Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 14, 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Powell 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 0 0 0
Hendricks c 2 0 0 0
Robinson B. 3b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
McNally p 1 0 0 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
  Shopay ph 1 0 0 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Clines cf 3 2 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 1
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
Robertson 1b 3 1 1 1
Sanguillen c 4 1 1 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 2 0
Briles p 2 0 1 1
Totals 31 4 9 3
Baltimore 000 000 000021
Pittsburgh 021 010 00x490
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  L (1-1) 4.0 7 4 3 2 3
  Leonhard   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Dukes   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
2

  E–B Robinson (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  3B–Pittsburgh Clines (1,off McNally).  HR–Pittsburgh Robertson (2,2nd inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Briles 2 (2,off McNally,off Dukes).  HBP–Hernandez (1,by Dukes).  SB–Clines (1,2nd base off McNally/Hendricks); Sanguillen (2,2nd base off McNally/Hendricks).  WP–McNally (2).  HBP–Dukes (1,Hernandez).  U–Jim Odom (AL), John Kibler (NL), Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Ed Vargo (NL), John Rice (AL).  T–2:16.  A–51,377.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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