Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
August 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 2 0
Belanger ss 4 1 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 1 1 0
Powell 1b 4 1 1 3
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 1 0
Blair cf 3 0 1 0
Bunker p 1 0 0 0
  Morris p 2 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 2 0
White lf 4 0 0 0
Mantle 1b 4 0 1 0
Pepitone cf 4 1 1 0
Tresh ss 4 0 1 0
Gibbs c 3 0 1 1
  Kosco ph 1 0 1 0
  Michael pr 0 0 0 0
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
Cox 3b 3 0 1 0
Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Talbot p 1 0 0 0
  Howser ph 1 0 0 0
  Tillotson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Baltimore 310 000 000–460
New York 010 000 000–180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bunker   2.1 5 1 1 0 0
  Morris  W (2-0) 6.1 3 0 0 0 4
  Watt  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson  L (6-7) 2.0 6 4 4 0 0
  Talbot   6.0 0 0 0 1 5
  Tillotson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
5
  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, New York 1.  2B–Baltimore Blair (17,off Peterson).  HR–Baltimore Powell (19,1st inning off Peterson 2 on, 1 out).  CS–Buford (9,2nd base by Talbot/Gibbs).  BK–Peterson (1).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Bill Valentine, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Al Salerno.  T–2:24.  A–17,960.
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