Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 28, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 1 1 0
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 2 0
Tresh ss,lf 5 0 1 0
Horton lf 1 0 1 1
  Tracewski pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Freehan 1b 3 1 0 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 1
Price c 4 1 2 1
Brown I. 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cash ph 0 0 0 1
  Wert 3b 0 0 0 0
  Matchick ph,3b 1 0 1 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 0
  Rettenmund lf 0 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 2 2 0
Powell 1b 4 1 2 1
Robinson B. 3b 3 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 1
Hendricks c 4 1 1 3
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Lopez p 2 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Palmer p 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Detroit 110 002 000490
Baltimore 000 114 00x6100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain   5.1 6 3 3 0 0
  Patterson  L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Dobson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
1
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez   5.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Hall   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Richert  W (2-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Palmer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Watt  SV (8) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Horton (9,off Lopez), Baltimore Powell (14,off McLain); Buford (16,off Patterson).  HR–Detroit Price (5,2nd inning off Lopez 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Hendricks (5,6th inning off Patterson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Cash (3,off Richert); Johnson (6,off Patterson).  SB–Tracewski (3,2nd base off Lopez/Hendricks); Belanger (7,2nd base off McLain/Price).  WP–McLain 2 (4).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:41.  A–15,540.
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