Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 1, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford 2b 3 2 1 0
Blefary lf 3 1 2 2
Robinson F. rf 4 0 1 1
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 3 0 1 0
Haney c 1 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph,c 2 0 0 0
Hardin p 1 0 0 0
  Bunker p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 3 1 0
Stanley cf 5 1 3 1
Northrup rf 5 2 3 3
Horton lf 4 0 1 1
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Matchick ss 3 0 1 0
  Oyler ss 1 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 1 1 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 6
Baltimore 201 000 000371
Detroit 221 010 01x7120
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin  L (17-10) 1.2 4 4 4 4 1
  Bunker   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Richert   4.1 6 2 2 0 4
  Watt   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (27-5) 9.0 7 3 3 2 9
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
9

  E–Richert (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  TP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Horton (18,off Watt).  HR–Baltimore Blefary (13,1st inning off McLain 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Northrup (17,1st inning off Hardin 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McLain (14,off Richert).  HBP–Cash (3,by Bunker).  WP–Hardin 3 (9).  HBP–Bunker (1,Cash).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:37.  A–41,698.
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