Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1963 at Tiger 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 12

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 5 0 1 1
Gentile 1b 4 0 3 1
  Gaines lf 1 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 5 0 1 0
Powell lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Brandt cf 4 0 0 0
Orsino c 3 2 2 1
Hall p 2 1 2 0
  Stock p 0 0 0 0
  Saverine ph 1 0 0 0
  Narum p 0 0 0 0
  Lau ph 1 0 0 0
  Estrada p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Wood 2b 5 1 1 0
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 5 1 1 1
Kaline rf 3 2 1 0
Colavito lf 3 4 3 1
Herzog 1b 3 2 2 2
Freehan c 3 2 3 5
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 1
Regan p 2 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 12 10
Baltimore 003 100 0004112
Detroit 030 260 10x12121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  L (0-1) 4.1 7 7 6 1 2
  Stock   0.2 3 4 3 1 1
  Narum   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Estrada   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
12
10
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Regan   4.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Sturdivant  W (1-0) 4.1 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
4

  E–Aparicio (2), Orsino (1), Bruton (1).  PB–Freehan (1).  2B–Baltimore Gentile (2,off Sturdivant), Detroit Freehan (2,off Hall); Herzog (1,off Stock); Colavito (3,off Narum).  HR–Baltimore Orsino (2,4th inning off Regan 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Freehan 2 (2,2nd inning off Hall 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Stock 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–McAuliffe (1,off Hall).  SF–Herzog (1,off Hall).  IBB–Kaline (3,by Stock).  Team–3.  IBB–Stock (2,Kaline).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Al Salerno, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:33.  A–5,732.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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