Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
July 27, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 1 1
Rettenmund cf 4 0 1 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 0 1 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
  Etchebarren ph 1 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 1
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Salmon ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Palmer p 2 0 0 0
  Phoebus p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 5 1 0 0
Reese 1b 4 1 2 2
Oliva rf 4 0 1 1
Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0
  Thompson 3b 0 0 0 0
Holt lf 3 1 2 1
Mitterwald c 4 1 2 1
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Quilici 2b 4 1 3 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Baltimore 000 001 100281
Minnesota 013 001 00x5100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (14-7) 5.0 7 5 4 3 1
  Phoebus   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
3
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (5-3) 6.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Perranoski  SV (25) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
6

  E–Powell (9).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (10,off Blyleven); Johnson (17,off Blyleven), Minnesota Oliva (15,off Palmer).  3B–Minnesota Reese (2,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Buford (13,6th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Holt (2,2nd inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out); Mitterwald (9,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Blyleven 3 (6,off Palmer 2,off Phoebus).  IBB–Holt (1,by Palmer).  CS–Mitterwald (4,2nd base by Palmer/Hendricks).  BK–Blyleven (2).  IBB–Palmer (1,Holt).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:33.  A–29,259.
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