The Orioles' string of five straight victories since the start of the season came to an end with a 7-2 loss to the Tigers. Joe Niekro helped assure the triumph by hitting a triple with two men on base in the fourth inning when the Tigers scored five runs. Niekro yielded only six hits but was lifted in the ninth after Brooks Robinson homered for the Orioles and Tom Timmerman came in to register the final out. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Sunday, April     12, 1970 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       2  0  0    5  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 13  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley 1b,cf         5   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Buford lf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .250
McAuliffe 2b          3   1   2   0     2   1   .238      Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Kaline rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .304      F. Robinson rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Horton lf             3   1   3   2     0   0   .364      Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .087
  Jones pr,1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Blair cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .227
Northrup cf,lf        5   0   1   0     0   0   .292      B. Robinson 3b        4   1   1   1     0   0   .333
Freehan c             4   1   2   1     1   1   .381      Johnson 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .500
Maddox 3b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Hendricks c           4   0   2   0     0   0   .143
Gutierrez ss          5   1   3   1     0   1   .385      Cuellar p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Niekro p              3   1   1   2     0   0   .200        Leonhard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hardin p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               37   7  13   6     5   3             Totals               34   2   7   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 13,253
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Orioles 7
DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Maddox, Hendricks
Doubles: Horton (4), Freehan (2), Gutierrez (1), McAuliffe (1)
Triples: Niekro (1)
Home Runs: B. Robinson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (3)
GIDP: Kaline (1), B. Robinson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Maddox (1,by Watt)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(2-0)           8.2   6   2   2   2   5   1  34   1.02
Timmermann SV(1)        0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   5   1  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(1-1)          3     8   4   4   1   1   0  16   4.50
Leonhard                0.1   2   3   3   2   0   0   5  27.00
Hardin                  4.2   3   0   0   2   1   0  19   0.00
Watt                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   9.00
Totals                  9    13   7   7   5   3   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Watt (1)
Wild Pitches: Leonhard (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley popped to first in foul territory; McAuliffe
struck out; Kaline singled to center; Horton doubled to left
[Kaline scored]; Northrup singled [Horton to third]; Freehan
singled to center [Horton scored, Northrup out at third (center
to third), Freehan to second (on throw to 3b)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; On a bunt Belanger singled [Buford
to second]; F. Robinson struck out; Powell forced Belanger
(shortstop to second) [Buford to third]; Blair lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Maddox flied out to center; Gutierrez singled to
center; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Gutierrez to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson made an out to second; Johnson lined to
right; Hendricks made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 2, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe singled to right; Kaline grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [McAuliffe out at
second]; Horton singled; Northrup popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Cuellar struck out; Buford struck out; Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan doubled; Maddox walked; LEONHARD REPLACED
CUELLAR (PITCHING); Gutierrez doubled [Freehan scored, Maddox to
third]; Niekro tripled to left [Maddox scored, Gutierrez
scored]; Stanley grounded out (third to first); McAuliffe was
walked intentionally; Leonhard threw a wild pitch [Niekro
scored, McAuliffe to third (error by Hendricks)]; Kaline walked;
HARDIN REPLACED LEONHARD (PITCHING); Horton singled to right
[McAuliffe scored, Kaline to third]; JONES RAN FOR HORTON;
Northrup flied out to left; Freehan walked [Jones to second];
Maddox forced Freehan (shortstop to second); 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
F. Robinson grounded out (second to first); Powell grounded out
(first to pitcher); Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Gutierrez popped to first in foul territory; Niekro
made an out to second; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: B. Robinson reached on an error by Maddox [B.
Robinson to second]; Johnson flied out to center; Hendricks
grounded out (pitcher to first) [B. Robinson to third]; Hardin
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
7, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe doubled to left; Kaline lined to
shortstop; Jones grounded out (second to first) [McAuliffe to
third]; Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger
grounded out (pitcher to first); F. Robinson flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan was called out on strikes; Maddox flied out
to right; Gutierrez singled; Niekro lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Powell struck out; Blair walked; B. Robinson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Blair out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles
0.

TIGERS 8TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe
walked; Kaline popped to first in foul territory; Jones forced
McAuliffe (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
7, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson singled to center; Hendricks singled to
right [Johnson to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR HARDIN; Crowley
flied out to right [Johnson to third]; Buford singled to center
[Johnson scored, Hendricks to second]; Belanger flied out to
left; F. Robinson flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 7, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 9TH: WATT REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Northrup flied out
to center; Freehan grounded out (third to first); Maddox was hit
by a pitch; Gutierrez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
7, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Powell flied out to right; Blair made an out to
third; B. Robinson homered; Johnson singled to left; TIMMERMANN
REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Hendricks singled [Johnson to
third]; MAY BATTED FOR WATT; May grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 7, Orioles 2.