Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
September 20, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1977 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Baltimore Orioles 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Woods G. cf 4 0 1 1
Bailor dh 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0
Woods A. lf 4 1 1 0
Bowling rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 1 2 1
Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0
  Ewing ph 0 0 0 0
  Torres ss 0 0 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 1 1
Kelly lf 2 0 0 0
  Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 2 2
  Dimmel pr,rf 0 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
  Muser 1b 0 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 1 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 1
Belanger ss 3 1 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Toronto 001 000 100270
Baltimore 010 110 20x581
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (4-7) 6.2 8 5 5 4 4
  Murphy   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (18-11) 9.0 7 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6

  E–DeCinces (20).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Toronto Howell (15,off Palmer); Fairly (22,off Palmer).  3B–Toronto G Woods (1,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Murray (23,4th inning off Clancy 0 on, 1 out); Dauer (4,5th inning off Clancy 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Skaggs (8,off Clancy).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:06.  A–4,301.
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