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 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 13, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 2 1 0
Grich ss,2b 5 1 1 0
Powell 1b 5 2 2 4
  Salmon 1b 0 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf,rf 5 2 4 2
Robinson 3b 4 1 3 0
Crowley rf 2 0 1 1
  Blair ph,cf 1 0 0 1
Johnson 2b 3 2 1 1
  Belanger ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Hendricks c 4 2 2 2
Phoebus p 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 3 1 0 1
Totals 39 13 15 12
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 0 0
Horton rf 4 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 2 1 1
Wert 3b 4 0 2 0
Price c 4 0 1 1
Szotkiewicz ss 3 0 0 0
McLain p 2 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
Baltimore 300 207 01013151
Detroit 012 000 000362
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus   2.2 5 3 2 2 1
  Hall  W (7-3) 6.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (0-2) 5.1 8 7 7 1 3
  Kilkenny   0.0 2 3 3 0 0
  Wilson   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Hiller   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Patterson   3.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
15
13
13
5
4

  E–Powell (7), Price (1), Szotkiewicz (4).  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund 2 (8,off McLain,off Wilson); B Robinson (22,off McLain), Detroit Price (2,off Phoebus).  HR–Baltimore Powell (23,1st inning off McLain 1 on, 1 out); Hendricks (5,4th inning off McLain 1 on, 1 out); Rettenmund (11,8th inning off Patterson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hall (1,off Kilkenny).  SF–Crowley (1,off McLain); Blair (2,off Hiller).  IBB–B Robinson (4,by Hiller); Szotkiewicz (2,by Hall).  SB–Rettenmund (4,2nd base off McLain/Price).  WP–Patterson (5).  IBB–Hall (2,Szotkiewicz); Hiller (3,B Robinson).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:29.  A–53,959.
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