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Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 19, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, played on May 19, 1968 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 19, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 19, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Leonhard |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Hargan |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 3 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Emmett Ashford 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Bill Valentine |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curt Blefary | Right Fielder |
Davey Johnson | Second Baseman |
Frank Robinson | Left Fielder |
Boog Powell | First Baseman |
Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
Elrod Hendricks | Catcher |
Paul Blair | Center Fielder |
Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
Dave Leonhard | Pitcher |
Hank Bauer | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chico Salmon | Second Baseman |
Lee Maye | Left Fielder |
Max Alvis | Third Baseman |
Duke Sims | Catcher |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Vic Davalillo | Right Fielder |
Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Larry Brown | Shortstop |
Steve Hargan | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Orioles
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 19, 1968
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Hargan
Blefary hits a fly ball into right field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hargan
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Salmon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salmon vs. Leonhard
Salmon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maye vs. Leonhard
Leonhard fires over to first, and they've got Salmon trapped. There's the throw to Belanger, who drops the ball. That's an error on Belanger. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maye vs. Leonhard
Maye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Salmon moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alvis vs. Leonhard
Alvis hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sims vs. Leonhard
Sims hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Leonhard
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Leonhard
Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hargan
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendricks vs. Hargan
Hendricks strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Hargan
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Leonhard
Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Leonhard
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cardenal moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hargan vs. Leonhard
Hargan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out. Cardenal scores. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Salmon vs. Leonhard
Salmon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hargan moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maye vs. Leonhard
Maye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Blefary. Maye reaches second base with a double. Hargan scores. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alvis vs. Howard
Bruce Howard now pitching.
Alvis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Hargan
Belanger is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Hargan
Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Hargan
Blefary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Hargan
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Blefary moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blefary scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Hargan
Powell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hendricks vs. Hargan
Hendricks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sims settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Howard
Sims takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Howard
Horton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Blefary. Horton reaches second base with a double. Sims moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Davalillo vs. Howard
Davalillo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cardenal vs. Howard
Cardenal hits a fly ball into right field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sims tags and scores. Horton tags and moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Howard
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horton scores. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargan vs. Howard
There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargan vs. Howard
Hargan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Salmon vs. Howard
Salmon hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Hargan
Blair takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belanger vs. Hargan
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Belanger for the out. Blair moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Hargan
Howard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blefary vs. Hargan
Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Salmon fields it and throws to second for the out. Blair moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Hargan
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blair scores. Blefary moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hargan
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops it up and throws to first, with Hargan covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Howard
Maye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alvis vs. Howard
Alvis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sims vs. Howard
Sims is hit by the pitch. Maye moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Howard
Horton takes first base on ball four. Maye moves to third. Sims moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harper vs. O'Donoghue
John O'Donoghue now pitching. Tommy Harper pinch hits for Vic Davalillo.
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hargan
Tommy Harper now playing right field.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alvis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendricks vs. Hargan
Hendricks hits a fly ball into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Hargan
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. O'Donoghue
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. O'Donoghue
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargan vs. O'Donoghue
Hargan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Salmon vs. O'Donoghue
Salmon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Azcue vs. O'Donoghue
Joe Azcue pinch hits for Lee Maye.
Azcue hits a fly ball into right field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Hargan
Jose Vidal now playing left field.
Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Horton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Belanger for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Donoghue vs. Hargan
O'Donoghue strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Hargan
Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. O'Donoghue
Alvis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Alvis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sims vs. O'Donoghue
Sims hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Drabowsky
Moe Drabowsky now pitching.
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alvis moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harper vs. Drabowsky
Harper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenal vs. Drabowsky
Cardenal hits a line drive to right field. Blefary throws towards Johnson. Johnson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Alvis scores. Harper goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Drabowsky
There's a wild pitch. Cardenal moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Drabowsky
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hargan vs. Drabowsky
Hargan hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hargan
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alvis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hargan
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salmon vs. Drabowsky
Salmon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vidal vs. Drabowsky
Vidal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. Drabowsky
Alvis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Hargan
Robinson strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendricks vs. Hargan
Hendricks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Hargan
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sims vs. Drabowsky
Sims hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Blair. Sims reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Drabowsky
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Drabowsky
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sims scores. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenal vs. Drabowsky
There goes Harper. The throw from Hendricks and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Horton scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cardenal vs. Drabowsky
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Drabowsky
Brown is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hargan vs. Drabowsky
Hargan strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Hargan
Don Buford pinch hits for Mark Belanger.
Buford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Harper. Buford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Motton vs. Hargan
Curt Motton pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky.
Motton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blefary vs. Hargan
Blefary hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 6 - Indians, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Hargan
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/19/1968, game 1 -- Baltimore at Cleveland (D) Baltimore AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Blefary C, rf 5 2 1 0 Salmon C, 2b 5 1 2 0 Johnson D, 2b 4 1 2 1 Maye L, lf 3 1 3 1 Robinson F, lf 4 1 2 4 Azcue J, ph 1 0 0 0 Powell B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Vidal J, lf 1 0 0 0 Robinson B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Alvis M, 3b 5 1 1 0 Hendricks E, c 3 0 0 0 Sims D, c 3 3 2 3 Blair P, cf 3 1 0 0 Horton T, 1b 3 2 1 0 Belanger M, ss 3 0 0 0 Davalillo V, rf 2 0 0 0 Buford D, ph 1 0 1 0 Harper T, ph-rf 2 1 1 1 Leonhard D, p 0 0 0 0 Cardenal J, cf 4 1 2 2 Howard B, p 1 1 1 1 Brown L, ss 4 0 3 1 O'Donoghue J, p 1 0 0 0 Hargan S, p 4 1 0 1 Drabowsky M, p 0 0 0 0 Motton C, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 6 9 6 37 11 15 9 Baltimore 002 400 000 -- 6 Cleveland 322 002 02x -- 11 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO Leonhard D (L) 1.2 6 5 4 0 0 Howard B 1.2 3 2 2 3 2 O'Donoghue J 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 Drabowsky M 2.2 3 3 2 3 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Hargan S (W) 9.0 9 6 6 4 6 E -- Belanger M, Johnson D, Hendricks E DP -- Baltimore 1, Cleveland 2 LOB -- Baltimore 5, Cleveland 10 2B -- Maye L, Horton T, Alvis M, Sims D, Buford D HR -- Sims D, Howard B, Robinson F SB -- Harper T SF -- Cardenal J HBP -- by Howard B (Sims D) WP -- Howard B, Drabowsky M T -- 3:08 A -- 0
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