Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Morales cf 5 3 1 1
Staub dh 3 1 3 2
  Mankowski pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Kemp lf 2 0 0 1
Thompson 1b 5 0 2 2
Parrish c 5 0 0 0
Summers rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones rf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Machemer 2b 4 1 3 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
  DeCinces 3b 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 3 0
Murray 1b 3 1 0 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 2
Garcia ss 4 1 1 0
Dauer 3b,2b 3 1 2 2
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Detroit 002 010 1026100
Baltimore 000 220 000490
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   6.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Lopez  W (3-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.  L (10-3) 8.1 9 6 6 4 5
  Martinez T.   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Stanhouse   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Morales (14,off D Martinez); Machemer (1,off D Martinez).  3B–Detroit Staub (1,off D Martinez).  HR–Detroit Staub (6,5th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Dauer (6,4th inning off Baker 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Kemp (3,off D Martinez).  HBP–Roenicke (7,by Baker).  IBB–Murray (3,by Baker).  SB–Garcia (4,2nd base off Baker/Parrish).  CS–Bumbry (8,2nd base by Baker/Parrish).  WP–Baker (4), D Martinez 2 (3).  HBP–Baker (3,Roenicke).  IBB–Baker (2,Murray).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:05.  A–41,200.
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