Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
July 18, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 5, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 5 2 2 3
Cabell 1b 5 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 3 0
Williams c 4 0 2 0
Baylor lf 4 1 2 0
Grich 2b 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 1 1
Belanger ss 3 1 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
North cf 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 1 2 0
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 1 1 2
Fosse c 3 0 1 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 0 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Baltimore 121 000 0015110
Oakland 020 000 000260
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (10-6) 9.0 6 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (14-9) 8.1 11 5 5 6 5
  Fingers   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  HR–Baltimore Rettenmund 2 (5,1st inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out,2nd inning off Holtzman 1 on, 1 out), Oakland Tenace (17,2nd inning off Palmer 1 on, 2 out).  WP–Fingers (1).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:24.  A–6,594.
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