Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 1, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 3 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 2 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 1 0
Kelly lf 3 0 2 1
  Anderson lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 2 0 0 1
  Dimmel pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 1
  Dauer 3b 0 0 0 0
Crowley dh 3 1 0 0
Smith 2b 4 1 1 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 1
Garcia ss 2 1 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 8 6
Detroit 000 000 100140
Baltimore 131 000 01x681
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker  L (1-4) 1.1 6 4 4 2 0
  Morris   6.0 2 2 2 5 3
  Glynn   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
7
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (20-12) 9.0 4 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4

  E–Dimmel (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Dempsey (23,off Baker); DeCinces (36,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Kemp (15,7th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore DeCinces (25,3rd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Murray (7,off Baker).  HBP–Crowley (1,by Morris).  SB–Garcia 2 (7,2nd base off Baker/Parrish,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  HBP–Morris (3,Crowley).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:14.  A–13,036.
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