Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 28, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1973 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Cleveland Indians 6, Baltimore Orioles 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 5 1 2 2
Gamble dh 5 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 1 2 0
Spikes rf 1 0 0 0
  Ford rf 4 1 1 0
Bell 3b 5 0 2 1
Smith cf 4 0 0 0
Duncan c 3 2 1 1
Brohamer 2b 3 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 1 1 2
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry rf 5 0 2 1
Blair cf 3 0 2 2
  Coggins cf 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 2 0
  Cabell 1b 1 0 0 0
Fuller dh 5 0 0 0
Baylor lf 5 1 1 1
Robinson 3b 5 0 1 0
Williams c 3 0 1 0
  Robles pr,c 1 0 0 0
Grich 2b 2 2 1 0
  DeCinces 2b 0 0 0 0
Baker ss 4 1 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Cleveland 000 201 2106110
Baltimore 000 120 0104122
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  W (14-16) 7.2 11 4 4 2 4
  Hilgendorf   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sanders  SV (13) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (22-9) 7.0 9 5 5 3 2
  Watt   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–Robinson (15), Palmer (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Davis (20,off Tidrow); Bumbry (15,off Hilgendorf).  3B–Cleveland Bell (7,off Palmer).  HR–Cleveland Duncan (17,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out); Williams (8,7th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out); Duffy (8,8th inning off Watt 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Baylor (11,4th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Merlyn Anthony, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:46.
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