Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 12, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1968 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 2, Baltimore Orioles 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 0 2 0
Salmon 2b 2 1 0 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Horton 1b 3 0 1 1
Davalillo rf 4 1 1 0
Azcue c 4 0 0 0
Harper lf 2 0 1 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph,ss 0 0 0 1
Tiant p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Blefary c 3 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. lf 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
May rf 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Phoebus p 2 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Cleveland 000 001 001–260
Baltimore 000 000 000–041
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (5-2) 9.0 4 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus  L (4-3) 8.0 5 1 1 4 4
  Watt   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Richert   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
4
  E–Watt (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Cleveland Harper (5,off Phoebus); Alvis (7,off Phoebus).  SH–Nelson (1,off Richert).  CS–Cardenal (5,2nd base by Phoebus/Blefary); Johnson (1,2nd base by Tiant/Azcue).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:36.
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