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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 6, 1972
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 6, 1972 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 6, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mickey Lolich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Palmer |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 12,197 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ron Luciano 1B: Frank Umont 2B: Russ Goetz 3B: Jim Odom |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
| Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Ed Brinkman | Shortstop |
| Mickey Lolich | Pitcher |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
| Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Grich | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Davis | Left Fielder |
| Don Baylor | Right Fielder |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Boog Powell | First Baseman |
| Andy Etchebarren | Catcher |
| Jim Palmer | Pitcher |
| Earl Weaver | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
September 6, 1972
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Palmer
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Palmer
Stanley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baylor who is chasing the ball. Stanley reaches third base with a triple. McAuliffe goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stanley scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Palmer
Freehan is hit by the pitch. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Palmer
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northrup vs. Palmer
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodriguez vs. Palmer
Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown scores. Freehan moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brinkman vs. Palmer
Brinkman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Lolich
Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Lolich
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grich vs. Lolich
Grich hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Palmer
Lolich is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Palmer
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Palmer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Palmer
Stanley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Lolich
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baylor vs. Lolich
Baylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Lolich
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Lolich
Powell strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Palmer
Freehan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Palmer
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Palmer
Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Palmer
Rodriguez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchebarren vs. Lolich
Etchebarren bunts towards the mound. Lolich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Lolich
Palmer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belanger vs. Lolich
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Palmer
Brinkman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lolich vs. Palmer
Lolich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops it up and throws to first, with Palmer covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Palmer
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Palmer
Stanley 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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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Lolich
Blair hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Blair reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grich vs. Lolich
Grich strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Lolich
Davis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baylor vs. Lolich
Baylor hits a ball on the ground for a single. Blair scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Lolich
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Brinkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Palmer
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Palmer
Cash strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Lolich
Powell hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchebarren vs. Lolich
Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Palmer vs. Lolich
Palmer bunts towards the mound. Lolich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Etchebarren moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Belanger vs. Lolich
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Palmer
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Palmer
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brinkman vs. Palmer
Brinkman hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lolich vs. Palmer
Lolich takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McAuliffe vs. Palmer
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Lolich
Blair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grich vs. Lolich
Grich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blair moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Lolich
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baylor vs. Lolich
Baylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blair scores. Grich moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Lolich
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grich scores. Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Lolich
Powell strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crowley vs. Seelbach
Chuck Seelbach now pitching. Terry Crowley pinch hits for Andy Etchebarren.
Crowley hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Palmer
Johnny Oates now catching.
Stanley hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Palmer
Freehan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coggins vs. Seelbach
Ike Brown now playing left field. Rich Coggins pinch hits for Jim Palmer.
Coggins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Seelbach
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Seelbach
Blair bunts towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. Belanger moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grich vs. Seelbach
Grich hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Jackson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Jackson
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into right field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Seelbach
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Seelbach
Baylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Seelbach
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Seelbach
Tom Shopay pinch runs for Brooks Robinson.
Powell hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brinkman vs. Jackson
Davey Johnson now playing second base. Bobby Grich now playing third base.
Brinkman 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 -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seelbach vs. Jackson
Seelbach is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Jackson
McAuliffe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oates settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oates vs. Seelbach
Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bumbry vs. Seelbach
Al Bumbry pinch hits for Grant Jackson.
Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buford vs. Seelbach
Don Buford pinch hits for Mark Belanger.
Buford hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Orioles, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Seelbach
Blair hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1972 -- Detroit at Baltimore (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b 5 1 2 0 Belanger M, ss 4 0 1 0
Stanley M, cf 4 1 1 1 Buford D, ph 1 0 0 0
Brown G, lf 4 2 2 1 Blair P, cf 4 2 2 0
Brown I, lf 0 0 0 0 Grich B, 2b-3b 4 1 1 0
Freehan B, c 3 0 0 0 Davis T, lf 4 0 1 0
Cash N, 1b 4 0 1 0 Baylor D, rf 4 0 2 2
Northrup J, rf 4 0 1 1 Robinson B, 3b 4 0 2 1
Rodriguez A, 3b 4 0 2 1 Shopay T, pr 0 0 0 0
Brinkman E, ss 4 0 0 0 Johnson D, 2b 0 0 0 0
Lolich M, p 2 0 0 0 Powell B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Seelbach C, p 1 0 0 0 Etchebarren A, c 2 0 2 0
Crowley T, ph 1 0 0 0
Oates J, c 1 0 1 0
Palmer J, p 2 0 1 0
Coggins R, ph 1 0 0 0
Jackson G, p 0 0 0 0
Bumbry A, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 9 4 37 3 13 3
Detroit 301 000 000 -- 4
Baltimore 000 102 000 -- 3
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich M (W) 5.2 10 3 3 0 5
Seelbach C (S) 3.1 3 0 0 0 1
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer J (L) 7.0 8 4 4 1 6
Jackson G 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
DP -- Detroit 2, Baltimore 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Baltimore 8
2B -- Brown G, McAuliffe D, Blair P
3B -- Stanley M
SH -- Blair P
HBP -- by Palmer J (Freehan B)
T -- 2:35
A -- 12197
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