Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1973 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 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 4 1 1 1
Coggins rf 4 1 3 1
Blair cf 5 1 1 0
Powell 1b 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Davis dh 5 1 4 0
Williams c 4 0 1 0
Grich 2b 5 1 2 1
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 3
Belanger ss 3 0 0 1
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
North cf 3 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 2
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 2 2 0
Rudi lf 3 0 1 0
Tenace 1b 4 1 1 2
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  McKinney ph 1 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 4
Baltimore 011 011 3007131
Oakland 020 120 000572
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson   5.0 5 5 4 3 4
  Hood  W (1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   5.1 9 4 3 4 4
  Pina  L (5-3) 1.2 1 3 0 2 1
  Lindblad   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
3
6
6

  E–Powell (11), Campaneris (15), Fosse (8).  DP–Oakland 3.  2B–Baltimore Davis (11,off Hunter); Grich (13,off Hunter), Oakland Fosse (18,off Hood).  HR–Baltimore Coggins (2,3rd inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Bumbry (7,6th inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out); Robinson (6,7th inning off Pina 2 on, 2 out), Oakland Tenace (16,2nd inning off Jefferson 1 on, 1 out); Bando (18,5th inning off Jefferson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Belanger (5,off Hunter).  SH–Rudi (5,off Hood).  CS–Bumbry (6,2nd base by Lindblad/Fosse); Jackson (5,2nd base by Jefferson/Williams).  SB–North (28,2nd base off Jefferson/Williams).  WP–Jefferson (6), Hunter (2).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:49.  A–43,571.
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