Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 12, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1970 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 3, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 5 0 1 0
Blair cf 5 1 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Motton lf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0
Etchebarren c 2 1 0 0
Belanger ss 1 0 0 0
  Robinson F. ph 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
McNally p 1 0 0 0
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 0 0 0 1
  Palmer pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Buford ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Grich ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 3 1 1 2
Maddox rf 4 0 1 0
Kaline 1b 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 4 1 1 0
Freehan c 3 1 1 1
Wert 3b 4 1 1 0
Brown 2b 2 1 1 0
  McAuliffe ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 3
Lolich p 2 0 1 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 9 7
Baltimore 000 020 010362
Detroit 133 000 00x791
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (12-6) 2.2 6 7 6 0 1
  Hardin   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Lopez   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Drabowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (8-10) 7.2 6 3 3 5 7
  Timmermann  SV (12) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
8

  E–Powell (6), Etchebarren (6), I Brown (6).  2B–Detroit Wert (5,off McNally); Gutierrez (5,off Hardin).  HR–Detroit Stanley (6,1st inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out); Freehan (13,2nd inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out); Kaline (11,3rd inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  SH–I Brown (3,off McNally); Gutierrez (9,off McNally); Lolich (5,off McNally).  SF–Stanley (2,off McNally).  CS–Freehan (3,2nd base by Watt/Etchebarren).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Jake O'Donnell, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:31.
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