Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
May 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1978 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Texas Rangers 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0
  Roenicke pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 2 2 0
Singleton lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 1 3 3
May dh 4 0 0 0
Lopez rf,cf 4 0 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 2 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 1 0 1
Wills 2b 4 2 1 0
Oliver lf 4 1 3 2
Zisk rf 5 1 1 2
Lowenstein dh 4 1 1 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 4 3
Sundberg c 3 0 1 1
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0
Campaneris ss 3 1 2 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 15 9
Baltimore 101 000 0103110
Texas 000 002 34x9150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (3-3) 6.0 11 5 5 3 1
  Stanhouse   1.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Martinez   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
5
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (3-4) 9.0 11 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Texas 2.  PB–Dempsey (2).  2B–Baltimore Belanger (7,off Matlack); Bumbry (5,off Matlack), Texas Beniquez 2 (4,off Palmer,off Stanhouse); Wills (2,off Stanhouse).  3B–Texas Lowenstein (2,off Palmer).  HR–Baltimore Murray (6,8th inning off Matlack 0 on, 0 out), Texas Zisk (9,8th inning off T Martinez 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Singleton (2,off Matlack); Campaneris (6,off Stanhouse).  SF–Oliver (1,off Stanhouse); Jorgensen (1,off Stanhouse).  SB–Campaneris (6,2nd base off Palmer/Dempsey); Harrah (4,2nd base off Stanhouse/Dempsey).  CS–Beniquez (2,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:53.  A–30,803.
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