Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
July 2, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1970 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 10, Baltimore Orioles 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 1
Nettles 3b 3 1 0 0
  Brown ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Pinson rf,lf 5 2 2 0
Fosse c 4 1 2 4
Sims lf 3 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
Horton 1b 5 2 4 2
Uhlaender cf 5 1 2 1
Leon 2b 5 2 2 1
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 41 10 13 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Rettenmund lf 3 1 1 0
Grich ss 4 1 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Buford ph 0 1 0 0
Robinson F. rf 3 3 2 1
Powell 1b 4 1 2 3
Blair cf 4 1 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 5 1 2 3
Johnson 2b 5 0 1 1
Hendricks c 4 0 1 0
Hardin p 3 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 9 10 8
Cleveland 300 101 12210130
Baltimore 104 010 0039104
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell   5.0 6 6 6 4 9
  Higgins  W (1-3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Chance  SV (3) 2.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
6
12
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Hardin   6.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Lopez   0.1 1 1 0 0 1
  Drabowsky  L (2-3) 1.0 2 2 0 1 1
  Richert   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Watt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
7
1
4

  E–Grich 2 (2), Lopez (3), Hendricks (5).  2B–Cleveland Horton (15,off Hardin); Uhlaender (12,off Hardin); Bradford (4,off Watt).  3B–Cleveland Horton (3,off Hardin), Baltimore B Robinson (2,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Fosse (12,1st inning off Hardin 2 on, 1 out); Leon (5,6th inning off Hardin 0 on, 1 out); Horton (10,9th inning off Richert 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore F Robinson (15,5th inning off McDowell 0 on, 0 out); Powell (21,9th inning off Chance 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Heidemann (1,off Drabowsky).  SF–Fosse (2,off Richert); Heidemann (6,off Watt).  HBP–Heidemann (1,by Hardin); Bradford (1,by Drabowsky); F Robinson (4,by McDowell).  CS–Rettenmund (2,2nd base by McDowell/Fosse).  WP–McDowell (6).  HBP–McDowell (3,F Robinson); Hardin (1,Heidemann); Drabowsky (3,Bradford).  U-HP–Jake O'Donnell, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–3:14.  A–6,135.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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