Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
August 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1998 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 1, Baltimore Orioles 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 1 0
Easley 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Higginson rf 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
Berroa dh 3 0 0 0
Alvarez 3b 3 0 2 0
Bako c 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Catalanotto ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Runyan p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 2 2 2
Hammonds cf 4 0 0 0
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 1 1 4
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
  Becker rf 0 0 0 0
Hoiles dh 2 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 0 1 0
Surhoff lf 5 0 1 0
Webster c 3 1 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 2 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Detroit 000 001 000151
Baltimore 100 001 04x691
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (9-9) 5.2 4 2 2 6 5
  Anderson   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   0.1 1 3 0 1 0
  Runyan   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Crow   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
3
8
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  W (7-12) 7.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Mills   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–Easley (7), Hammonds (2).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit Easley (29,off Guzman); Alvarez (8,off Guzman), Baltimore Davis (20,off Thompson); Bordick (16,off Thompson).  HR–Baltimore Alomar (10,1st inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out); Palmeiro (34,8th inning off Runyan 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Ripken (1,off Thompson).  HBP–Becker (1,by Runyan).  HBP–Runyan (2,Becker).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:54.  A–47,733.
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