Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 2 2
  Garcia ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 5 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 3 0
  Lopez pr 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 1 2 2
Kelly lf 4 0 1 0
May dh 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 2 1 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Dimmel pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Skaggs c 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Wockenfuss rf 4 2 3 1
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 1
Kemp lf 4 1 2 1
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1
Stegman cf 3 1 1 1
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Baltimore 011 002 0004101
Detroit 110 011 10x591
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (19-15) 8.0 9 5 5 3 3
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   5.0 6 2 1 2 3
  Baker  W (2-4) 2.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Hiller  SV (15) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
8

  E–Dauer (7), Whitaker (17).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Dempsey (7).  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (25,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (28,2nd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out); Harlow (8,6th inning off Baker 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Stegman (1,2nd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out); Wockenfuss (7,5th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out).  WP–Baker (6).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:24.  A–13,919.
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