Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 5, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1969 at Tiger Stadium. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 8, Detroit Tigers 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 1 0 0
Blair cf 5 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 2 1 2
Powell 1b 4 2 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 2 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 3 5
Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Cuellar p 4 1 1 0
Totals 36 8 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Tresh ss 4 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 2 1 1 0
Wert 3b 4 1 2 3
Brown 2b 4 0 1 0
Kilkenny p 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Redmond ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Baltimore 302 300 000881
Detroit 031 000 000483
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (20-10) 9.0 8 4 4 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny  L (4-5) 2.2 4 5 2 2 3
  Lasher   1.0 2 3 3 0 1
  Taylor   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Patterson   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
8
5
3
5

  E–B Robinson (10), Tresh (14), Kaline (6), Freehan (11).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Johnson 2 (28,off Kilkenny 2).  3B–Baltimore Cuellar (2,off Lasher).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (31,4th inning off Lasher 1 on, 2 out), Detroit Wert (13,2nd inning off Cuellar 2 on, 1 out); Kaline (19,3rd inning off Cuellar 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Buford (3,by Lasher).  SB–Buford (14,2nd base off Lasher/Freehan).  HBP–Lasher (1,Buford).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–2:18.  A–32,090.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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