Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
September 24, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1974 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 2 1
Sutherland 2b 4 0 2 0
Kaline dh 4 0 2 1
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Sanders 1b 3 0 1 0
Roberts rf 4 0 0 0
Meyer lf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0
  Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 2 2 1 2
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Coggins rf 3 1 2 0
  Cabell ph,rf,1b 2 0 1 0
Blair cf 5 0 2 0
Grich 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 1 2 0
Powell 1b 2 0 1 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Northrup rf 0 0 0 0
Baylor lf 4 1 2 1
Robinson 3b 3 1 1 1
Hendricks c 2 0 0 0
  Etchebarren ph,c 2 0 1 1
Belanger ss 4 1 1 0
McNally p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 3
Detroit 001 001 200491
Baltimore 000 021 02x5130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   5.1 9 3 1 0 0
  Hiller  L (17-12) 2.2 4 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
5
3
2
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally   6.2 8 4 4 2 4
  Reynolds  W (7-5) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
7

  E–LeFlore (8).  DP–Detroit 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Detroit LeFlore 2 (8,off McNally 2); Kaline (28,off McNally), Baltimore Blair (25,off Ruhle); Baylor (18,off Hiller); Robinson (26,off Hiller).  HR–Detroit Brinkman (14,7th inning off McNally 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Freehan (6,off McNally); Powell (3,off Ruhle).  IBB–Sanders (2,by McNally); Robinson (12,by Hiller).  SB–Baylor (26,2nd base off Hiller/Freehan).  CS–Coggins (6,3rd base by Ruhle/Freehan).  WP–Hiller (7).  IBB–Hiller (18,Robinson); McNally (6,Sanders).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:33.  A–11,492.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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