Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles
October 5, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 1, Baltimore Orioles 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 4 1 2 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 1
Oliva rf 4 0 2 0
Killebrew 3b 3 0 0 0
Holt cf 4 0 0 0
Ratliff c 4 0 1 0
Reese 1b 3 0 1 0
  Tiant pr 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 1 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 0
  Quilici 2b 0 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 0 0
Kaat p 1 0 0 0
  Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Carew ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 2 2
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 3 0
Johnson 2b 3 2 2 1
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 0 0
Palmer p 4 1 1 1
Totals 34 6 10 5
Minnesota 000 010 000172
Baltimore 113 000 10x6100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (0-1) 2.0 6 4 2 2 1
  Blyleven   2.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Hall   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Perry   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
3
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 3 12
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
12

  E–Holt (1), Ratliff (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore B Robinson (2,off Kaat); Palmer (1,off Blyleven).  3B–Minnesota Tovar (1,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Johnson (2,7th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Blair (1,off Kaat).  SF–Buford (1,off Blyleven).  IBB–F Robinson (1,by Kaat).  IBB–Kaat (1,F Robinson).  U–Jim Odom, Jerry Neudecker, Marty Springstead, Jim Honochick, Bill Haller, Russ Goetz.  T–2:20.  A–27,608.
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