Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 28, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1983 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 1
Trammell ss 5 1 1 2
Herndon dh 5 1 3 3
Parrish c 5 1 1 0
Gibson lf 4 1 2 0
Grubb rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones rf 1 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 1 0 1
Laga 1b 3 1 2 1
  Nahorodny ph 0 0 0 0
  Leach pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Krenchicki 3b 3 1 1 1
  Brookens ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf,rf,lf 4 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Sakata 2b 3 2 1 1
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Dauer 3b 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 2 3 2
Murray 1b 5 0 1 1
Lowenstein lf 3 0 2 1
  Ford ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Singleton dh 3 0 1 0
Roenicke rf 2 0 0 0
  Shelby cf 1 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gulliver 3b 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 1 0
  Bonner pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 2 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
Detroit 080 000 0109130
Baltimore 210 000 2005132
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (19-10) 6.0 11 5 5 4 4
  Martin   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Gumpert   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
4
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (15-8) 3.0 9 8 6 3 3
  Martinez D.   4.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Martinez T.   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
4
7

  E–Murray (10), Boddicker (3).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 2.  PB–Parrish (9).  2B–Detroit Whitaker (39,off Boddicker); Gibson (11,off Boddicker), Baltimore Lowenstein 2 (13,off Petry 2); Dempsey (16,off Petry); Dwyer (16,off Gumpert).  HR–Detroit Herndon (20,2nd inning off Boddicker 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Sakata (3,7th inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out); Ripken (26,7th inning off Petry 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Lemon (4,off Boddicker).  IBB–Grubb (1,by Boddicker); Singleton (19,by Petry).  SB–Whitaker (17,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey); Gibson (14,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey); Trammell (29,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey).  CS–Landrum (1,2nd base by Petry/Parrish).  WP–Boddicker (5).  IBB–Petry (7,Singleton); Boddicker (1,Grubb).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:57.  A–19,854.
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