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Wednesday April 22, 1970
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Carl Yastrzemski, who had been hitless in seven straight trips to the plate and had only one hit in his last 15 tries, came through with a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning to send the Red Sox off to a 5-2 victory over the Orioles. Reggie Smith, who singled and stole second, scored on Yastrzemski's hit. The Red Sox iced the decision with two runs in the eighth on a single by Rico Petrocelli, double by Luis Alvarado and single by Jerry Moses. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Wednesday, April 22, 1970 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Orioles      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  0
Red Sox      0  0  2    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   5 13  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .222      Andrews 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .255
Belanger ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .160      Smith cf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .367
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   1   1     0   0   .326
F. Robinson rf        4   0   3   0     0   0   .350      Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Powell 1b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .174      Petrocelli ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .205
Blair cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .283      T. Conigliaro rf      4   0   1   0     0   0   .310
B. Robinson 3b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Alvarado 3b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .267
Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .372      Moses c               4   0   1   1     0   2   .372
Etchebarren c         3   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Lonborg p             2   1   2   0     0   0   .500
  May ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Romo p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
McNally p             2   0   0   0     1   2   .200
  Leonhard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               35   2  10   2     2   8             Totals               34   5  13   5     2   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 25,660
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Red Sox 7
DP: Orioles 2, Red Sox 1
Doubles: Lonborg (1), Andrews (2), Alvarado (4)
Stolen Bases: Blair (7), Smith (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Powell (1)
GIDP: Belanger (2), Scott (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally L(3-1)          7.1  12   5   5   2   2   0  34   3.73
Leonhard                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   2  15.00
Totals                  8    13   5   5   2   3   0  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 6.1   7   2   2   2   7   0  28   2.14
Romo W(1-0)             2.2   3   0   0   0   1   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   8   0  38

Wild Pitches: McNally (1)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled; Belanger singled [Buford to
second]; F. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to second to first)
[Buford to third, Belanger to second]; Powell hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Buford scored]; Blair singled to left [Belanger
scored]; Blair stole second; B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews singled to center; Smith walked [Andrews to
second]; Yastrzemski forced Smith (second to shortstop) [Andrews
to third]; Scott grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Etchebarren was called
out on strikes; McNally struck out; Buford flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli flied out to center; T. Conigliaro flied
out to right; Alvarado singled to center; Moses struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger was called out on strikes; F. Robinson
singled to left; Powell struck out; Blair grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 3RD: Lonborg doubled to right; Andrews doubled [Lonborg
scored]; McNally threw a wild pitch [Andrews to third]; Smith
singled to left [Andrews scored]; Yastrzemski forced Smith
(first to shortstop); Scott grounded out (third to first)
[Yastrzemski to second]; Petrocelli grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson flied out to center; Etchebarren singled to right;
McNally struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: T. Conigliaro flied out to center; Alvarado popped
to catcher in foul territory; Moses struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford struck out; Belanger made an out to second;
F. Robinson singled to left; Powell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Lonborg singled; Andrews lined into a double play
(center to first) [Lonborg out at first]; Smith popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Blair grounded out (third to first); B. Robinson
lined to left; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Scott
singled to center; Petrocelli flied out to right; T. Conigliaro
singled to left [Scott to second]; Alvarado walked [Scott to
third, T. Conigliaro to second]; Moses forced Alvarado
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox
2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first);
McNally walked; Buford walked [McNally to second]; ROMO REPLACED
LONBORG (PITCHING); Belanger grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Buford out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Romo flied out to right; Andrews flied out to
center; Smith singled to center; Smith stole second; Yastrzemski
singled to right [Smith scored]; Scott grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: F. Robinson singled to center; Powell grounded out
(second to first) [F. Robinson to second]; Blair flied out to
center; B. Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Petrocelli singled to left; T. Conigliaro grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Petrocelli to second]; Alvarado doubled
to left [Petrocelli scored]; LEONHARD REPLACED MCNALLY
(PITCHING); Moses singled to left [Alvarado scored, Moses out at
second (left to second)]; Romo was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: Johnson struck out; MAY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; May
singled; CROWLEY BATTED FOR LEONHARD; Crowley forced May
(shortstop to second); Buford singled to right [Crowley to
second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR BELANGER; Rettenmund flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Red Sox 5.



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