Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 21, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1969 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 0, Baltimore Orioles 11

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Snyder rf 4 0 1 0
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Maye lf 2 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 1 0
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 3 0 0 0
Versalles 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Hinton 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 3 2 0
Blair cf 3 0 0 0
  Rettenmund cf 2 1 1 3
Robinson F. rf 3 3 2 0
  May rf 1 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 2 2 0
Robinson B. 3b 3 1 1 2
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 2
Etchebarren c 4 0 1 2
Belanger ss 3 1 0 0
Palmer p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 11 9 9
Cleveland 000 000 000042
Baltimore 000 301 61x1191
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (0-2) 6.0 4 4 2 4 1
  Hargan   2.0 5 7 6 5 2
Totals
8.0
9
11
8
9
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (3-0) 9.0 4 0 0 4 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
5

  E–Brown (4), Horton (1), Belanger (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore B Robinson (1,off McDowell); Powell (2,off Hargan).  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund (2,7th inning off Hargan 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Palmer (2,off Hargan).  SF–Johnson (1,off McDowell).  IBB–B Robinson (2,by Hargan).  SB–Cardenal (3,2nd base off Palmer/Etchebarren).  CS–Buford (2,2nd base by McDowell/Sims).  IBB–Hargan (1,B Robinson).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:45.  A–3,176.
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