Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
April 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 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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Baltimore Orioles 13, Cleveland Indians 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 2 2 5
Belanger ss 5 0 1 0
Crowley rf 1 1 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Powell 1b 5 1 1 2
Blair cf 4 3 3 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 2 2
Johnson 2b 4 3 2 1
Hendricks c 4 2 0 0
Phoebus p 4 1 2 3
Totals 37 13 13 13
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 4 0 0 0
Klimchock 1b 3 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 1 2 1
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Nagelson lf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0
Leon 2b 2 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Hand p 1 0 0 0
  Ellsworth p 1 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
Baltimore 011 405 02013130
Cleveland 000 000 001121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus  W (1-0) 9.0 2 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hand  L (0-1) 3.1 5 6 6 2 3
  Ellsworth   4.2 7 7 7 3 2
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
13
13
5
6

  E–Hand (1).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Baltimore Blair (2,off Hand); B Robinson (1,off Hand); Johnson (2,off Ellsworth).  HR–Baltimore Buford 2 (2,3rd inning off Hand 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off Ellsworth 2 on, 2 out); Powell (1,4th inning off Hand 1 on, 0 out); Johnson (1,4th inning off Hand 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Pinson (1,9th inning off Phoebus 0 on, 0 out).  SF–B Robinson (1,off Hand); Buford (1,off Ellsworth).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Ellsworth).  SB–Blair 2 (4,2nd base off Hand/Sims,2nd base off Ellsworth/Sims); Nettles (1,2nd base off Phoebus/Hendricks).  WP–Phoebus (1).  IBB–Ellsworth (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:26.  A–2,440.
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