Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
July 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1997 at Tiger 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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Baltimore Orioles 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hammonds cf 4 3 3 3
Reboulet 2b 4 0 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 0 0
Berroa dh 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 2 0 1 0
  Surhoff lf 1 0 0 0
Webster c 4 1 1 0
Tarasco rf 4 1 1 1
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
Mussina p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 2 2 0
Higginson rf 3 0 1 0
  Nevin ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Fryman 3b 3 2 3 1
Clark 1b 3 1 1 2
Hamelin dh 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 0 0 0
Pride lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Reed 2b 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller ss 0 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 5
Baltimore 100 020 200580
Detroit 200 001 03x680
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Mussina   7.0 6 4 4 3 14
  Orosco  L (2-1) 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Mathews   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
17
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   7.0 8 5 5 1 4
  Miceli  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Reboulet (2,off Thompson), Detroit Fryman (14,off Mussina); Hunter (13,off Mussina).  3B–Baltimore Hammonds (1,off Thompson).  HR–Baltimore Tarasco (5,5th inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out); Hammonds 2 (14,5th inning off Thompson 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Thompson 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Clark (22,1st inning off Mussina 1 on, 2 out); Nevin (4,8th inning off Orosco 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Pride (1,by Mathews).  SB–Fryman (9,2nd base off Mussina/Webster); Pride (6,2nd base off Mathews/Webster).  CS–Pride (3,2nd base by Mussina/Webster).  WP–Mathews 2 (3).  IBB–Mathews (1,Pride).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:00.  A–37,074.
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