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 14, New York Yankees 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 5 2 2 0
Blair cf 6 2 2 4
Robinson F. 1b 3 1 1 1
  Salmon 1b 2 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf 5 1 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 3 3 1 1
  Floyd 3b 0 0 0 0
Motton lf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 0
Etchebarren c 4 2 2 5
Hardin p 5 2 2 1
Totals 41 14 14 13
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 4 1 1 0
Kenney cf 4 1 2 0
Murcer 3b 4 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 1
Hall rf 3 0 0 0
Gibbs c 4 0 1 0
Simpson lf 0 0 0 0
  White ph,lf 3 0 1 0
  Cowan lf 1 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 1 0
Kekich p 1 0 0 0
  Talbot p 1 0 0 0
  Boehmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Downing p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Baltimore 013 320 40114140
New York 000 000 020272
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin  W (1-3) 9.0 7 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (0-1) 4.0 6 9 7 3 3
  Talbot   3.0 6 4 2 0 1
  Downing   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
14
10
3
5

  E–Murcer (10), Talbot (1).  PB–Gibbs (2).  2B–New York Kenney (2,off Hardin).  3B–Baltimore Rettenmund (1,off Kekich); Etchebarren (1,off Talbot).  HR–Baltimore Blair (5,4th inning off Kekich 2 on, 2 out); Etchebarren (1,9th inning off Downing 0 on, 1 out).  SF–B Robinson (2,off Kekich); Etchebarren (2,off Talbot).  HBP–Motton (1,by Kekich).  SB–F Robinson (2,3rd base off Kekich/Gibbs).  WP–Hardin 2 (3), Kekich (1).  HBP–Kekich (1,Motton).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:17.  A–31,809.
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