Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 11, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 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 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 0 0
Crowley rf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0
Hendricks c 4 1 1 2
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Cuellar p 4 1 3 2
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 0 1 1
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Kaline 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 0
Maddox rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 1 0 1 0
  Cash 1b 0 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 3 3 1
Wert 3b 3 1 1 2
Gutierrez ss 2 0 1 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 0 0 0 0
  Szotkiewicz ss 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 1
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Baltimore 020 200 020691
Detroit 020 101 010591
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (11-5) 7.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Watt   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Richert  SV (10) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (9-7) 7.0 7 5 5 5 1
  Patterson   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Scherman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Timmermann   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
2

  E–Cuellar (2), Gutierrez (11).  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 2.  PB–Hendricks (7).  2B–Detroit Stanley (10,off Cuellar).  3B–Detroit Freehan (1,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Hendricks (4,2nd inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out); Cuellar (2,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out); Crowley (2,8th inning off Patterson 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Freehan (12,6th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gutierrez (8,off Cuellar); Freehan (3,off Watt).  SF–Wert (3,off Cuellar).  CS–Powell (1,2nd base by Niekro/Freehan).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Jake O'Donnell, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:54.  A–27,295.
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