Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf 3 1 1 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 2 2 1 2
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Blefary lf 2 0 0 1
Robinson B. 3b 2 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 1 1 0
McNally p 3 1 1 2
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0
Stanley cf 4 1 2 2
Kaline 1b 4 0 1 1
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 0
Oyler ss 2 0 0 0
  Matchick ph,ss 2 1 1 0
McLain p 1 0 0 0
  Warden p 0 0 0 0
  Comer ph 1 0 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Baltimore 000 140 000570
Detroit 000 000 120371
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (11-8) 6.1 3 1 1 1 3
  Brabender   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Watt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (18-3) 4.1 6 5 5 3 4
  Warden   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Wyatt   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Ribant   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
8

  E–Wert (12).  DP–Baltimore 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Stanley (13,off McNally).  3B–Baltimore Buford (1,off McLain).  HR–Baltimore McNally (1,5th inning off McLain 1 on, 0 out); F Robinson (7,5th inning off McLain 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Blefary (5,off McLain).  HBP–F Robinson (5,by McLain); Horton (7,by Brabender).  SB–F Robinson (5,2nd base off McLain/Freehan).  CS–Buford (7,Home by McLain/Freehan); Blefary (2,2nd base by Wyatt/Freehan).  HBP–Brabender (2,Horton); McLain (4,F Robinson).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:54.  A–31,748.
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