Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
June 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1968 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 4, Oakland Athletics 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 1 0 0
Valentine rf 2 2 1 0
Robinson F. lf 4 1 1 3
Powell 1b 4 0 0 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Blefary c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 2 0 0 0
  Buford ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 4 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 3 2 0
Donaldson 2b 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 2 1 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 3 3
Webster 1b 3 0 2 1
  Cater ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 1 1
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
  Hershberger lf 0 0 0 0
Roof c 4 0 1 0
Krausse p 3 1 2 0
  Hunter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 5
Baltimore 100 003 000441
Oakland 320 001 00x6112
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Leonhard  L (3-3) 1.0 5 5 5 2 1
  Nelson   3.0 2 0 0 3 2
  O'Donoghue   1.2 4 1 1 1 0
  Watt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krausse  W (3-7) 7.1 4 4 2 2 7
  Hunter  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
4
2
2
7

  E–Fernandez (1), Bando 2 (8).  DP–Baltimore 2, Oakland 2.  PB–Blefary (5).  2B–Baltimore Johnson (7,off Krausse); Valentine (3,off Krausse), Oakland Bando (11,off Leonhard); Krausse (2,off Leonhard).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (2,6th inning off Krausse 2 on, 0 out).  CS–Bando (2,2nd base by Nelson/Blefary).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Kinnamon.  T–2:30.  A–19,263.
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