Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Baltimore Orioles 12

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 1 1 0
  Bartee lf 2 1 1 0
Higginson rf 3 1 2 2
  Nieves rf 2 1 1 2
Fryman 3b 3 0 1 1
  Hurst cf 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 1 2 0
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
  Catalanotto 2b 2 0 1 0
Trammell dh 3 0 0 1
Nevin lf,3b 4 1 1 0
Walbeck c 4 2 3 0
Cruz ss 4 0 2 1
Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
  Duran p 0 0 0 0
  Gaillard p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 2 1 0
Alomar 2b 5 2 3 2
Davis rf 3 1 2 3
  Hammonds pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 2 2 1 0
Surhoff lf 5 2 2 3
  Dellucci lf 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 1
  Reboulet 3b 1 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 2 1
  Walton ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hoiles c 4 2 2 1
  Greene c 0 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 1 1 1
Krivda p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 14 12
Detroit 002 030 0128150
Baltimore 090 120 00x12140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  L (6-13) 1.2 4 5 5 0 0
  Jarvis   2.2 5 6 6 3 1
  Duran   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Gaillard   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
4
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Krivda   4.1 9 5 5 0 6
  Rodriguez  W (1-1) 3.1 4 1 1 0 3
  Mathews   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
0
10

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Walbeck (3,off Krivda); Higginson (29,off Krivda); Fryman (26,off Krivda); Cruz (24,off Rodriguez); Clark (28,off Rodriguez), Baltimore Surhoff (28,off Sanders); Alomar 2 (20,off Jarvis,off Duran); Davis (11,off Jarvis).  HR–Detroit Nieves (20,9th inning off Mathews 1 on, 0 out), Baltimore Hoiles (12,2nd inning off Sanders 0 on, 2 out); Bordick (7,2nd inning off Sanders 0 on, 2 out); Surhoff (18,2nd inning off Jarvis 2 on, 2 out); Alomar (12,4th inning off Jarvis 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Trammell (2,off Rodriguez); Baines (3,off Sanders).  HBP–Palmeiro (5,by Sanders); Anderson (18,by Duran).  SB–Walbeck (3,2nd base off Krivda/Hoiles); Hunter (71,2nd base off Krivda/Hoiles).  WP–Duran (1).  HBP–Sanders (4,Palmeiro); Duran (2,Anderson).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:12.  A–47,489.
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