Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
June 4, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1970 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 0 2 1
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 1 1 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Floyd ss 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 1 0 0 0
Phoebus p 1 0 0 0
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 2 0
Alou rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 0
  Duncan c 0 0 0 0
Bando 3b 2 1 1 1
Mincher 1b 3 1 2 1
Fernandez c 3 1 1 2
  Jackson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 2 0 1 0
La Russa 2b 4 0 0 0
Hunter p 3 0 1 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Baltimore 001 000 010270
Oakland 000 003 10x490
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus  L (3-4) 5.1 7 3 3 3 4
  Hardin   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Leonhard   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
6
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (8-5) 7.1 6 2 2 2 6
  Grant  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 2.  2B–Baltimore Johnson (10,off Hunter), Oakland Campaneris (10,off Phoebus).  HR–Oakland Fernandez (5,6th inning off Phoebus 1 on, 1 out); Bando (10,7th inning off Leonhard 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Phoebus (1,off Hunter); Bando (2,off Phoebus).  HBP–Belanger (2,by Hunter).  SB–Campaneris (11,2nd base off Phoebus/Dalrymple).  CS–Jackson (5,2nd base by Watt/Dalrymple).  HBP–Hunter (1,Belanger).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Merlyn Anthony, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:20.  A–5,378.
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