Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
July 6, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1973 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 1 1 0
North cf 3 1 2 1
Bando 3b 4 0 2 1
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 1
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 1 0
McKinney dh 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 4 1 1 2
Cabell 1b 3 2 1 1
Blair cf 4 0 2 1
Davis dh 2 1 1 0
Williams c 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 3 0 1 1
Baylor lf 4 0 2 0
Robinson 3b 3 1 2 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 10 5
Oakland 101 100 000371
Baltimore 011 000 30x5100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (7-5) 6.1 8 5 4 3 3
  Fingers   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (7-10) 8.0 7 3 3 4 7
  Watt  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
8

  E–Green (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Rudi (15,off McNally), Baltimore Blair (14,off Blue); Robinson (4,off Blue).  HR–Oakland North (4,3rd inning off McNally 0 on, 2 out); Johnson (10,4th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Rettenmund (2,7th inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out); Cabell (1,7th inning off Blue 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Belanger (9,off Blue).  SF–Grich (1,off Blue).  SB–Campaneris (19,3rd base off McNally/Williams); Cabell (1,2nd base off Blue/Tenace).  CS–Cabell (1,2nd base by Blue/Tenace); Davis (1,2nd base by Fingers/Tenace); Baylor (5,2nd base by Fingers/Tenace).  WP–Blue (9).  BK–McNally (1).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:25.  A–23,320.
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