Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
July 22, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 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 7, Baltimore Orioles 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Snyder rf 3 1 0 0
  Harper rf 0 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 5 3 1 0
Maye lf 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 3 1 1 2
Sims 1b 3 0 1 1
  Horton ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Fuller 3b 3 1 1 0
Nelson 2b 3 1 1 1
Brown ss 2 0 0 0
Siebert p 3 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf,2b 4 2 3 1
Belanger ss 3 0 2 0
  May ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 1 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 1
Blefary lf,c 3 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 1
Johnson 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Haney c 2 0 0 0
  Valentine ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Adamson p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 1 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Cleveland 121 020 100770
Baltimore 102 000 000383
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (11-5) 6.1 6 3 3 5 4
  Paul   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Fisher  SV (2) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
7
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Adamson  L (0-1) 3.0 4 4 3 2 1
  O'Donoghue   3.0 2 2 2 2 2
  Morris   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
7
5
5
5

  E–Belanger (13), Powell (6), Haney (1).  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Blefary 2 (8).  2B–Cleveland Sims (11,off Adamson); Fuller (5,off Adamson), Baltimore Powell (11,off Siebert); Blefary (6,off Siebert).  3B–Cleveland Nelson (1,off Adamson).  HR–Baltimore Buford (7,1st inning off Siebert 0 on, 0 out).  SF–B Robinson (7,off Siebert).  IBB–Blefary (3,by Siebert).  SB–Cardenal (22,3rd base off Adamson/Haney).  WP–Morris (1).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–3:01.  A–21,045.
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