Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 30, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1971 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 1 1 2
Blair cf 5 1 2 0
Powell 1b 4 1 0 0
Rettenmund rf 4 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 1 3 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 1
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 3 1
Cuellar p 4 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf,lf 5 1 0 0
Carew 2b 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 0 0
Oliva rf 4 2 2 2
Cardenas ss 3 1 2 1
Alyea lf 3 0 1 1
  Holt pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Braun 3b 4 1 2 1
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Ratliff ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Baltimore 002 010 0306101
Minnesota 000 100 121580
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (7-1) 8.0 8 5 3 2 8
  Watt  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
2
10
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (6-5) 7.0 8 3 3 2 3
  Perranoski   0.1 2 3 3 3 0
  Strickland   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
5

  E–Cuellar (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1.  PB–Hendricks (4).  HR–Baltimore Buford (5,3rd inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Cardenas (5,4th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 2 out); Oliva (11,8th inning off Cuellar 1 on, 2 out); Braun (3,9th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Perranoski).  SH–Cardenas (2,off Cuellar).  SB–Belanger (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Mitterwald); Blair (6,2nd base off Blyleven/Mitterwald).  WP–Strickland (1).  IBB–Perranoski (3,Johnson).  U-HP–Jim Odom, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:47.  A–17,594.
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