Baltimore Orioles vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 1979 at Three Rivers 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

Baltimore Orioles 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 1 1
Garcia ss 5 2 2 2
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 5 0 3 1
Murray 1b 5 1 0 0
DeCinces 3b 1 1 0 0
Roenicke lf 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 2 1 1 2
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0
  Smith ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Skaggs c 3 1 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 2
  Dempsey pr,c 0 1 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 1 0
  Stoddard p 1 0 1 1
Totals 37 9 12 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 2 1
Foli ss 4 2 3 0
Parker rf 5 0 2 1
Stargell 1b 5 1 3 1
Milner lf 3 1 2 1
  Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 1 2 0
Ott c 5 0 1 2
Garner 2b 4 1 2 0
Bibby p 3 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson B. lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 17 6
Baltimore 003 000 0609120
Pittsburgh 040 011 0006171
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   1.1 6 4 4 0 0
  Stewart   2.2 4 0 0 1 0
  Stone   2.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Stoddard  W (1-0) 3.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
17
6
6
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby   6.1 7 3 2 2 7
  Jackson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Tekulve  L (0-1) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
5
8

  E–Madlock (1).  DP–Baltimore 2, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Baltimore Garcia (2,off Bibby); Singleton (1,off Bibby); Lowenstein (1,off Tekulve); Crowley (1,off Tekulve), Pittsburgh Madlock (1,off D Martinez); Ott (1,off D Martinez); Stargell (2,off Stewart); Milner (1,off Stone); Parker (2,off Stone).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (2,2nd inning off D Martinez 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Smith (2,by Tekulve); Milner (1,by Stewart); Madlock (1,by Stone).  SB–DeCinces (1,2nd base off Bibby/Ott).  CS–Madlock (2,2nd base by Stoddard/Skaggs).  IBB–Stewart (1,Milner); Stone (1,Madlock); Tekulve (1,Smith).  U–Terry Tata (NL), Jim McKean (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL), Russ Goetz (AL), Bob Engel (NL).  T–3:48.  A–50,883.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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