Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 18, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1954 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 8, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 6 0 1 2
Delsing lf 5 1 1 0
Kuenn ss 4 2 3 0
Boone 3b 5 1 1 0
Dropo 1b 5 2 3 3
Kaline rf 5 0 2 2
Tuttle cf 5 1 2 1
House c 3 1 2 0
Gromek p 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 1 0
Coan cf 4 0 2 1
Wertz rf 4 0 0 0
Mele lf 1 0 1 0
  Lenhardt lf 3 1 2 0
Stephens 3b 4 1 2 1
Hunter ss 4 0 0 0
Courtney c 3 0 0 1
Larsen p 2 1 1 0
  Kokos ph 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Fridley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit 000 202 3108151
Baltimore 001 002 000390
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(2-0) 9.0 9 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Larsen  L(0-2) 6.0 7 4 4 4 2
  Kretlow   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Stuart   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
4
3

  E–Kuenn (2).  PB–House (1).  2B–Detroit Kuenn (2,off Larsen); Tuttle (1,off Larsen); Bolling (1,off Larsen); Dropo (1,off Stuart)., Baltimore Lenhardt (1,off Gromek).  3B–Baltimore Stephens (1,off Gromek).  SH–Gromek 2 (2,off Larsen,off Stuart).  IBB–House (2,by Larsen).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Courtney (1,off Gromek).  HBP–Young (1,by Gromek).  Team–7.  SB–Kuenn (1,2nd base off Larsen/Courtney); Delsing (1,2nd base off Stuart/Courtney).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:25.  A–20,057.
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