Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1969 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 1
Stanley ss 4 0 2 1
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 1 0 0
McLain p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 2 5 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 4 2 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 2 3
Cuellar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Detroit 020 000 000 0250
Baltimore 020 000 000 1350
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (2-3) 9.1 5 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.1
5
3
3
2
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (1-2) 10.0 5 2 2 2 3
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Stanley (3,off Cuellar); McAuliffe (3,off Cuellar), Baltimore Blair (4,off McLain); Hendricks (1,off McLain).  HR–Baltimore Belanger (2,2nd inning off McLain 1 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:03.  A–5,342.
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