Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
May 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 0, Baltimore Orioles 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 3 0 1 0
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 2 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 2 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Kelly lf 3 1 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
May dh 2 0 0 1
DeCinces 2b 3 0 0 0
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 1
Dauer 3b 3 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
Detroit 000 000 000–021
Baltimore 000 011 00x–240
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (4-2) 8.0 4 2 2 4 1
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
4
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (5-3) 9.0 2 0 0 2 9
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
9
  E–Dillard (6).  DP–Baltimore 1.  HR–Baltimore Dempsey (1,5th inning off Billingham 0 on, 2 out).  SB–LeFlore (18,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey).  CS–Harlow (4,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–1:51.  A–4,536.
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