Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 1, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 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."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 2
Boone 3b 5 0 0 0
Delsing lf 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 5 0 2 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 3 2 2 0
House c 3 1 1 1
Branca p 3 1 2 1
  Marlowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams cf 5 0 1 0
Brideweser ss 5 1 2 0
Waitkus 1b 3 1 2 1
Mele rf 4 0 1 1
Stephens 3b 4 1 2 1
Fridley lf 3 0 1 0
Moss c 2 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Coan ph 1 0 0 0
  Young 2b 1 0 0 0
Kretlow p 1 0 0 0
  Blyzka p 1 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
  Stuart p 0 0 0 0
  Kryhoski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Detroit 001 030 0004100
Baltimore 000 100 020390
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(3-0) 7.1 8 3 3 2 2
  Marlowe  SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  L(0-4) 4.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Blyzka   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Stuart   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2. Boone-Bolling-Dropo, Kuenn-Bolling-Dropo, Baltimore 1. Stephens-Garcia-Waitkus.  2B–Detroit Branca (1,off Kretlow); Kaline (3,off Blyzka)..  3B–Detroit Tuttle (6,off Kretlow), Baltimore Waitkus (1,off Branca).  HR–Baltimore Stephens (5,4th inning off Branca 0 on 1 out).  SH–Bolling (4,off Stuart).  SF–House (6,off Kretlow).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Fridley (2,by Branca).  Team–8.  SB–Kuenn (3,3rd base off Stuart/Moss).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:25.  A–10,397.
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