Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1970 at Tiger 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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Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 0
Salmon ss 5 0 1 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Crowley rf 1 0 0 0
  Robinson F. ph 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Powell 1b 2 0 1 1
Blair cf 2 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Hendricks c 4 1 0 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 2 2 2 2
Totals 29 3 5 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 1 0
Stanley cf 4 1 2 0
Northrup rf 4 0 1 1
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
  Kaline ph 1 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0
Price c 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Hiller p 1 0 0 0
  Saunders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore 000 000 012352
Detroit 000 001 000150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar   7.0 5 1 1 0 8
  Richert  W (2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Watt  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   7.0 2 0 0 4 5
  Hiller  L (2-1) 1.1 3 3 3 3 1
  Saunders   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
7
6

  E–Salmon 2 (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 2.  3B–Detroit Stanley (1,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund (4,9th inning off Hiller 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Powell (2,off Hiller).  HBP–Buford (2,by Wilson).  SB–Crowley (1,2nd base off Wilson/Price).  CS–McAuliffe (4,2nd base by Cuellar/Hendricks).  WP–Cuellar (3).  HBP–Wilson (1,Buford).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:26.  A–30,901.
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