New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
May 1, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1968 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 1, Baltimore Orioles 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0
Gibbs c 4 0 1 0
Mantle 1b 2 0 0 0
Tresh lf 3 0 0 0
White rf 4 1 2 0
Robinson cf 3 0 0 0
Cox 3b 3 0 1 1
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  Amaro ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 5 1 1 0
Motton lf 5 1 2 0
Blefary c 4 2 2 0
Robinson 3b 3 2 2 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 3
May rf 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 1
Leonhard p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
New York 010 000 000151
Baltimore 000 102 30x6110
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (3-2) 6.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Hamilton   2.0 5 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Leonhard  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 6 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
6
3

  E–Michael (6).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore B Robinson (5,off Stottlemyre).  SH–Leonhard (1,off Stottlemyre); Blefary (2,off Hamilton).  SF–Johnson (2,off Stottlemyre); Belanger (3,off Stottlemyre).  IBB–Powell (4,by Stottlemyre); May (1,by Stottlemyre); B Robinson (1,by Hamilton).  SB–White (7,2nd base off Leonhard/Blefary).  CS–White (2,2nd base by Leonhard/Blefary).  WP–Stottlemyre (2).  IBB–Stottlemyre 2 (2,Powell,May); Hamilton (1,B Robinson).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:07.  A–7,493.
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