Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1966 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo cf 5 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0
Hinton rf 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 3 2 1 0
Whitfield 1b 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 1
Howser ss 3 0 1 0
Sims c 4 0 1 2
Tiant p 1 0 0 0
  Stange p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Snyder cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 3 3 2
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 1
Powell 1b 4 2 2 2
Blefary lf 3 1 2 1
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 1
Roznovsky c 3 0 1 1
Bunker p 2 0 0 0
  Bertaina p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8
Cleveland 010 200 000371
Baltimore 302 000 30x8131
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  L (3-1) 2.2 5 5 4 3 1
  Stange   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kelley   3.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Allen   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
3
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker   3.2 4 3 3 3 1
  Bertaina  W (1-0) 5.1 3 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
6

  E–Davalillo (1), Roznovsky (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Whitfield (2,off Bunker), Baltimore Blefary (2,off Tiant); B Robinson (8,off Kelley).  3B–Baltimore F Robinson (2,off Kelley).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (7,1st inning off Tiant 1 on, 1 out); Powell (5,7th inning off Kelley 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Gonzalez (1,off Bunker).  CS–Aparicio (2,2nd base by Allen/Sims).  WP–Tiant (1).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:30.  A–37,658.
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