1 1 0 Salmon C, ph 1 0 0 0 Foster R, lf 4 2 2 2 Watt E, p 0 0 0 0 Duffy F, ss 3 0 1 0 Robinson B, ph 1 0 0 0 Moses J, c 3 0 1 0 Oates J, c 4 0 3 0 Wilcox M, p 1 0 0 0 Powell B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Kilkenny M, p 2 0 0 0 Baylor D, lf-rf 3 0 0 1 Grich B, 3b 4 1 2 0 Johnson D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Blair P, cf 4 1 2 2 Harrison R, p 1 0 0 0 Scott M, p 0 0 0 0 Buford D, ph-lf 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 8 3 34 6 11 5 Baltimore 110 100 000 -- 3 Cleveland 023 010 00x -- 6 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO Harrison R (L)* 2.0 6 5 5 0 0 Scott M 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Leonhard D 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 Jackson G 2.1 2 1 0 1 1 Watt E 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Wilcox M 3.1 6 3 3 2 3 Kilkenny M (W) 5.2 2 0 0 3 3 * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd E -- Baylor D, Johnson D LOB -- Baltimore 9, Cleveland 9 2B -- Oates J, Grich B 2, Blair P HR -- Blair P, Foster R, Chambliss C SH -- Kilkenny M SF -- Baylor D T -- 2:28 A -- 14148
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