Seattle Pilots vs Baltimore Orioles
June 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1969 at Memorial Stadium. The Seattle Pilots defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Pilots 7, Baltimore Orioles 5

Seattle Pilots ab   r   h rbi
Harper 2b 5 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 2 1 1
Davis lf 4 1 2 0
  Gosger rf 0 0 0 0
Comer rf,lf 4 2 1 1
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 4 1 1 2
McNertney c 4 1 1 1
Oyler ss 4 0 2 1
Barber p 2 0 1 1
  Segui p 1 0 0 0
  O'Donoghue p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 2 2 1
Blair cf 5 2 3 2
Robinson F. rf 4 0 2 1
Powell 1b 5 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 2 0
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Seattle 500 010 010790
Baltimore 100 022 0005101
  Seattle Pilots IP H R ER BB SO
Barber   4.1 6 3 3 4 4
  Segui   1.1 4 2 2 0 2
  O'Donoghue  W (1-0) 3.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (6-5) 0.2 4 5 0 1 0
  Hardin   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard   4.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hall   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
2
1
3

  E–Belanger (8).  DP–Seattle 1, Baltimore 1.  HR–Seattle Simpson (1,5th inning off Leonhard 0 on, 0 out); Comer (9,8th inning off Hall 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Blair (11,5th inning off Barber 1 on, 0 out).  SB–F Robinson (5,2nd base off Barber/McNertney); Belanger (3,2nd base off Segui/McNertney).  WP–Barber (3).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:36.  A–8,988.
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