Bal. at Det. September 5, 1969

Mike Cuellar and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-0 in game 2 of this 4 game series between the top 2 teams in the AL East. Cuellar threw a 3-hit shutout and became the 1st pitcher in the AL to win 20 games this season. Oriole centerfielder Paul Blair had a fine day at the plate going 3 for 5 and driving in 4 runs. Baltimore now leads Detroit by 5.5 games.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Detroit Tigers              9/5/1969


 


  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG


  D.Buford LF         5  1  1  0 .309     T.Tresh SS          4  0  0  0 .202  


  P.Blair CF          5  2  3  4 .289     I.Brown 2B          4  0  1  0 .199  


  F.Robinson RF       3  0  0  0 .297     A.Kaline RF         3  0  0  0 .278  


  B.Powell 1B         5  0  1  0 .312     N.Cash 1B           4  0  0  0 .288  


  B.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  0 .260     W.Horton LF         3  0  1  0 .266  


  D.Johnson 2B        4  0  1  1 .251     J.Northrup CF       3  0  1  0 .304  


  A.Etchebarren C     4  0  0  0 .215     B.Freehan C         4  0  0  0 .262  


  M.Belanger SS       2  2  2  0 .262     D.Wert 3B           3  0  0  0 .243  


  M.Cuellar P         0  0  0  0 .195     M.Kilkenny P        1  0  0  0 .167  


                                        A-J.Price PH          1  0  0  0 .167  


                                          P.Dobson P          0  0  0  0 .138  


                                        B-M.Stanley PH        1  0  0  0 .237  


                                          B.Reed P            0  0  0  0 ----  


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         Totals      31  5  8  5                 Totals      31  0  3  0


 


A-Pinch Hit For Kilkenny In 4th Inning


B-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 7th Inning


 


Orioles......... 1 3 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  5  8  2


Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1


 


Orioles (87-51)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


M.Cuellar WIN(20-6)       9       3   0   0   3   3   0 137   2.51


Totals                    9       3   0   0   3   3   0


 


Tigers (81-56)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


M.Kilkenny LOSS(10-5)     4       6   4   4   2   3   1  79   3.40


P.Dobson                  3       2   1   1   0   3   0  36   3.25


B.Reed                    2       0   0   0   1   1   0  22   1.80


Totals                    9       8   5   5   3   7   1


 


ATTENDANCE- 52,598 DATE- Friday, September 5th 1969 TIME- Night 


T- 2:06


LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 8  Tigers: 7


DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1  Tigers: 0


ERRORS- B.Robinson, D.Johnson, B.Freehan


TRIPLES- I.Brown(5th)


HOME RUNS- P.Blair(20th)


SACRIFICE HITS- M.Cuellar-4


WALKS- F.Robinson, B.Robinson, M.Belanger, A.Kaline, W.Horton, J.Northrup


HIT BY PITCH- F.Robinson, M.Belanger


STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford, P.Blair, B.Robinson, D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren-3, T.Tresh,


             I.Brown, N.Cash


GIDP- B.Freehan


2-out RBI- D.Johnson, P.Blair-4


 


Mike Cuellar threw a 3 hit shutout at Tiger Stadium as the Baltimore Orioles


beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 5 to 0.


 


Paul Blair enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He ripped a single in the 1st


inning, belted a three-run homer in the 2nd inning and hit a one-base hit


which brought home a run in the 6th inning.  Baltimore had 8 hits for the


night.  


 


For Cuellar(20-6) it was his 2nd shutout this year. Mike Kilkenny(10-5) ended


up with the loss.  He gave up 4 runs and 6 hits in 4 innings.

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