Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1968 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Baltimore Orioles 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
  Harper cf 0 0 0 0
Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fuller 2b 0 0 0 0
Scheinblum rf 4 1 1 0
Horton 1b 4 0 2 1
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford 2b 3 2 1 0
Fiore 1b 5 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 3 3
Hendricks c 5 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 1 0
Motton lf 3 2 1 0
May rf 4 1 2 0
Floyd ss 3 0 0 1
McNally p 4 2 2 1
Totals 34 7 11 5
Cleveland 100 000 000160
Baltimore 110 401 00x7110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (13-11) 3.1 7 5 5 1 3
  Gardner   0.1 0 1 0 1 1
  Fisher   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bailey   2.0 2 1 0 1 0
  Hargan   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (22-10) 9.0 6 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  PB–Azcue 2 (9).  2B–Cleveland Scheinblum (5,off McNally); Horton (29,off McNally); Johnson 2 (10,off McNally 2), Baltimore Buford (13,off Williams); B Robinson (36,off Williams); McNally (1,off Bailey).  SF–Floyd (1,off Williams).  WP–Bailey (1).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:40.  A–2,567.
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