Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
April 7, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1970 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 8, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 2 0 0 0
  Motton lf 1 0 0 1
Belanger ss 5 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 2 2 1
Powell 1b 3 2 1 0
Blair cf 3 3 1 2
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 3
Etchebarren c 2 0 1 0
  Hendricks ph,c 1 0 0 1
McNally p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 8 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Ford rf 2 1 0 0
Uhlaender cf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 2
Horton 1b 3 0 0 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0
Leon 2b 3 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 1 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Higgins p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
Baltimore 010 000 241880
Cleveland 100 100 000241
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (1-0) 9.0 4 2 2 3 13
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
13
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (0-1) 6.1 3 3 3 5 11
  Hennigan   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Paul   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Higgins   1.1 3 4 4 2 1
  Miller   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
10
14

  E–Uhlaender (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Fosse (1).  2B–Baltimore F Robinson (1,off McDowell); Blair (1,off Higgins); Johnson (1,off Higgins).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (1,9th inning off Miller 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Foster (1,4th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Uhlaender (1,off McNally); Fosse (1,off McNally); Ford (1,off McNally).  SB–Blair 2 (2,2nd base off Hennigan/Fosse,3rd base off Higgins/Fosse); B Robinson (1,2nd base off Higgins/Fosse).  CS–Buford (1,2nd base by McDowell/Fosse).  WP–McDowell (1), Higgins (1).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–3:00.  A–38,180.
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