Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics
October 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1971 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 3 0
  Rettenmund pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Blair cf 5 1 2 0
Powell 1b 2 2 0 0
Robinson F. rf 5 1 1 1
Hendricks c 1 0 0 1
  Etchebarren ph,c 2 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 5 0 2 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Palmer p 5 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 2 3 2
Epstein 1b 4 0 1 0
Bando 3b 3 1 1 1
Mangual lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hegan ph 1 0 0 0
Segui p 2 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Baltimore 100 020 2005120
Oakland 001 001 010370
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (1-0) 9.0 7 3 3 3 8
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 3 8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Segui  L (0-1) 4.2 6 3 3 6 4
  Fingers   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Knowles   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Locker   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Grant   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 9 7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Oakland 3.  2B–Baltimore Johnson (2,off Segui); F Robinson (1,off Fingers); B Robinson (1,off Knowles).  3B–Baltimore Buford (1,off Grant).  HR–Oakland Jackson 2 (2,3rd inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out); Bando (1,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hendricks (1,off Segui).  IBB–Belanger (1,by Segui); Hendricks (1,by Segui).  WP–Palmer (1), Knowles (1).  IBB–Segui 2 (2,Belanger,Hendricks).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Bill Kunkel, LF–Larry Napp, RF–Jake O'Donnell.  T–2:49.  A–33,176.

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