Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles
October 11, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 11, 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 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 3
Clemente rf 5 0 2 0
Stargell lf 3 0 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Oliver cf 5 0 1 0
Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 2 1 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
  Sands ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 5 0 0 1
Rettenmund cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Powell 1b 5 1 1 0
Robinson F. rf 4 2 3 0
  Blair pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Hendricks c 3 2 2 1
Robinson B. 3b 3 2 3 3
Johnson 2b 5 1 2 2
Belanger ss 3 1 0 0
Palmer p 2 0 0 2
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 14 10
Pittsburgh 000 000 030381
Baltimore 010 361 00x11141
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (0-1) 3.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Kison   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Moose   1.0 5 5 5 0 0
  Veale   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Miller   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Giusti   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
7
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (1-0) 8.0 7 3 3 8 10
  Hall  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
8
10

  E–Oliver (1), Belanger (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (2,off Palmer).  HR–Pittsburgh Hebner (1,8th inning off Palmer 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hendricks (1,by Johnson).  HBP–Johnson (1,Hendricks).  U–Ed Sudol (NL), John Rice (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), Jim Odom (AL), Nestor Chylak (AL), John Kibler (NL).  T–2:55.  A–53,239.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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