Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
August 3, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 1 0
Blair cf 4 1 1 1
Robinson F. rf 1 0 0 0
  Rettenmund rf 3 1 1 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 2 0
  Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
McNally p 3 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 4 0 1 0
Carew 2b 4 1 1 0
Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 2 1
Allison lf 4 0 0 0
  Uhlaender lf 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 2 0
Quilici 3b 3 1 1 0
Tischinski c 2 0 0 0
  Renick ph 0 1 0 0
  Roseboro c 0 0 0 0
Kaat p 2 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 1 1 4
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Baltimore 000 100 010270
Minnesota 000 000 41x590
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (15-1) 7.1 9 5 5 2 7
  Watt   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  W (11-7) 7.0 5 1 1 3 5
  Worthington  SV (2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Killebrew (17,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Blair (21,8th inning off Worthington 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Reese (11,7th inning off McNally 3 on, 2 out).  CS–Tovar (7,2nd base by McNally/Etchebarren).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:40.  A–40,661.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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