Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund cf 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson F. rf 4 1 2 1
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Cuellar p 1 0 0 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 1
Stargell lf 1 1 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 1 1 3
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 2 1
Alley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0
Blass p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Baltimore 000 000 100133
Pittsburgh 100 001 30x570
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (0-1) 6.0 7 5 4 6 4
  Dukes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Watt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
6
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
8

  E–Powell (1), B Robinson (1), Cuellar (1).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Cash (1,off Cuellar); Pagan (1,off Cuellar); Sanguillen (1,off Cuellar).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (2,7th inning off Blass 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Robertson (1,7th inning off Cuellar 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cash (1,by Cuellar).  IBB–Cuellar (1,Cash).  U–John Rice (AL), Ed Vargo (NL), Jim Odom (AL), John Kibler (NL), Ed Sudol (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL).  T–2:20.  A–50,403.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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