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Baltimore Orioles @ Cleveland Guardians

1968-08-01 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 12208 · night · 2:47

Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. Baltimore Orioles put up 4 in the 9th. Dave McNally earned the win. Curt Blefary went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	7
CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Dave McNally L: Luis Tiant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Rice · 1B: Cal Drummond · 2B: Jim Odom · 3B: Ed Runge · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buford	4	0	1	0	1	0
Mark Belanger	5	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Robinson	3	1	1	0	1	2
Boog Powell	3	1	1	0	1	1
Elrod Hendricks	4	1	1	2	0	0
Brooks Robinson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Davey Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Blefary	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dave McNally	3	0	1	1	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Nelson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Cardenal	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Azcue	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Horton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Harper	3	0	1	0	1	0
Vern Fuller	2	0	0	0	1	1
Larry Brown	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Tiant	3	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave McNally	9.0	6	3	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	8.0	7	2	6
Vicente Romo	1.0	0	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Buford: 6
Mark Belanger: K/C
Frank Robinson: K

Bot 1

Dave Nelson: W
Jose Cardenal: 8.1-2
Lou Johnson: S9.2-H
Joe Azcue: 7
Tony Horton: 8

Top 2

Boog Powell: W
Elrod Hendricks: 64(1)/FO
Brooks Robinson: 4
Davey Johnson: 7

Bot 2

Tommy Harper: W
Vern Fuller: K+CS2(24)/DP
Larry Brown: 8

Top 3

Curt Blefary: 4/L
Dave McNally: S7
Don Buford: 46(1)/FO
Mark Belanger: 43

Bot 3

Luis Tiant: 63
Dave Nelson: S/BG
Jose Cardenal: SB2#
Jose Cardenal: 3/FL
Lou Johnson: 6

Top 4

Frank Robinson: S8
Boog Powell: PO1(E1).1-2#
Boog Powell: 8
Elrod Hendricks: 3/G
Brooks Robinson: 7

Bot 4

Joe Azcue: 8
Tony Horton: 63
Tommy Harper: 63

Top 5

Davey Johnson: 8
Curt Blefary: HR#
Dave McNally: K
Don Buford: 63

Bot 5

Vern Fuller: W
Larry Brown: 4
Luis Tiant: 26(1)/BG/FO
Dave Nelson: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Mark Belanger: 63
Frank Robinson: K
Boog Powell: K/C

Bot 6

Jose Cardenal: 63
Lou Johnson: 4
Joe Azcue: S7
Tony Horton: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Elrod Hendricks: 31
Brooks Robinson: 2/FL
Davey Johnson: 63

Bot 7

Tommy Harper: S5#
Vern Fuller: 14/SH.1-2
Larry Brown: K
Luis Tiant: 4

Top 8

Curt Blefary: 5
Dave McNally: 53
Don Buford: S8
Mark Belanger: K/C

Bot 8

Dave Nelson: 8
Jose Cardenal: 9
Lou Johnson: S7
Joe Azcue: S7.1-3
Tony Horton: 8

Top 9

Frank Robinson: W
Boog Powell: D7.1-3
Elrod Hendricks: S9.3-H;2-H
Brooks Robinson: D7.1-H
Davey Johnson: 9.2-3
Curt Blefary: IW
Dave McNally: SB2#
Dave McNally: 7/SF.3-H
Don Buford: IW
Mark Belanger: 4

Bot 9

Tommy Harper: 8
Vern Fuller: 7
Larry Brown: 53