Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Senators
April 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1969 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Washington Senators 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 5 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 2 1 0
Robinson F. 1b,rf 1 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf,lf 2 0 1 2
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Motton lf 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 1 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
Hardin p 2 0 0 0
  Adamson p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 1 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 2 1 0
Stroud rf 3 0 1 1
Howard lf 3 0 1 0
  Allen H. pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 1
  Holman 1b 0 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 3 1 1 0
Allen B. 2b 2 0 1 1
  Cullen pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0
French c 3 0 0 1
Bertaina p 3 1 1 0
  Humphreys p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
Baltimore 100 000 010271
Washington 100 022 00x570
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin  L (0-2) 5.0 5 5 3 4 4
  Adamson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
5
4
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bertaina  W (1-1) 7.0 5 2 2 4 7
  Humphreys  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
7

  E–Hardin (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Washington 1.  2B–Baltimore Salmon (1,off Bertaina), Washington Bertaina (1,off Hardin); McMullen (1,off Hardin); B Allen (1,off Hardin).  SF–Rettenmund (1,off Bertaina); French (1,off Adamson).  IBB–McMullen (2,by Leonhard).  IBB–Leonhard (3,McMullen).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:19.  A–18,055.
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