Cincinnati Reds vs Baltimore Orioles
October 15, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 15, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 3, Baltimore Orioles 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Tolan cf 4 0 0 0
Rose rf 4 1 1 0
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 1
May 1b 4 1 1 0
McRae lf 3 0 1 2
  Corrales ph 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Bravo ph 0 0 0 0
  Cloninger p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 5 0 1 1
Blair cf 4 2 3 1
Robinson F. rf 5 2 2 2
Powell 1b 5 1 2 1
Rettenmund lf 4 2 2 2
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 3 2
Etchebarren c 3 1 1 0
Cuellar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Cincinnati 300 000 000360
Baltimore 222 010 02x9150
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (0-1) 1.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Granger   0.2 5 2 2 0 0
  Wilcox   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Cloninger   2.0 4 1 1 2 1
  Washburn   1.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Carroll   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 15 9 9 5 5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (1-0) 9.0 6 3 3 1 4
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 1 4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (1,off Cuellar); May (2,off Cuellar); McRae (2,off Cuellar), Baltimore Powell (1,off Granger); Johnson (2,off Cloninger).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (2,1st inning off Merritt 1 on, 1 out); Rettenmund (1,5th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cuellar (1,off Washburn).  IBB–Etchebarren (1,by Cloninger).  IBB–Cloninger (1,Etchebarren).  U-HP–Bill Williams (NL), 1B–Emmett Ashford (AL), 2B–Ken Burkhart (NL), 3B–Red Flaherty (AL), LF–Bob Stewart (AL), RF–Tony Venzon (NL).  T–2:35.  A–45,341.

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