Baltimore Orioles vs Milwaukee Brewers
August 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1988 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers 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 3, Milwaukee Brewers 8

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak lf 5 1 3 0
Anderson cf 5 1 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
Tettleton c 4 0 2 1
Lynn rf 4 0 1 0
Traber dh 4 0 0 0
Gonzales 3b 4 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 4 0 1 0
Peraza p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 3b 4 0 3 2
  Castillo pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 5 1 1 1
Yount cf 4 1 2 2
  Felder cf 1 0 0 0
Brock 1b 4 1 1 0
Deer rf 4 1 2 1
  Adduci rf 0 0 0 0
Surhoff c 4 1 1 0
Meyer dh 3 1 1 1
Gantner 2b 4 1 1 1
Sveum ss 3 1 2 0
Birkbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Crim p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Baltimore 300 000 0003101
Milwaukee 020 400 20x8140
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Peraza  L (5-5) 3.2 6 6 4 3 1
  Dillard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sisk   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
6
3
2
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Birkbeck  W (8-5) 5.1 8 3 3 0 4
  Mirabella   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Crim   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
7

  E–Murray (11).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore Orsulak (14,off Birkbeck); Murray (17,off Birkbeck); Tettleton (8,off Birkbeck), Milwaukee Leonard (9,off Peraza); Yount (27,off Peraza).  SB–Surhoff (14,2nd base off Peraza/Tettleton); Molitor (33,2nd base off Peraza/Tettleton).  CS–Surhoff (5,2nd base by Sisk/Tettleton).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:05.  A–30,181.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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