Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
May 27, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1970 at Memorial 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf 5 2 5 0
Leon 2b 3 1 2 1
Sims lf 3 0 0 1
Horton 1b 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 1
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Foster rf 4 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 4 0 0 0
Hand p 2 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 1 1 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 1 2
Belanger ss 3 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 2 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 2 1 0 0
May rf 2 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hendricks c 2 0 0 0
  Etchebarren ph,c 1 1 1 0
Palmer p 2 1 1 1
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 0 1 0 0
  Watt p 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
Cleveland 000 000 3014111
Baltimore 001 001 30x550
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hand   6.0 3 2 2 4 3
  Paul  L (0-1) 0.1 2 3 3 2 1
  Lasher   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Higgins   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
9
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   6.2 8 3 3 5 5
  Hall  W (5-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Watt   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Richert  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
5
5

  E–Heidemann (7).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Cleveland Uhlaender (7,off Palmer), Baltimore Belanger (3,off Hand).  HR–Baltimore Palmer (1,3rd inning off Hand 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Leon (7,off Palmer).  IBB–Etchebarren (1,by Higgins).  CS–Buford (2,2nd base by Hand/Fosse).  WP–Palmer (5).  BK–Hand (2).  IBB–Higgins (5,Etchebarren).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Art Frantz, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:54.  A–9,445.
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