Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles
October 9, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 1 1
Clines cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 2 0
Stargell lf 3 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 3 1 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 0 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 2 1 0 1
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 3 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 2 2 1
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf,lf 4 1 1 3
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 1 2 1
Hendricks c 4 0 1 0
Robinson B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Belanger ss 4 1 2 0
McNally p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 030 000 000330
Baltimore 013 010 00x5103
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (0-1) 2.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Moose   3.2 3 1 1 0 4
  Miller   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (1-0) 9.0 3 3 0 2 9
Totals
9.0
3
3
0
2
9

  E–Hendricks (1), Belanger 2 (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (1,off McNally).  3B–Baltimore Belanger (1,off Moose).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (1,2nd inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out); Rettenmund (1,3rd inning off Ellis 2 on, 1 out); Buford (1,5th inning off Moose 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hernandez (1,off McNally).  WP–Moose (1), McNally (1).  U–Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), John Rice (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), John Kibler (NL), Jim Odom (AL).  T–2:06.  A–53,229.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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