Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
September 24, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1971 at Cleveland Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Baltimore Orioles 9, Cleveland Indians 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 2 2 3
Rettenmund lf,rf 5 1 4 1
Robinson F. rf 3 1 1 3
  Buford lf 2 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
  DaVanon pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Powell 1b 4 1 2 2
Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0
  Hendricks c 2 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
Cuellar p 4 1 1 0
Totals 40 9 12 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender rf 5 1 1 0
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
  Lowenstein cf 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 1 3 2
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0
Hinton 1b 3 0 0 0
Leon 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 1 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 1 0
  Ballinger p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Baltimore 002 051 0109121
Cleveland 200 000 000282
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (20-9) 9.0 8 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (13-17) 4.2 7 7 7 1 3
  Hargan   2.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Ballinger   2.0 3 1 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
1
9

  E–Johnson (12), Pinson (6), R Foster (6).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Fosse (13).  2B–Baltimore Rettenmund (21,off McDowell), Cleveland Fosse (21,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Johnson (18,3rd inning off McDowell 1 on, 2 out); F Robinson (28,5th inning off McDowell 2 on, 2 out); Powell (22,6th inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Fosse (12,1st inning off Cuellar 1 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:29.
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