Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
May 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1979 at Tiger 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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Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 8 2 5 1
Dauer 3b 7 0 0 1
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
  Harlow rf 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Murray 1b 8 1 2 3
Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,lf 0 0 0 0
May dh 8 0 3 2
Smith 2b 4 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Garcia ss,2b 6 0 2 0
Dempsey c 7 2 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 59 7 15 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 7 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 7 1 0 0
Kemp lf 7 1 4 1
Staub dh 4 1 2 0
  Morris pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 7 0 3 1
Parrish c 5 0 0 0
Morales rf 8 1 2 2
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0
  Mankowski ph,3b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
  Gonzales ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 2 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 60 5 15 4
Baltimore 101 030 000 000 000 27151
Detroit 100 001 102 000 000 05152
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   6.0 9 2 2 3 5
  Martinez   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Stoddard   1.2 3 2 2 1 3
  Stanhouse   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Stewart  W (2-1) 5.0 1 0 0 2 5
Totals
16.0
15
5
5
8
16
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   4.2 6 5 2 3 2
  Lopez   3.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Tobik   3.1 1 0 0 1 5
  Hiller  L (3-3) 4.1 4 2 2 5 4
  Arroyo   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
16.0
15
7
4
11
14

  E–Stanhouse (1), Whitaker (1), Parrish (3).  DP–Baltimore 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Bumbry (10,off Wilcox); Murray 2 (8,off Wilcox,off Hiller), Detroit Kemp (7,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Bumbry (2,1st inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Morales (3,6th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 0 out); Kemp (6,9th inning off Stoddard 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Garcia (1,off Hiller); Parrish (2,off Stanhouse).  IBB–Roenicke (2,by Arroyo).  HBP–Jones (1,by Flanagan).  SB–Bumbry 2 (9,2nd base off Lopez/Parrish,2nd base off Tobik/Parrish); Lowenstein (5,2nd base off Tobik/Parrish).  CS–May (3,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish); Harlow (3,2nd base by Hiller/Parrish); Roenicke (1,2nd base by Hiller/Parrish); Morales (1,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  WP–Stoddard (2), Stewart (1).  HBP–Flanagan (1,Jones).  IBB–Arroyo (1,Roenicke).  T–5:17.  A–14,583.
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