California Angels vs Baltimore Orioles
October 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1979 at Memorial 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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California Angels 8, Baltimore Orioles 9

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 2 1 1
Lansford 3b 5 1 3 3
Ford rf 5 1 2 1
Baylor dh 4 1 2 1
Downing c 4 0 1 1
Grich 2b 3 0 0 1
Clark lf 3 0 0 0
  Harlow ph 0 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 0 0
Anderson ss 2 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0
  Thon pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Davis ph 1 1 1 0
Frost p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 2 3 0
Garcia ss 3 1 2 2
Singleton rf 5 1 1 0
Murray 1b 4 2 2 4
Lowenstein lf 3 1 0 0
Kelly dh 4 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 1
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 8
California 100 001 1328101
Baltimore 441 000 00x9111
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Frost  L (0-1) 1.1 5 6 5 3 0
  Clear   5.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Aase   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (1-0) 7.0 6 6 4 1 2
  Stanhouse   2.0 4 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
3
2

  E–Ford (1), Murray (1).  DP–California 1.  2B–California Carew (2,off Flanagan); Davis (1,off Stanhouse).  HR–California Ford (2,1st inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Murray (1,2nd inning off Clear 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Grich (1,off Flanagan); Downing (1,off Stanhouse).  IBB–Baylor (1,by Stanhouse).  SB–Bumbry 2 (2,2nd base off Frost/Downing 2).  WP–Clear (1).  IBB–Stanhouse (1,Baylor).  U–Dale Ford, Jim Evans, Don Denkinger, Al Clark, Larry Barnett.  T–2:51.  A–52,108.
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