Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 18, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 0 0 0
Shopay rf 2 1 2 0
  Blair ph,cf 2 0 2 0
Rettenmund cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 4
Hendricks 1b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 2 1 0 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
Dalrymple c 3 1 1 2
Jackson p 4 1 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 4 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Rudi rf 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Davis lf 4 1 2 0
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 3 1 2 1
Duncan c 3 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 1 1
Odom p 1 1 1 1
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Roland p 0 0 0 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 0 0
  La Russa ss 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Baltimore 000 070 000790
Oakland 001 000 002391
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (3-2) 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Hall   1.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Richert  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Odom  L (4-7) 4.1 5 5 4 4 3
  Locker   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Roland   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
4

  E–Epstein (5).  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Davis (6,off Hall); Epstein (10,off Hall).  HR–Baltimore B Robinson (11,5th inning off Odom 3 on, 1 out), Oakland Odom (1,3rd inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Shopay (1,by Odom); B Robinson (6,by Knowles).  SB–Shopay (1,2nd base off Odom/Duncan).  WP–Jackson (2), Odom (2), Locker (1).  IBB–Odom (5,Shopay); Knowles (3,B Robinson).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:18.  A–18,140.
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