Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 5, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1954 at Briggs Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Abrams rf 3 2 0 0
Diering cf 5 0 2 0
Kryhoski 1b 5 1 3 2
Kennedy 3b 3 1 2 1
Fridley lf 5 0 3 0
Moss c 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brideweser ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Hunter ss 4 0 1 0
Kretlow p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 12 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 1 0
Hatfield 2b 4 0 1 0
Nieman lf 4 0 1 0
  Evers lf 0 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Belardi 1b 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 3 1 1 0
House c 3 1 1 3
Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Gray p 1 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Baltimore 101 000 0114120
Detroit 030 000 000371
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow  W(4-10) 9.0 7 3 3 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   2.2 6 2 1 2 1
  Gray   4.2 3 1 1 2 2
  Hoeft  L(7-15) 1.2 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
6
4

  E–Tuttle (6), Tuttle (6).  DP–Baltimore 2. Hatfield-Kuenn-Belardi, Hoeft-Kuenn-Belardi, Detroit 2. Hatfield-Kuenn-Belardi, Hoeft-Kuenn-Belardi.  2B–Baltimore Diering (13,off Miller), Detroit Nieman (14,off Kretlow).  HR–Detroit House (8,2nd inning off Kretlow 2 on 1 out).  SH–Kretlow (4,off Miller).  IBB–Kennedy (1,by Hoeft).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  SB–Kennedy (2,2nd base off Miller/House).  CS–Kaline (4,2nd base by Kretlow/Moss).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:21.  A–9,638.
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