Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1979 at Memorial 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 2 1 2 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 0
Kemp lf 4 0 2 1
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Morales dh 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0
Jones rf 4 1 0 0
Machemer 2b 3 1 1 2
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 4 1 2 0
Singleton rf 5 2 4 2
Murray 1b 5 1 2 1
Roenicke lf 5 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2
May dh 4 0 2 1
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith 2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Skaggs c 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Detroit 131 000 000590
Baltimore 102 000 0036143
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   2.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Young   5.1 4 0 0 2 5
  Tobik  L (1-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.2
14
6
6
4
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan   2.2 6 5 2 0 3
  Stewart   4.0 3 0 0 3 0
  Martinez  W (4-1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
2
3
4

  E–Garcia (12), Dempsey 2 (4).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit LeFlore (10,off Flanagan), Baltimore Garcia (8,off Underwood); Singleton (13,off Underwood); May (8,off Underwood).  HR–Detroit Parrish (9,3rd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Singleton (15,9th inning off Tobik 0 on, 1 out); DeCinces (6,9th inning off Tobik 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Trammell (6,off Flanagan).  SB–LeFlore (37,2nd base off Flanagan/Dempsey).  CS–Kemp (4,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey); Wockenfuss (1,2nd base by Stewart/Dempsey); Machemer (3,2nd base by Stewart/Dempsey); Bumbry (7,2nd base by Young/Parrish).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:46.  A–35,456.
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