Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 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 11, Baltimore Orioles 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 2 2 0
  Bartee ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Higginson rf,lf 6 2 2 1
Fryman 3b 4 2 1 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
  Hurst pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Easley 2b 5 2 2 6
Trammell dh 5 0 3 0
Nevin lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 3 1 0 0
Cruz ss 5 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 12 10
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Hammonds cf 3 0 0 0
  Dellucci pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Ledesma 2b 4 1 2 0
Davis rf 3 0 1 0
  Tarasco cf 0 0 0 0
Berroa dh 3 1 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 3
  Rosario c 1 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 2 0 1 0
  Reboulet pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Walton lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Hoiles c 2 0 0 0
  Clyburn lf 2 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Detroit 302 006 00011120
Baltimore 000 102 000351
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (15-11) 6.0 5 3 3 2 7
  Miceli   2.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
12
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key  L (16-10) 4.2 7 5 5 3 5
  Yan   0.2 3 6 5 1 0
  Williams   3.2 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
6
7

  E–Ledesma (3).  2B–Detroit Fryman (27,off Key); Trammell 2 (5,off Key,off Williams).  HR–Detroit Easley 2 (22,3rd inning off Key 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Yan 2 on, 1 out), Baltimore Palmeiro (36,6th inning off Thompson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Fryman (5,by Yan).  WP–Thompson (3), Key (4).  HBP–Yan (2,Fryman).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:02.  A–47,446.
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