Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
October 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1974 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 6, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Coggins rf 4 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 2 2 2
Grich 2b 4 2 2 2
Davis dh 4 0 2 1
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 0 2 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 1
Hendricks c 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 2 1 0
Campaneris ss 4 0 3 3
Jackson rf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0
Mangual dh 4 0 1 0
Fosse c 2 0 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Trillo pr 0 1 0 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph 1 0 1 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Odom p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Baltimore 100 140 0006100
Oakland 001 010 001390
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (1-0) 8.0 9 3 3 4 4
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (0-1) 4.2 8 6 6 0 3
  Odom   3.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Fingers   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Fosse (1).  2B–Baltimore Grich (1,off Hunter), Oakland North (1,off Cuellar); C Washington (1,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore Blair (1,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out); Robinson (1,5th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out); Grich (1,5th inning off Hunter 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Belanger (1,off Hunter).  SF–Campaneris (1,off Grimsley).  IBB–Jackson (1,by Cuellar).  CS–Campaneris (1,2nd base by Cuellar/Hendricks).  IBB–Cuellar (1,Jackson).  U–Larry Napp, Jerry Neudecker, Russ Goetz, Dave Phillips, Bill Deegan, Marty Springstead.  T–2:29.  A–41,609.
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