Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 8, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 2 0 0
Ayala lf 1 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph,cf 4 0 2 1
Singleton rf 5 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 2 2 1
Roenicke cf,lf 3 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2
May dh 4 1 1 2
Dauer 2b 3 1 1 1
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 1
Whitaker 2b 1 2 1 0
Kemp dh 4 2 2 2
Summers rf 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 1
  Wockenfuss ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Gibson lf 5 0 3 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Peters 3b 2 0 1 0
  Brookens 3b 2 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 2 3 0
Chris p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Baltimore 050 100 1108100
Detroit 300 300 0107112
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   0.1 2 3 3 2 1
  Stewart   3.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Martinez  W (10-2) 4.1 2 1 1 4 5
  Stanhouse  SV (20) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
10
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Chris   1.0 4 4 4 0 3
  Tobik   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Billingham  L (10-7) 4.2 3 3 2 4 2
  Underwood   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
6
9

  E–Peters 2 (2).  DP–Baltimore 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Baltimore Roenicke (16,off Chris); DeCinces (26,off Chris); Bumbry (28,off Underwood), Detroit Gibson (1,off Stewart).  HR–Baltimore May (19,2nd inning off Chris 1 on, 0 out); Dauer (9,2nd inning off Tobik 0 on, 0 out); Murray (24,7th inning off Billingham 0 on, 0 out), Detroit LeFlore (7,1st inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out); Kemp (26,1st inning off Stone 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Dauer (2,by Billingham).  SB–Whitaker (20,2nd base off T Martinez/Dempsey).  CS–Gibson (2,3rd base by Stewart/Dempsey).  WP–Billingham (6).  IBB–Billingham (11,Dauer).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:32.  A–10,024.
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