Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 1, Detroit Tigers 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Garcia ss 4 0 2 0
Singleton rf 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein dh 3 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 1
Dauer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Skaggs c 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Krenchicki pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 2
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Morales dh 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 1 0
  Thompson 1b 0 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 2b 3 1 1 0
  Whitaker 2b 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 0
Stegman rf 2 0 2 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 7 2
Baltimore 000 000 010141
Detroit 001 000 10x270
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (22-8) 8.0 7 2 1 5 5
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (6-5) 7.1 4 1 1 2 2
  Lopez  SV (20) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
2

  E–Murray (10).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Parrish (19).  2B–Detroit Parrish (22,off Flanagan).  3B–Baltimore Garcia (9,off Petry).  HR–Baltimore DeCinces (15,8th inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out), Detroit LeFlore (6,3rd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Rodriguez (5,off Flanagan).  CS–Garcia (9,2nd base by Petry/Parrish); Stegman (1,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:09.  A–13,586.
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