Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 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 6, Baltimore Orioles 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 2 2 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 2 3
Parrish c 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 0 1 2
Wockenfuss dh 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 1
Machemer 2b 2 1 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 2 1 2
Smith ss 3 1 1 1
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein pr 0 1 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 2 4
Roenicke lf 3 1 0 0
May dh 4 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 1
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 0 0 0 0
  Dempsey pr,c 1 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Detroit 300 030 000680
Baltimore 100 013 003880
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   5.1 4 4 4 4 2
  Lopez   2.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Hiller  L (3-6) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.1
8
8
8
7
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor   4.1 7 6 6 1 3
  Stoddard   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Martinez  W (5-1) 4.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Detroit Morales (13,off McGregor).  HR–Detroit Rodriguez (2,5th inning off McGregor 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Smith (3,5th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Murray (8,9th inning off Hiller 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Trammell (7,off McGregor); Smith (4,off Hiller).  SF–Murray (3,off Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore (38,2nd base off McGregor/Skaggs).  WP–Wilcox (3).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:46.
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