Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
May 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1973 at Memorial Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 3 0
Mangual 2b 1 0 0 0
  Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Rudi lf 5 0 1 1
Jackson rf 5 2 3 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 0 1 1
  Hegan 1b 0 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
North cf 3 2 1 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry rf 4 1 2 2
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
Coggins cf 4 1 1 1
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Williams c 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
  Baker pr 0 0 0 0
Crowley dh 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 3 1 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Oakland 001 101 000 14100
Baltimore 001 000 002 0382
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (3-1) 9.2 8 3 3 1 5
  Knowles  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (3-5) 10.0 10 4 3 2 3
Totals
10.0
10
4
3
2
3

  E–Williams (3), Robinson (5).  DP–Oakland 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Oakland Johnson (1,off McNally); Rudi (4,off McNally), Baltimore Belanger (2,off Hunter); Powell (2,off Hunter).  HR–Oakland Jackson (5,6th inning off McNally 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Bumbry (1,9th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Coggins (1,9th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Campaneris (1,off McNally).  SB–North 2 (12,2nd base off McNally/Williams,3rd base off McNally/Williams); Jackson (4,2nd base off McNally/Williams).  CS–North (2,2nd base by McNally/Williams); Baylor (3,2nd base by Hunter/Fosse).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Hank Morgenweck.  T–2:19.  A–7,618.
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