Pittsburgh Pirates vs Baltimore Orioles
October 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 16, 1979 at Memorial 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 3 1
Foli ss 5 1 2 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 1
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 1
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Ott c 4 1 2 0
Garner 2b 3 1 2 0
Candelaria p 2 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Ayala lf 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 3 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke cf 2 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 2 0 1 0
  Smith ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Palmer p 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 2204100
Baltimore 000 000 000071
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (1-1) 6.0 6 0 0 0 2
  Tekulve  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (0-1) 8.0 10 4 4 3 5
  Stoddard   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–Bumbry (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Foli (1,off Palmer); Garner (3,off Palmer).  SF–Stargell (2,off Palmer); B Robinson (1,off Palmer).  HBP–Garner (1,by Palmer).  HBP–Palmer (1,Garner).  U–Paul Runge (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL), Bob Engel (NL), Russ Goetz (AL), Jim McKean (AL), Terry Tata (NL).  T–2:30.  A–53,739.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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