Climaxing a four-run outburst in the sixth inning, Brooks Robinson hit the 200th homer of his career with the Orioles to defeat the White Sox, 4-3. Merv Rettenmund reached second base on a throwing error by Luis Aparicio and counted on a single by Curt Motton for the Orioles' first hit of the game off Tommy John. After Boog Powell walked, Paul Blair singled for the second run before Robinson followed with his round-tripper. Ed Herrmann and Carlos May hit homers to produce the White Sox tallies. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       9, 1970 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  x  -   4  3  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Rettenmund rf,lf      3   1   0   0     1   1   .280
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .341      Motton lf             2   1   1   1     0   0   .167
May lf                4   1   1   1     0   1   .298        May rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
O'Brien 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Powell 1b             2   1   0   0     1   0   .266
Hopkins 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .367      Blair cf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .255
Herrmann c            3   1   1   2     1   0   .242      B. Robinson 3b        3   1   1   2     0   0   .324
Berry cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .292      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .337
Knoop 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .203      Etchebarren c         2   0   0   0     1   2   .206
John p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Phoebus p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  McCraw ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               33   3   7   3     2   6             Totals               27   4   3   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance:  7,466
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Orioles 4
DP: White Sox 0, Orioles 0
Errors: Hopkins
Triples: Hopkins (1)
Home Runs: Herrmann (1), May (4), B. Robinson (4)
Sacrifice Hits: John (4)
Hit by Pitch: Motton (1,by John), Powell (2,by Murphy)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(2-6)             6     3   4   1   3   3   1  25   4.24
Murphy                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.30
Totals                  8     3   4   1   3   5   1  32

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus W(3-1)          8.1   7   3   3   2   5   2  34   1.59
Watt SV(2)              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.93
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   6   2  36

Hit by Pitch: John (3), Murphy (1)
Wild Pitches: Phoebus (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jim Odom


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Aparicio singled to left; May flied out to left; O'Brien forced
Aparicio (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund walked; Belanger forced Rettenmund
(second to shortstop); Motton was hit by a pitch [Belanger to
second]; Powell grounded out (first to pitcher) [Belanger to
third, Motton to second]; Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Herrmann
grounded out (second to first); Berry grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson flied out to right; Johnson flied out
to right; Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop singled to third; John out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Knoop to second]; Williams grounded
out (shortstop to first); Aparicio flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Phoebus flied out to center; Rettenmund flied out
to right; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: May was called out on strikes; O'Brien flied out
to center; Hopkins tripled; Herrmann homered [Hopkins scored];
Berry singled to left; Knoop struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Motton grounded out (third to first); Powell flied
out to left; Blair grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: John flied out to left; Williams flied out to
left; Aparicio flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson grounded out (second to first); Etchebarren walked;
Phoebus struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Orioles 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (third to first); O'Brien struck
out; Hopkins walked; Phoebus threw a wild pitch [Hopkins to
second]; Herrmann walked; Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Rettenmund reached on an error by Hopkins
[Rettenmund to second]; Belanger flied to right in foul
territory; Motton singled to left [Rettenmund scored
(unearned)]; Powell walked [Motton to second]; Blair singled to
right [Motton scored, Powell to third, Blair out at second
(right to shortstop)]; B. Robinson homered (unearned) [Powell
scored (unearned)]; Johnson flied out to center; 4 R (1 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MAY REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING RF); RETTENMUND
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Knoop grounded out (third to
first); MCCRAW BATTED FOR JOHN; McCraw grounded out (first to
pitcher); Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: MURPHY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); MCCRAW STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Etchebarren struck out; Phoebus grounded
out (pitcher to first); Rettenmund was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Aparicio struck out; May homered; O'Brien made an
out to second; Hopkins grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Belanger flied out to center; May flied out to
right; Powell was hit by a pitch; Blair flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Orioles 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); Berry
singled to right; WATT REPLACED PHOEBUS (PITCHING); Knoop was
called out on strikes; McCraw flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Orioles 4.