Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 29, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 15

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 2 0
  Taylor 3b 1 0 0 0
Brown G. lf 1 0 0 0
  Jones pr,rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Horton rf,lf 4 0 2 1
  Denehy p 0 0 0 0
  Freehan ph 1 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 2 1
Northrup cf,rf 4 2 2 4
Lamont c 5 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 0 1 0
  Chance p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Cain p 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 1 2 2
Blair cf 6 1 1 0
Rettenmund rf 3 3 2 1
Robinson F. 1b 4 3 3 2
  Powell 1b 1 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 3
Johnson 2b 3 1 3 1
  DaVanon pr,2b 2 1 1 0
Belanger ss 4 2 0 0
Etchebarren c 5 1 1 3
Dobson p 5 1 2 1
Totals 41 15 17 14
Detroit 000 002 1036121
Baltimore 034 131 21x15171
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  L (5-2) 2.0 3 6 6 4 2
  Niekro   2.2 7 5 5 2 2
  Seelbach   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Chance   2.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Denehy   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
15
15
9
8
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (7-4) 9.0 12 6 6 4 7
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
7

  E–Lamont (2), Johnson (7).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Lamont (2).  2B–Detroit Brinkman (9,off Dobson), Baltimore F Robinson 2 (10,off Niekro 2); Rettenmund (6,off Niekro); Powell (10,off Denehy).  3B–Baltimore Buford (3,off Chance).  HR–Detroit Cash (17,6th inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out); Northrup 2 (7,6th inning off Dobson 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Dobson 2 on, 2 out), Baltimore Etchebarren (2,2nd inning off Cain 2 on, 0 out); B Robinson (9,3rd inning off Cain 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–F Robinson (6,by Cain); Johnson (3,by Seelbach).  WP–Cain (2).  HBP–Cain (2,F Robinson); Seelbach (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:02.  A–21,299.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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