Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford cf 3 0 1 1
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 1 1 0
  May rf 0 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 3 1 2 2
  Haney c 1 1 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Blefary lf 2 1 0 0
Phoebus p 3 0 1 0
  Brabender p 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 4 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 0
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Sims 1b 2 1 1 0
  Harper pr 0 0 0 0
  Salmon 1b 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Klimchock 1b 0 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 3 1 0 0
Maye lf 3 0 1 1
Fuller 3b 2 0 0 0
  Horton ph 1 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
Siebert p 3 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Baltimore 001 002 001491
Cleveland 010 100 000260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus  W (11-10) 7.1 5 2 1 4 6
  Brabender  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (11-7) 8.1 9 4 4 1 3
  Paul   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Romo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
3

  E–Belanger (14).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Hendricks (3).  HR–Baltimore Hendricks (7,6th inning off Siebert 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Buford (2,off Siebert); Brabender (1,off Romo).  CS–Buford (8,2nd base by Siebert/Azcue).  SB–Cardenal 2 (24,2nd base off Phoebus/Hendricks,Home off Phoebus/Hendricks); Harper (5,2nd base off Phoebus/Haney); Snyder (1,3rd base off Brabender/Haney); Azcue (1,2nd base off Brabender/Haney).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:52.  A–10,703.
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