Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
October 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund rf 5 0 0 0
Grich 2b 5 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Davis dh 3 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams 1b 4 1 1 1
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 3 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 1 1
Rudi lf 4 0 1 1
Bando 3b 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Tenace 1b,c 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 2 0 0 0
Conigliaro cf 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Lewis pr 0 1 0 0
  Davalillo 1b 1 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 4 2
Baltimore 010 000 000 00130
Oakland 000 000 010 01243
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (0-1) 10.0 4 2 2 3 11
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
3
11
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  W (1-0) 11.0 3 1 1 1 7
Totals
11.0
3
1
1
1
7

  E–Davalillo (1), Green 2 (2).  DP–Oakland 1.  HR–Baltimore Williams (1,2nd inning off Holtzman 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Campaneris (2,11th inning off Cuellar 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Andrews (1,off Cuellar).  U–George Maloney, Bill Haller, Merlyn Anthony, Nestor Chylak, Jim Odom, Larry McCoy.  T–2:23.  A–34,367.
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