Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
September 29, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
  Smith lf 1 0 0 0
Ford rf 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 2 2 0
Bell 3b 3 2 1 2
Duncan c 4 0 1 3
Torres cf 4 1 2 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 1
Ragland 2b 4 0 0 0
Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 0 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 3 0 1 0
Coggins cf 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
Williams 1b 3 1 1 0
Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0
Crowley rf 3 1 1 2
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Cleveland 000 204 000690
Baltimore 020 000 000231
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Timmermann  W (9-8) 9.0 3 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (17-17) 5.2 8 6 6 2 1
  Jefferson   3.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
5

  E–Baker (5).  PB–Duncan (17).  2B–Cleveland Ellis (12,off McNally); Duncan (11,off McNally).  3B–Cleveland Duffy (4,off McNally); Torres (1,off Jefferson).  HR–Cleveland Bell (14,4th inning off McNally 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Crowley (3,2nd inning off Timmermann 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Ford (1,2nd base off McNally/Etchebarren).  WP–Timmermann (11).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Merlyn Anthony.  T–2:09.
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