Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
August 8, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 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 5, New York Yankees 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 5 0 0 0
Singleton rf 5 0 1 1
Murray 1b 5 2 4 1
Ayala dh 4 1 2 1
DeCinces 3b 2 1 1 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Garcia ss 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Sakata 2b 4 1 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Murcer lf 4 0 2 1
Gamble dh 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
  Watson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 3 1 1 1
Dent ss 3 1 1 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Baltimore 000 001 0315100
New York 001 000 100271
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (12-8) 7.2 6 2 2 1 3
  Martinez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Stoddard  SV (17) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  L (12-7) 7.2 5 3 3 4 4
  Gossage   1.1 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Jones (3).  2B–Baltimore Murray (23,off Guidry); Ayala (7,off Guidry); DeCinces (15,off Gossage), New York Soderholm (11,off Palmer); Cerone (24,off Stoddard).  HR–Baltimore Murray (19,8th inning off Guidry 0 on, 2 out), New York Jones (8,7th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bumbry (6,off Gossage).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:45.  A–54,130.
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