Baltimore Orioles vs Milwaukee Brewers
April 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1988 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Milwaukee Brewers 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Stone lf 5 1 3 0
Ripken 2b 3 1 1 1
Murray 1b 5 1 1 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Lynn rf 5 0 1 1
Sheets dh 4 1 2 2
  Rowdon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Schu 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 2 2 0
  Nichols ph 1 0 0 0
Orsulak cf 2 0 0 0
  Gerhart ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor dh 5 1 1 0
Yount cf 5 1 3 1
Surhoff c 5 0 1 0
Brock 1b 3 2 3 1
Deer lf 5 2 3 0
Braggs rf 4 1 1 3
Riles 3b 3 1 0 0
Gantner 2b 4 0 2 2
Sveum ss 3 0 1 1
Wegman p 0 0 0 0
  Stapleton p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 15 8
Baltimore 003 110 0106120
Milwaukee 030 041 00x8150
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (0-4) 4.2 7 7 7 4 5
  Williamson   1.1 4 1 1 0 2
  Thurmond   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer   1.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
4
9
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Wegman  W (1-2) 5.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Stapleton   2.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Plesac  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Stone (1,off Wegman).  HR–Baltimore Sheets (2,5th inning off Wegman 0 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Braggs (2,2nd inning off Boddicker 2 on, 0 out); Yount (5,5th inning off Boddicker 0 on, 0 out).  SF–B Ripken (1,off Wegman).  HBP–Brock (2,by Boddicker).  SB–Gantner (1,2nd base off Thurmond/Kennedy).  WP–Boddicker (1).  BK–Plesac (3).  HBP–Boddicker (2,Brock).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–3:13.  A–7,284.
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