Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
April 12, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Baltimore Orioles 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley 1b,cf 5 0 0 0
McAuliffe 2b 3 1 2 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 0
Horton lf 3 1 3 2
  Jones pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 1 2 1
Maddox 3b 3 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 1 3 1
Niekro p 3 1 1 2
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 1 1
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0
Hendricks c 4 0 2 0
Cuellar p 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Hardin p 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Detroit 200 500 0007131
Baltimore 000 000 011271
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (2-0) 8.2 6 2 2 2 5
  Timmermann  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (1-1) 3.0 8 4 4 1 1
  Leonhard   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Hardin   4.2 3 0 0 2 1
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
3

  E–Maddox (1), Hendricks (1).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Horton (4,off Cuellar); Freehan (2,off Cuellar); Gutierrez (1,off Leonhard); McAuliffe (1,off Hardin).  3B–Detroit Niekro (1,off Leonhard).  HR–Baltimore B Robinson (1,9th inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Niekro (3,off Cuellar).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Watt).  IBB–McAuliffe (1,by Leonhard).  WP–Leonhard (1).  HBP–Watt (1,Maddox).  IBB–Leonhard (1,McAuliffe).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Emmett Ashford, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:44.  A–13,253.
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