Baltimore Orioles vs Chicago White Sox
May 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1971 at Comiskey Park I. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 11, Chicago White Sox 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 2 4 2 3
  Crowley ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Blair cf 5 0 2 0
Powell 1b 5 1 1 1
Rettenmund rf 4 0 3 2
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 5 1 1 0
Dalrymple c 4 3 3 1
McNally p 4 0 0 0
  Dukes p 1 1 1 2
Totals 38 11 15 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hershberger cf 4 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 3 1 2 1
Reichardt lf 3 0 0 0
  Johnstone pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 1 1 2
McKinney rf 4 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Egan c 1 0 1 0
  Brinkman pr,c 2 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Alvarado ss 4 0 0 0
Horlen p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 1 1 0
  Eddy p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Baltimore 101 022 00511150
Chicago 200 000 010390
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (7-4) 7.1 8 3 3 0 4
  Dukes  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen  L (0-2) 4.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Johnson   3.1 3 2 2 2 4
  Eddy   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Romo   0.2 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2, Chicago 2.  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (3,off Horlen); Dukes (1,off Romo), Chicago Andrews (9,off McNally); Hershberger (2,off McNally); McKinney (4,off Dukes).  HR–Baltimore Buford 2 (7,3rd inning off Horlen 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Melton (6,1st inning off McNally 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Rettenmund (1,off Eddy).  HBP–Buford 2 (4,by Horlen,by Johnson); Johnson (2,by Horlen); Reichardt (1,by Dukes).  SF–Andrews (3,off McNally).  SB–Rettenmund 2 (6,2nd base off Horlen/Egan,2nd base off Johnson/Brinkman); Buford (7,2nd base off Johnson/Brinkman).  CS–Belanger (4,2nd base by Horlen/Brinkman); Andrews (2,3rd base by McNally/Dalrymple).  WP–McNally 2 (4).  HBP–Dukes (1,Reichardt); Horlen 2 (2,Buford,Johnson); Johnson (2,Buford).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:41.  A–19,588.
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