The Baltimore Orioles managed to stay ahead of the Boston Red Sox, 2 to 1, on August 11, 1972.

1972 Baltimore Orioles

Final

BOS

Red Sox

53-51

1

BAL

Orioles

58-48

2

BOS

BAL

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

1

R

1

2

H

6

5

E

1

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tommy Harper CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
Luis Aparicio SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Carl Yastrzemski LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rico Petrocelli 3B 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Carlton Fisk C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Cater 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Ben Oglivie RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Kennedy 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Don Newhauser P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1 0 3 13 1 1 7

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lynn McGlothen 6.0 3 1 1 1 8 1
Don Newhauser (L) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 8.0 5 2 2 2 9 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Buford LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Paul Blair CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Johnny Oates PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merv Rettenmund CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Grich SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Boog Powell 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brooks Robinson 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Terry Crowley RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Davey Johnson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Elrod Hendricks C 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Mike Cuellar P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2 2 2 9 0 2 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Cuellar (W) 9.0 6 1 1 3 13 0
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 3 13 0

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