Orioles @ Royals
July 23, 1972

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	8	9	0
Royals	4	6	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Orioles	8	9	0
Royals	4	6	0

Carl Taylor Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.290
OBP	.000	.333
At Bats	0	31
Hits	0	9
• Singles	0	8
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	2
RBI’s	0	5

Grant Jackson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	3

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Municipal Stadium - July 23, 1972

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Out

Grant Jackson

Elrod Hendricks

Boog Powell

Davey Johnson

Brooks Robinson

Bobby Grich

Don Buford

Paul Blair

Don Baylor

Carl Taylor

Ed Kirkpatrick

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	8	9	0	2
Kansas City Royals	4	6	0	6
Winning Pitcher	Mike Cuellar
Losing Pitcher	Dick Drago
Save	Grant Jackson
Game Winning RBI	Bobby Grich
Attendance	28,563
Time of Game	2 hours 32 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carl Taylor pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton. Taylor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hendricks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Schaal hits a popup towards short. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Knoop is called out on strikes.

Bottom 9 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Buford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hopkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Jackson strikes out.

Top 9 Paul Schaal now playing shortstop. Gail Hopkins now playing third base. Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. Hendricks hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Gail Hopkins pinch hits for Bobby Floyd. Grant Jackson now pitching. Hopkins takes first base on ball four. Scheinblum moves to third. Piniella moves to second.

Bottom 8 Doyle Alexander now pitching. Piniella takes first base on ball four. Scheinblum moves to second.

Bottom 8 Scheinblum takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Hovley hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schaal tags and scores.

Bottom 8 Joe Keough pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Keough hits a line drive towards first. Powell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Eddie Watt now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Schaal moves to third.

Bottom 8 Paul Schaal pinch hits for Roger Nelson. Schaal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Schaal reaches second base with a double. Knoop scores.

Bottom 8 Knoop hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Knoop reaches second base with a double. Kirkpatrick scores.

Bottom 8 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double. Mayberry goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 8 Mayberry takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Baylor hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Bobby Floyd now playing third base. Powell hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.

Bottom 7 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 Piniella takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Scheinblum hits a popup towards short. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Paul Blair now playing center field. Don Baylor now playing right field. Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Grich hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Crowley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

Top 7 Buford strikes out.

Top 7 Cuellar bunts towards third. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to third. Hendricks moves to second.

Top 7 Hendricks takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Hovley. Johnson reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Roger Nelson now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Jerry May pinch hits for Dick Drago. May takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kirkpatrick moves to third.

Bottom 6 Kirkpatrick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crowley. Kirkpatrick reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Baylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Powell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kirkpatrick fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Grich hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Mayberry hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Baylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Buford strikes out.

Top 5 Cuellar is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell fields the ball and throws to Cuellar covering. Safe.

Bottom 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Hendricks hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Scheinblum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Drago hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Knoop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cuellar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Grich strikes out.

Top 3 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Rojas takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Cuellar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Hendricks strikes out.

Bottom 1 Scheinblum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Baylor hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 1 Steve Hovley now playing center field. Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grich scores.

Top 1 Grich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis who is chasing the ball. Grich reaches third base with a triple. Crowley goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Buford takes first base on ball four.

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