Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1978 at Tiger 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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Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 5 1 2 0
Dauer 2b 5 1 2 0
Murray 1b 5 2 2 3
Singleton rf 4 2 2 1
  Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 2 2
Kelly lf 2 0 0 0
  Mora ph,lf 3 0 1 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
May dh 4 1 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 0 2 1
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 1 2 2
Kemp lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Baltimore 400 120 0007150
Detroit 200 000 010380
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (11-9) 9.0 8 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton  L (10-8) 3.0 9 5 5 0 2
  Crawford   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Morris   4.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Glynn   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Garcia (6,off Slaton); DeCinces (21,off Crawford); Harlow (17,off Morris), Detroit LeFlore (18,off McGregor); Whitaker (8,off McGregor).  3B–Detroit Kemp (3,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore Murray (19,1st inning off Slaton 2 on, 0 out); Singleton (12,1st inning off Slaton 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Morris (2).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:21.  A–22,856.
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