Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 12, 1970 Box Score

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

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Minnesota Twins 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 3 2
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 5 0 1 2
Powell 1b 5 1 3 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 2 1
Hendricks c 4 1 4 0
Cuellar p 3 1 1 0
  Watt p 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 3 2 1 0
Carew 2b 5 0 2 1
Killebrew 3b 4 0 1 2
Oliva rf 3 0 0 0
Alyea lf 4 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Reese 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Ratliff c 0 0 0 0
Perry p 1 0 1 0
  Hall p 1 0 0 0
  Mendoza ph 1 1 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Holt ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Baltimore 000 122 0005140
Minnesota 110 000 200491
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (4-2) 6.1 7 4 4 3 5
  Watt   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Richert  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (5-2) 4.1 9 3 3 0 4
  Hall   2.2 3 2 2 2 4
  Williams   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
3
9

  E–Oliva (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Mitterwald (3).  2B–Baltimore Powell 2 (5,off Perry,off Hall); F Robinson (8,off Perry); Hendricks (4,off Williams).  3B–Baltimore Buford (2,off Hall), Minnesota Tovar (5,off Cuellar).  HR–Minnesota Alyea (6,2nd inning off Cuellar 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Belanger (2,off Perry); Tovar (3,off Watt).  IBB–Buford (1,by Williams).  SF–Killebrew (3,off Cuellar).  CS–Johnson (1,Home by Perry/Mitterwald); Blair (5,2nd base by Hall/Mitterwald); Carew 2 (4,Home by Watt/Hendricks,2nd base by Richert/Hendricks).  IBB–Williams (2,Buford).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–3:06.  A–11,760.
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