An error by Mickey Lolich in the 10th inning resulted in the Tiger lefthander's 1-0 loss to the Orioles. Mark Belanger singled in the overtime stanza and stole second. Merv Rettenmund walked. When Bobby Grich bunted, Lolich threw wildly to third and Belanger scored.

Dave McNally, pitching for the Orioles, allowed only one hit until the Tigers' half of the 10th when singles by Willie Horton and Tony Taylor helped load the bases with two out. Orlando Pena relieved and got the final out to save the game. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 1, Detroit Tigers 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .143 Grich 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .278 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Powell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .118 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Williams c 4 0 1 0 0 3 .188 Howard dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Etchebarren c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Kaline rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .067 Baylor lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .412 Freehan c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Horton lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Blair cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222 Reese 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Davis dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .400 Stanley cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Belanger ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Brinkman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 McNally p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 I. Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McAuliffe pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 1 9 0 3 5 Totals 32 0 3 0 5 2 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 6,303 Left on Base: Orioles 10, Tigers 8 DP: Orioles 0, Tigers 2 Errors: Lolich Triples: Brinkman (1) Stolen Bases: Belanger (1) Sacrifice Hits: Powell (1), Grich (1), Rodriguez (1) GIDP: Davis (1), Baylor (1) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally W(2-0) 9.2 3 0 0 5 2 0 37 0.00 Pena SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 10 3 0 0 5 2 0 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(0-2) 10 9 1 0 3 5 0 41 1.00 Totals 10 9 1 0 3 5 0 41 Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bill Deegan ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund flied out to center; Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell singled to center; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Taylor made an out to second; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Howard lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor flied out to right; Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan struck out; Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Davis singled to left; Belanger flied out to center; Rettenmund made an out to second; Grich singled to left [Davis to second]; Powell flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Reese struck out; Stanley grounded out (third to first); Brinkman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Williams singled to left; Baylor struck out; Robinson flied out to center; Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Taylor flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Howard walked; Kaline forced Howard (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Davis flied out to center; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Freehan flied out to center; Horton made an out to shortstop; Reese made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Grich flied out to center; Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley made an out to shortstop; Brinkman tripled to right; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Baylor flied out to left; Robinson singled to left; Blair singled [Robinson to second]; Davis struck out; Belanger forced Blair (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Rettenmund singled to center; Grich walked [Rettenmund to second]; Powell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Rettenmund to third, Grich to second]; Williams struck out; Earl Williams ejected by 1B umpire Don Denkinger; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 8TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); ETCHEBARREN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Reese made an out to third; Stanley walked; Brinkman forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 9TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Blair singled to left; Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Blair out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 9TH: Taylor walked; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Taylor to second]; Howard made an out to second; Kaline was walked intentionally; Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 10TH: Belanger singled to left; Belanger stole second; Rettenmund walked; Grich reached on an error by Lolich on a sacrifice bunt [Belanger scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rettenmund to third, Grich to second]; Powell made an out to shortstop; Etchebarren was walked intentionally; Baylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Etchebarren out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 10TH: Horton singled; On a bunt Reese forced Horton (first to shortstop); Stanley made an out to shortstop; I. BROWN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; I. Brown walked [Reese to second]; MCAULIFFE RAN FOR I. BROWN; Taylor singled to second [Reese to third, McAuliffe to second]; PENA REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; G. Brown forced Taylor (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 1, Tigers 0.

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