Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 13, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 1 2 0
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
Rettenmund lf 4 1 1 0
Robinson F. rf 2 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 3 0 0 1
Powell 1b 3 0 0 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 5 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 3 0
Stargell lf 5 1 2 1
Oliver cf 4 0 2 2
Robertson 1b 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 1 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Kison p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 1
  Alley pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 14 4
Baltimore 300 000 000341
Pittsburgh 201 000 10x4140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   5.1 10 3 3 3 4
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Watt  L (0-1) 1.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Richert   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
4
4
4
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walker   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Kison  W (1-0) 6.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Giusti  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
1
4

  E–Blair (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Sanguillen (1).  2B–Baltimore Blair (1,off Kison), Pittsburgh Stargell (1,off Dobson); Oliver (1,off Dobson).  SF–B Robinson (1,off Walker); Powell (1,off Walker).  HBP–Johnson (1,by Kison); F Robinson (1,by Kison); Etchebarren (1,by Kison).  IBB–F Robinson (1,by Walker); Oliver (1,by Dobson).  SB–Sanguillen (1,2nd base off Dobson/Etchebarren); Hernandez (1,2nd base off Dobson/Etchebarren).  HBP–Kison 3 (3,Johnson,F Robinson,Etchebarren).  IBB–Dobson (1,Oliver); Walker (1,F Robinson).  U–Ed Vargo (NL), Jim Odom (AL), John Kibler (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL), John Rice (AL), Ed Sudol (NL).  T–2:48.  A–51,378.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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