Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
June 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 3 2
Krenchicki 2b 4 0 1 0
  Dauer 2b 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf,rf 4 2 2 1
May dh 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 3 2 2
Garcia ss 4 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 1 1
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 0
  Dempsey pr,c 0 1 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 4 0 2 2
Wynegar c 4 0 1 1
  Rivera pr 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 0
Adams lf 4 0 2 0
  Edwards pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 3 1 1 2
Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cubbage dh 2 1 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 1 3 0
Castino 3b 2 0 0 0
  Norwood ph 1 1 1 0
Hartzell p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Baltimore 010 010 202690
Minnesota 000 001 2115111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   7.0 8 4 4 3 5
  Stanhouse  W (5-1) 1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Stoddard  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Hartzell   6.2 7 4 4 1 2
  Bacsik   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Marshall  L (8-6) 2.0 1 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
6

  E–Hartzell (2).  DP–Baltimore 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Baltimore DeCinces (6,off Hartzell); Bumbry (12,off Bacsik), Minnesota Adams (6,off D Martinez).  3B–Baltimore Bumbry (1,off Marshall).  HR–Baltimore Lowenstein (6,2nd inning off Hartzell 0 on, 1 out); DeCinces (5,5th inning off Hartzell 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Landreaux (6,6th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Wynegar (6,off D Martinez); Castino (7,off D Martinez).  SF–Landreaux (2,off Stanhouse).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:59.  A–11,831.
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