Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 20, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1958 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 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Gardner 2b 5 0 1 0
Boyd 1b 5 1 3 1
Nieman lf 3 3 2 2
  Pilarcik rf 1 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 1 0 0
Williams rf,lf 4 0 1 0
  Woodling ph 0 0 0 0
  Green lf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 5 0 2 2
Busby cf 3 0 0 1
Castleman ss 4 1 3 0
O'Dell p 3 0 0 0
  Zuverink p 0 0 0 0
  Harshman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 2 1 1
Bertoia 3b 4 1 2 2
Kuenn cf 2 0 0 1
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Skizas lf 3 0 0 0
Maxwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Martin ss 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 1 1 0
  Groth ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Baltimore 211 010 1006121
Detroit 002 000 020451
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (4-4) 7.1 5 4 4 1 3
  Zuverink   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Harshman  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  L (3-3) 2.0 5 4 3 2 1
  Aguirre   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Morgan   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Shaw   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
3
6

  E–Robinson (3), Bertoia (6).  2B–Baltimore Williams (3,off Hoeft), Detroit Aguirre (1,off O'Dell); F. Bolling (4,off O'Dell).  HR–Baltimore Nieman 2 (3,5th inning off Aguirre 0 on 0 out,7th inning off Morgan 0 on 1 out), Detroit Bertoia (3,8th inning off O'Dell 1 on 1 out).  SH–O'Dell (2,off Hoeft).  SF–Busby (1,off Aguirre); Kuenn (2,off O'Dell).  IBB–Woodling (1,by Shaw).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  CS–Williams (3,Home by Aguirre/Hegan).  U-HP–Joe Paparella, 1B–Eddie Hurley, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Frank Tabacchi.  T–2:31.  A–3,458.
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