Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
May 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1969 at Yankee Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 1
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson F. 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendricks c 4 1 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 2 0
May rf 3 1 0 1
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 2
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
McNally p 1 0 0 0
  Powell ph 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0
Tresh ss 4 0 1 1
Cox 3b 4 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 1 1
Fernandez c 2 1 1 0
Cowan lf 3 0 1 0
  Kenney ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson rf 3 0 0 0
  Hall ph 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 1 2 1
Burbach p 1 0 0 0
  Talbot p 0 0 0 0
  Downing p 0 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbs ph 0 0 0 0
  Boehmer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Baltimore 000 005 000570
New York 010 110 000360
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (5-0) 5.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Leonhard   3.1 1 0 0 3 0
  Watt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Richert  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Burbach  L (1-2) 5.1 4 4 4 4 2
  Talbot   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Downing   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Hamilton   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, New York 1.  2B–Baltimore Johnson (10,off Talbot), New York Simpson (2,off McNally).  3B–New York Tresh (2,off McNally).  HR–New York Pepitone (8,4th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Belanger (2,by Talbot).  SH–Burbach (3,off McNally).  SB–Buford (4,2nd base off Burbach/Fernandez).  WP–Leonhard 2 (2), Downing (1).  IBB–Talbot (2,Belanger).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:54.
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