Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 22, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 5, Baltimore Orioles 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 3 1
Easley 2b 2 1 0 0
Higginson rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0
Hamelin dh 4 1 1 2
Trammell lf 4 0 0 0
  Hurst rf 0 0 0 0
Casanova c 3 1 1 0
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Duran p 0 0 0 0
  Gaillard p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 1 2 0
Alomar 2b 3 1 1 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 2 1
Baines dh 3 1 1 0
  Berroa ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 5 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 1 1
Hammonds rf 3 0 0 1
Webster c 4 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 0 1 0
  Tarasco ph 1 0 0 0
  Reboulet ss 0 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Detroit 001 000 040591
Baltimore 201 100 000491
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   5.0 6 4 4 4 1
  Duran   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Gaillard  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jones  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   7.0 6 2 1 3 6
  Benitez  L (4-5) 1.0 2 3 3 1 2
  Mills   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Orosco   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
5
8

  E–Clark (10), Hammonds (5).  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Webster (4).  2B–Detroit Hunter (29,off Erickson); Higginson (30,off Benitez).  HR–Detroit Hamelin (18,8th inning off Benitez 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Palmeiro (37,3rd inning off Moehler 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Hunter (72,2nd base off Benitez/Webster); Anderson (17,2nd base off Moehler/Casanova); Hammonds (15,2nd base off Moehler/Casanova).  CS–Clark (3,2nd base by Erickson/Webster); Anderson (12,2nd base by Duran/Casanova).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–3:20.  A–46,616.
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