Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 25, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1970 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 9, Cleveland Indians 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 1 1 1
Belanger ss 7 0 3 1
Powell 1b 4 0 2 2
  Blair pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 2 0 0 0
  Baylor cf,rf 2 2 1 0
Crowley rf,1b 5 2 1 2
Salmon 3b 7 1 1 0
Oates c 6 0 2 1
Grich 2b 7 2 3 2
McNally p,ph 3 1 0 0
  Motton ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Phoebus p 0 0 0 0
  Beene p 0 0 0 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 9 14 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bradford cf 5 1 1 0
Leon ss 6 0 0 0
Pinson rf,1b 4 1 2 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 2
Hinton c 4 0 1 1
Harrelson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hargan pr 0 1 0 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 1 0 0 0
  Heidemann ph 1 0 0 0
  Hand p 0 0 0 0
Brown 3b 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
  Rollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Nettles 3b 4 1 3 0
Fuller 2b 6 1 1 1
Rittwage p,3b,p 2 0 1 0
  Ford ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Uhlaender ph,rf 3 1 1 3
Totals 47 7 12 7
Baltimore 020 300 011 000 29140
Cleveland 000 000 115 000 07121
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   8.0 5 2 2 5 4
  Watt   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Phoebus   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Beene   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Richert  W (7-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
13.0
12
7
7
7
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Rittwage   6.2 5 5 5 7 3
  Austin   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Colbert   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Hennigan   4.0 4 1 0 2 5
  Hand  L (6-13) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
13.0
14
9
8
13
11

  E–Fuller (3).  DP–Baltimore 2, Cleveland 2.  2B–Baltimore Powell 2 (27,off Austin,off Hennigan), Cleveland Rittwage (1,off McNally); Nettles (12,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Crowley (5,13th inning off Hand 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Foster (23,8th inning off McNally 0 on, 2 out); Uhlaender (11,9th inning off Watt 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Rettenmund (1,by Austin); Pinson (7,by Beene).  SH–Leon (23,off Beene).  SF–Hinton (2,off Phoebus).  CS–Grich (2,2nd base by Rittwage/Hinton).  WP–Phoebus (6), Rittwage (2).  IBB–Beene (4,Pinson); Austin (6,Rettenmund).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Johnny Stevens, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–4:17.  A–4,386.
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