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Wednesday May 20, 1970
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Winning for the first time since April 22, Mickey Lolich snapped the Tigers' six-game streak by defeating the Orioles, 4-0. Tom Phoebus, opposing Lolich, fell behind in the sixth inning when Dick McAuliffe walked, Cesar Gutierrez sacrificed and Al Kaline singled. Kaline took second on the throw to the plate and scored the second run on a single by Willie Horton. Jim Northrup homered with a man on base in the eighth. [The Sporting News]


Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 0

Game Played on Wednesday, May 20, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  x  -   4  5  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      McAuliffe 2b          1   1   0   0     3   0   .274
Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Gutierrez ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .278
F. Robinson rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .381      Kaline rf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .336
Powell 1b             3   0   2   0     0   1   .307      Cash 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Blair cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Stanley ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
B. Robinson 3b        3   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Horton lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .288
Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .320        Jones 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Etchebarren c         3   0   0   0     0   2   .204      Northrup cf,lf        4   1   1   2     0   0   .316
Phoebus p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .190      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Wert 3b               3   0   0   0     0   2   .192
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .107

Totals               30   0   3   0     0   9             Totals               29   4   5   4     4   7

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 17,586
Left on Base: Orioles 3, Tigers 6
DP: Orioles 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Buford
Home Runs: Northrup (4)
Stolen Bases: McAuliffe (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Gutierrez (4)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus L(3-2)          7     3   2   2   4   6   0  29   1.99
Richert                 1     2   2   2   0   1   1   5   1.35
Totals                  8     5   4   4   4   7   1  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(5-4)           9     3   0   0   0   9   0  30   2.90
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   9   0  30

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
popped to catcher in foul territory; F. Robinson lined to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher); Gutierrez
singled to left; Kaline walked [Gutierrez to second]; Cash flied
out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
0, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell struck out; Blair grounded out (third to
first); B. Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup flied out to center; Freehan made an out to
second; Wert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Johnson struck out; Etchebarren struck out; Phoebus
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Lolich was called out on strikes; McAuliffe walked;
McAuliffe stole second; Gutierrez struck out; Kaline grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers
0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Buford grounded out (second to first); Belanger
made an out to second; F. Robinson was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash flied out to center; Horton flied out to left;
Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Powell singled to left; Blair was called out on
strikes; B. Robinson flied out to right; Johnson singled to
right [Powell to second]; Etchebarren grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan grounded out (pitcher to first); Wert struck
out; Lolich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Phoebus popped to first in foul territory; Buford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger flied to left in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe walked; Gutierrez out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [McAuliffe to second]; Kaline singled to
center [McAuliffe scored, Kaline to second (on throw to home)];
Cash grounded out (second to first) [Kaline to third]; Horton
singled to left [Kaline scored]; Northrup flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: F. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Powell singled to center; Blair flied out to center; B. Robinson
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan reached on an error by Buford [Freehan to
second]; Wert grounded out (third to first); Lolich was called
out on strikes; McAuliffe was walked intentionally; Gutierrez
forced McAuliffe (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson flied out to center; Etchebarren struck
out; MOTTON BATTED FOR PHOEBUS; Motton made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Kaline singled
to center; STANLEY BATTED FOR CASH; On a bunt Stanley forced
Kaline (pitcher to shortstop); Horton forced Stanley (third to
second); Northrup homered [Horton scored]; Freehan struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORTHRUP
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); JONES REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING
1B); Buford was called out on strikes; Belanger was called out
on strikes; F. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 4.



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