Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 2012 at Comerica Park. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Detroit Tigers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Markakis rf 5 0 2 1
Hardy ss 3 1 1 0
McLouth lf 3 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Wieters c 3 1 1 2
Davis dh 3 0 1 0
Reynolds 1b 3 0 0 0
  Mahoney 1b 1 0 0 0
Machado 3b 4 0 2 0
Quintanilla 2b 3 1 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  O'Day p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Dirks lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 3 3 2 1
Fielder 1b 3 2 2 4
Avila c 4 0 1 0
Young dh 3 0 1 0
Boesch rf 2 0 0 0
  Berry lf 0 0 0 0
Peralta ss 3 0 0 0
Infante 2b 3 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Baltimore 001 020 000371
Detroit 100 002 02x561
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  O'Day  L(6-1) 1.2 0 1 1 1 2
  Romero   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander   6.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Benoit  W(2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde  SV(23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Machado (1), Verlander (4).  DP–Baltimore 1. Machado-Reynolds.  2B–Baltimore Markakis 2 (22,off Verlander 2); Machado (3,off Valverde), Detroit D. Young (19,off Hunter).  3B–Detroit Avila (2,off Hunter).  HR–Baltimore Wieters (17,5th inning off Verlander 1 on 2 out), Detroit Cabrera (31,1st inning off Hunter 0 on 2 out); Fielder 2 (22,6th inning off Hunter 1 on 1 out,8th inning off Romero 1 on 2 out).  SH–Hardy 2 (5,off Verlander 2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  SB–Davis (1,2nd base off Verlander/Avila); McLouth (3,2nd base off Verlander/Avila).  CS–Jackson (6,2nd base by Hunter/Wieters).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Vic Carapazza, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–3:03.  A–41,620.
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