Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
April 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blefary c 3 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 1
Robinson F. lf 3 1 1 0
Powell 1b 3 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 1
May rf 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 2 1
McNally p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Webster 1b 3 0 0 0
Cater lf 3 0 0 0
Donaldson 2b 3 0 0 0
Roof c 1 0 0 0
  Pagliaroni ph,c 2 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 1 1 1
Krausse p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Hershberger ph 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  La Russa ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 28 1 2 1
Baltimore 011 101 000470
Oakland 000 001 000122
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (1-0) 9.0 2 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  L (0-1) 5.1 5 4 4 3 4
  Segui   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lindblad   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
7

  E–Campaneris (2), Donaldson (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Blefary (1,off Lindblad).  HR–Baltimore Powell (1,2nd inning off Krausse 0 on, 1 out); Belanger (1,3rd inning off Krausse 0 on, 0 out); B Robinson (2,6th inning off Krausse 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Monday (1,6th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:35.  A–50,164.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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