The Baltimore Orioles couldn't pull it off against the Washington Senators, 5 to 4, on August 29, 1968.

1968 Baltimore Orioles

Final

WSH

Senators

52-80

5

BAL

Orioles

78-56

4

WSH

BAL

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

2

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

4

1

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

1

0

R

5

4

H

11

7

E

0

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Del Unser CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Ed Stroud RF 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ken McMullen 3B 5 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Frank Howard LF 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Mike Epstein 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Brant Alyea PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Haywood P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Baldwin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Humphreys P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Allen PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Bosman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim French C 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bernie Allen 2B 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ed Brinkman SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Cap Peterson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Cullen SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Moore P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Holman PH,1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 44 5 11 5 2 3 11 0 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Barry Moore 7.0 3 3 3 4 2 0
Bill Haywood 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Baldwin 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Humphreys 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dick Bosman (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 7 4 4 6 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Don Buford LF,2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mark Belanger SS 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fred Valentine PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Robinson RF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Boog Powell 1B 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brooks Robinson 3B 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Davey Johnson 2B,SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Blair CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Elrod Hendricks PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Merv Rettenmund CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Haney C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Curt Blefary PH,C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Nelson P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Pete Richert P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave May PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Watt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Morris P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 7 4 0 6 4 0 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Nelson 7.1 6 4 3 3 8 2
Pete Richert 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Eddie Watt (L) 1.2 4 1 1 0 2 0
John Morris 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 11.0 11 5 4 3 11 2

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