Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
July 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1963 at Memorial Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 7, Baltimore Orioles 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Versalles ss 5 0 1 0
Power 1b 5 1 4 1
Killebrew lf 3 0 0 0
  Green cf 2 0 0 0
Hall cf,lf 5 2 2 1
Allison rf 5 1 3 0
Rollins 3b 5 1 2 2
Goryl 2b 5 2 3 3
Zimmerman c 5 0 1 0
Pleis p 1 0 0 0
  Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Dailey p 1 0 1 0
Totals 43 7 17 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 1
Snyder cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Gaines lf 5 1 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 3 1
  Saverine pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 2 1
Powell 1b 2 0 0 1
Adair 2b 4 1 1 1
Brown c 3 1 2 0
  Gentile ph 1 0 0 0
  Orsino c 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 1 1 0
  Starrette p 0 0 0 0
  Pappas p 0 0 0 0
  Brandt ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Minnesota 000 012 0227172
Baltimore 001 130 0005121
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Pleis   4.1 8 5 4 0 0
  Fornieles   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Kaat   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Dailey  W (2-0) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   7.2 13 5 5 1 10
  Starrette  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Pappas   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
7
7
1
10

  E–Versalles 2 (17), Gaines (3).  DP–Minnesota 2, Baltimore 1.  PB–Brown (2).  2B–Minnesota Versalles (22,off Roberts); Power (20,off Roberts), Baltimore Brown (7,off Pleis).  HR–Minnesota Goryl (4,6th inning off Roberts 1 on, 2 out); Hall (12,8th inning off Roberts 0 on, 0 out); Rollins (7,8th inning off Roberts 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Adair (5,3rd inning off Pleis 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Roberts (4,off Pleis).  SF–Powell (3,off Pleis).  Team–7.  CS–Saverine (2,2nd base by Dailey/Zimmerman).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Bill Kinnamon, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:49.  A–19,695.
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