Baltimore Orioles vs California Angels
July 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the California Angels 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 3, California Angels 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0
Garcia ss 3 0 0 0
Kelly dh 3 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
  Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf,rf 4 1 3 1
Murray 1b 4 1 1 0
Smith 2b 4 1 1 2
Dauer 3b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Grich 2b 2 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 1
Ford cf 3 0 1 1
Baylor lf 4 0 0 0
Downing dh 4 0 1 0
Rudi rf 3 0 1 0
  Harlow pr 0 0 0 0
Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hampton pr 0 0 0 0
Donohue c 3 1 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 1 1 0
Aase p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Baltimore 000 000 300372
California 000 002 000250
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (3-2) 7.2 4 2 0 0 4
  Stewart   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Stanhouse  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
2
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Aase  L (7-7) 7.0 6 3 3 1 1
  LaRoche   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
3

  E–Dempsey 2 (6).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Lowenstein (5,off Aase), California Ford (12,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore Lowenstein (8,7th inning off Aase 0 on, 1 out); Smith (4,7th inning off Aase 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Grich 2 (10,off McGregor 2).  SF–Ford (6,off McGregor).  CS–Garcia (6,2nd base by Aase/Donohue).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:24.  A–29,062.
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