The first major league batter to hit three homers in a game this season, Paul Blair accomplished feat in the Orioles' 18-2 romp over the White Sox. Blair smashed his first homer with two men on base in the third inning, connected again with one aboard in the fourth and finished his slugging with a solo swat in the ninth. Elrod Hendricks and Boog Powell also homered for the Orioles, each with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 18, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     29, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Orioles      0  3  3    7  3  0    0  0  2  -  18 20  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  4


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   1   1   0     2   0   .235      Williams rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .209
Belanger ss           3   3   2   1     3   0   .211      Aparicio ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .359
F. Robinson rf        3   2   2   1     0   0   .373        Morales ss          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Rettenmund rf       2   1   2   0     1   0   .357      May lf                2   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Powell 1b             3   1   1   4     1   0   .219        Christian lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Crowley 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Melton 3b             3   1   2   2     1   0   .348
Blair cf              6   3   3   6     0   1   .275      Hopkins 1b,c          4   0   2   0     0   0   .433
B. Robinson 3b        4   1   1   0     0   0   .314      Bradford cf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .245
  Salmon 3b           2   1   1   0     0   0   .600      Herrmann c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Johnson 2b            6   2   3   0     0   0   .371        Wynne p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hendricks c           6   2   2   3     0   2   .263        McCraw ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Palmer p              6   1   2   2     0   2   .267        Arrigo p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Berry ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
                                                          Knoop 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .171
                                                          Sisk p                1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Rounsaville p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Secrist p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Matias ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   2   .154

Totals               48  18  20  17     7   5             Totals               33   2   8   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  5,188
Left on Base: Orioles 10, White Sox 6
DP: Orioles 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Melton, Hopkins 2, Matias
Doubles: Hendricks (3), F. Robinson (5)
Home Runs: Hendricks (1), Blair 3 (4), Powell (5), Melton (3)
GIDP: Bradford (5), Herrmann (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(3-1)           9     8   2   2   2   6   1  35   3.38
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   6   1  35

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sisk L(1-1)             3     5   8   7   3   1   2  17   8.40
Rounsaville             0.1   4   5   4   0   0   1   6   9.95
Secrist                 2.2   6   3   3   3   2   1  17   3.86
Wynne                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.35
Arrigo                  2     5   2   1   1   2   1  12   9.35
Totals                  9    20  18  15   7   5   5  55

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger
walked; F. Robinson lined into a double play (second to first)
[Belanger out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
grounded out (pitcher to first); May lined to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell walked; Blair struck out; B. Robinson forced
Powell (shortstop to second); Johnson singled to center [B.
Robinson to second]; Hendricks homered [B. Robinson scored,
Johnson scored]; Palmer grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton singled; Hopkins popped to third in foul
territory; Bradford grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Melton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford grounded out (second to first); Belanger
walked; F. Robinson singled to center [Belanger to second];
Powell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Belanger to third, F.
Robinson to second]; Blair homered [Belanger scored, F. Robinson
scored]; B. Robinson flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Herrmann flied out to center; Knoop flied out to
right; Sisk singled to left; Williams forced Sisk (pitcher to
shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, White
Sox 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Johnson reached on an error by Melton; Hendricks
doubled to right [Johnson to third]; ROUNSAVILLE REPLACED SISK
(PITCHING); Palmer singled to left [Johnson scored (unearned),
Hendricks scored]; Buford reached on an error by Hopkins [Palmer
to second]; Belanger singled [Palmer scored, Buford to third,
Belanger to second (on throw)]; F. Robinson doubled to right
[Buford scored (unearned), Belanger to third]; Powell grounded
out (second to first) [Belanger scored, F. Robinson to third];
Blair homered [F. Robinson scored]; SECRIST REPLACED ROUNSAVILLE
(PITCHING); B. Robinson reached on an error by Hopkins; Johnson
singled to center [B. Robinson to second]; Hendricks flied out
to right [B. Robinson to third]; Palmer struck out (catcher to
first); 7 R (5 ER), 6 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 13, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED F. ROBINSON (PLAYING RF);
Aparicio lined to shortstop; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); Melton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 13, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: CHRISTIAN REPLACED MAY (PLAYING LF); Buford walked;
Belanger singled to right [Buford out at third (right to second
to third to catcher)]; Rettenmund singled to right [Belanger to
third, Rettenmund to second (on throw to 3b)]; Powell homered
[Belanger scored, Rettenmund scored]; Blair flied out to left;
B. Robinson singled to right; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: CROWLEY REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 1B); SALMON
REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); Hopkins grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bradford walked; Herrmann grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bradford out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Hendricks struck out; Palmer singled to left;
Buford walked [Palmer to second]; Belanger made an out to
catcher; Rettenmund walked [Palmer to third, Buford to second];
Crowley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Orioles 16, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Knoop flied to right in foul territory; MATIAS
BATTED FOR SECRIST; Matias struck out; Williams flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: MATIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HOPKINS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); WYNNE REPLACED HERRMANN (PITCHING);
Blair made an out to first; Salmon grounded out (third to
first); Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Aparicio singled; Christian struck out; Melton
homered [Aparicio scored]; Hopkins singled to right; Bradford
was called out on strikes; MCCRAW BATTED FOR WYNNE; McCraw
singled to center [Hopkins to second]; Knoop grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox
2.

ORIOLES 8TH: ARRIGO REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); MORALES REPLACED
APARICIO (PLAYING SS); Hendricks grounded out (third to first);
Palmer struck out; Buford singled to right; Belanger walked
[Buford to second]; Rettenmund singled [Buford to third,
Belanger to second]; Crowley made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Matias struck out; Williams singled to left;
Morales struck out; Christian flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 16, White Sox 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Blair homered; Salmon singled to left; Johnson
singled to left [Salmon to second]; Hendricks was called out on
strikes; Palmer forced Johnson (third to second) [Salmon scored
(error by Matias) (unearned) (no RBI), Palmer to third]; Buford
flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 18,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Melton walked; Hopkins singled to right [Melton
to second]; Bradford struck out; BERRY BATTED FOR ARRIGO; Berry
flied out to left; Knoop forced Hopkins (second to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 18, White Sox 2.