Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 27, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 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 9, Baltimore Orioles 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 2
Northrup cf,rf 5 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2
  Stanley cf 0 0 0 0
Cash 1b 5 2 4 0
Horton lf 5 2 3 4
Freehan c 3 0 1 0
Wert 3b 5 1 1 1
Oyler ss 4 1 0 0
McLain p 4 0 2 0
Totals 39 9 15 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf,2b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Blefary lf 2 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
Phoebus p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  May ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Detroit 001 201 0149150
Baltimore 000 000 000031
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (20-3) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus  L (10-10) 3.0 5 3 3 2 3
  O'Donoghue   1.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Watt   1.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Brabender   2.0 5 4 3 0 4
  Morris   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
4
9

  E–Brabender (2).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore F Robinson (14,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Horton 2 (25,4th inning off Phoebus 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out); McAuliffe (12,6th inning off Watt 0 on, 2 out); Wert (10,8th inning off Brabender 0 on, 0 out); Kaline (6,9th inning off Brabender 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Freehan (13,by Morris).  SB–Kaline (3,2nd base off Phoebus/Etchebarren); Blefary (3,2nd base off McLain/Freehan).  CS–Northrup (5,2nd base by Brabender/Etchebarren).  WP–Morris (2).  HBP–Morris (1,Freehan).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:26.  A–45,729.
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