Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles
October 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 1979 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 0 0
Foli ss 5 1 1 0
Parker rf 5 1 4 0
Robinson B. lf 5 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 5 1 1 2
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Nicosia c 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 3 2
Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Rooker p 1 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 11 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 1 0
Belanger ss 3 1 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 1 0
Murray 1b 2 1 1 0
Lowenstein lf 4 1 0 1
  Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 2
Smith 2b 2 0 1 0
  Dauer ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Flanagan p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 3
Pittsburgh 000 102 0104113
Baltimore 500 000 00x563
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (0-1) 0.1 3 5 4 2 0
  Rooker   3.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Romo   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Robinson   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
4
6
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (1-0) 9.0 11 4 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
11
4
2
1
7

  E–Foli (1), Stargell (1), Garner (1), Belanger (1), DeCinces 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (1,off Flanagan); Garner (1,off Flanagan).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (1,8th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore DeCinces (1,1st inning off Kison 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bumbry (1,off Rooker).  IBB–Smith (1,by Romo).  CS–Parker (1,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  SB–Murray (1,2nd base off Romo/Nicosia).  WP–Kison (1).  IBB–Romo (1,Smith).  U–Jerry Neudecker (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Paul Runge (NL), Jim McKean (AL).  T–3:18.  A–53,735.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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