Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1968 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 1 2 1
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 1 0 1
Kaline 1b 4 0 1 1
Horton lf 4 1 2 0
Freehan c 4 0 2 1
Wert 3b 3 1 1 0
Oyler ss 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Warden p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 1 3 1
Hendricks c 2 0 0 0
  Motton ph 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
  Etchebarren c 1 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0
Blefary lf 3 0 0 0
Hardin p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Detroit 000 020 020480
Baltimore 000 000 010171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (8-8) 5.0 5 0 0 2 4
  Warden   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  SV (3) 4.0 1 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin  L (12-6) 7.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Watt   0.1 2 2 1 0 0
  Brabender   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
3
5

  E–B Robinson (10).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Freehan (6).  2B–Detroit Horton (12,off Hardin); Freehan (16,off Hardin); McAuliffe (16,off Watt).  HR–Baltimore Powell (17,8th inning off Patterson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Stanley (6,off Watt); Oyler (6,off Brabender); Hardin (5,off Wilson).  IBB–McAuliffe (5,by Brabender); Blefary (4,by Wilson).  CS–McAuliffe (3,2nd base by Hardin/Hendricks).  WP–Hardin (3).  IBB–Wilson (3,Blefary); Brabender (3,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:46.  A–35,627.
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