Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 4 2 4 4
Ayala lf 2 1 2 2
  Bumbry ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Singleton rf 5 0 2 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 0 1
Roenicke cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 5 1 1 0
Dempsey c 5 2 2 0
McGregor p 3 1 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 0 1
Robinson lf 4 0 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 2 2 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 1
Nicosia c 4 1 1 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 2
Candelaria p 1 0 1 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Baltimore 002 500 1008130
Pittsburgh 120 001 000492
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (1-0) 9.0 9 4 4 0 6
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
0
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  L (0-1) 3.0 8 6 5 2 2
  Romo   3.2 5 2 2 1 4
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
3
7

  E–Foli (3), Stargell (2).  2B–Baltimore Garcia (1,off Candelaria); Dauer (1,off Candelaria); Dempsey (1,off Romo), Pittsburgh Moreno 2 (2,off McGregor 2); Garner (2,off McGregor); Stargell (1,off McGregor).  3B–Baltimore Garcia (1,off Candelaria).  HR–Baltimore Ayala (1,3rd inning off Candelaria 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bumbry (1,by Romo).  SF–Parker (1,off McGregor).  WP–Romo (1).  BK–McGregor (1).  HBP–Romo (1,Bumbry).  U–Russ Goetz (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Bob Engel (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL).  T–2:51.  A–50,848.
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