Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
April 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1969 at Tiger 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 2 0
  Rettenmund lf 0 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 2 0
Robinson F. rf 4 1 1 2
Powell 1b 4 1 1 1
Hendricks c 4 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
McNally p 3 1 1 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0
Stanley ss,cf 5 0 0 0
Kaline rf 3 1 2 0
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
  Tracewski pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Campbell 1b 3 0 0 0
  Cash ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Woods cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Wert 3b 3 0 1 0
Dobson p 2 0 1 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 1
Baltimore 000 020 0103111
Detroit 000 000 020281
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (4-0) 7.1 6 2 1 3 6
  Watt   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Richert  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  L (0-2) 5.1 8 2 2 1 2
  Lasher   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hiller   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  McMahon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
3

  E–B Robinson (2), Stanley (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Buford (5,off Dobson).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (10,5th inning off Dobson 1 on, 2 out); Powell (2,8th inning off Hiller 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Richert (1,2nd base off Hiller/Freehan).  CS–Buford (3,2nd base by Lasher/Freehan).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Cal Drummond.  T–2:53.  A–15,340.
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