Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
May 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 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 11, Minnesota Twins 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 3 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 3 3 4
Singleton rf 5 1 1 2
Murray 1b 5 0 1 1
DeCinces 3b 5 0 2 2
Roenicke lf 3 0 2 0
  Kelly ph,lf 1 0 0 0
May dh 5 2 2 1
Dempsey c 5 2 3 1
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 11
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Smalley ss 2 0 1 0
  Randall 2b 1 0 0 0
Landreaux lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0
Morales dh 3 1 2 0
Mackanin 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards cf 4 0 0 0
Powell rf 3 0 2 1
Butera c 3 0 1 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Baltimore 320 212 01011161
Minnesota 010 000 000185
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (4-2) 9.0 8 1 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
2
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (3-7) 3.0 10 7 5 1 4
  Verhoeven   4.0 4 3 1 0 1
  Marshall   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
7
2
5

  E–DeCinces (9), Mackanin (6), Castino (9), Powell (3), Butera 2 (3).  DP–Baltimore 3, Minnesota 2.  2B–Baltimore Singleton (8,off Zahn); Dempsey (9,off Verhoeven); Dauer (4,off Marshall); Murray (8,off Marshall), Minnesota Powell (3,off McGregor).  HR–Baltimore May (3,4th inning off Zahn 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dauer (3,off Verhoeven).  SB–Bumbry 2 (15,2nd base off Verhoeven/Butera 2).  WP–Zahn (2).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:29.  A–8,288.
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