Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 2, Detroit Tigers 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 1 1
Smith 2b 3 0 1 0
  Dauer 2b 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 1 2 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Kelly dh 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Skaggs c 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 3 0
Morales rf 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 1 0
  Gibson pr 0 1 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
  Peters pr 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 2 1
Brookens 2b 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Stegman cf 3 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
Baltimore 000 000 011251
Detroit 000 000 001180
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (12-5) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (12-8) 9.0 5 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–DeCinces (13).  DP–Baltimore 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Garcia (14,off Wilcox).  3B–Baltimore Smith (3,off Wilcox), Detroit Trammell (4,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore Bumbry (6,8th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 2 out); Singleton (35,9th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Roenicke (11,by Wilcox).  SH–Brookens 2 (4,off McGregor 2).  SF–Jones (1,off McGregor).  SB–Singleton (3,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish); Trammell (16,2nd base off McGregor/Dempsey).  CS–LeFlore (13,2nd base by McGregor/Skaggs).  HBP–Wilcox (10,Roenicke).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:28.  A–12,918.
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