The Orioles continued their domination of the Royals with a 5-4 victory, beating the expansion club for the 20th straight time over two seasons. The Royals' pitching staff had not allowed a homer for 135 innings until Frank Robinson broke that string with a two-run shot in the third to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead. Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 4Game Played on Thursday, July 23, 1970 (Night game) at Municipal StadiumOrioles 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 7 0 Royals 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Buford lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .293 Kelly rf 3 1 0 0 2 2 .250 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Otis cf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .301 Rettenmund cf,lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .284 Piniella lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .308 F. Robinson rf 2 1 1 3 2 0 .329 Kirkpatrick c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .228 Crowley 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Oliver 1b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .262 Salmon ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Sorrell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .283 B. Robinson 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .283 Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Hendricks c 5 0 0 1 0 0 .230 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .196 Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 1 3 .290 Matchick ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .216 Grich ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .233 Schaal ph,3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Drago p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .068 Palmer p 3 1 0 0 1 2 .176 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Richert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Riley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Watt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Monteagudo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 7 5 7 10 Totals 33 4 9 3 7 4 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 11,222 Left on Base: Orioles 10, Royals 10 DP: Orioles 2, Royals 0 Errors: Hernandez Doubles: Oliver (17), Sorrell (1) Triples: B. Robinson (3), Grich (2) Home Runs: F. Robinson (18) Stolen Bases: Buford 2 (9), Otis (20) Sacrifice Hits: Drago (5) Sacrifice Flies: F. Robinson (4) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(14-6) 7.1 7 4 4 6 3 0 34 2.79 Richert 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 2.31 Watt SV(8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.89 Totals 9 9 4 4 7 4 0 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago L(6-8) 8 7 5 5 5 9 1 36 4.09 O'Riley 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3.86 Burgmeier 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Monteagudo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.21 Totals 9 7 5 5 7 10 1 42 Wild Pitches: O'Riley (2) Balks: Palmer (2) Umpires: HP - Johnny Stevens, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Merle Anthony ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Buford stole second; Rettenmund struck out; F. Robinson flied out to center; Crowley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Kelly walked; Otis singled to right [Kelly to second]; Piniella flied out to right [Kelly to third]; Otis stole second; Palmer balked [Kelly scored, Otis to third]; Kirkpatrick walked; Oliver struck out; Sorrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 1. ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson tripled; Hendricks grounded out (second to first) [B. Robinson scored]; Johnson struck out; Grich was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Rojas flied out to center; Matchick singled to center; Drago out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Matchick to second]; Kelly walked; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Palmer struck out; Buford singled to right; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first) [Buford to second]; F. Robinson homered [Buford scored]; Crowley singled to right; B. Robinson forced Crowley (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Kirkpatrick popped to third in foul territory; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 1. ORIOLES 4TH: Hendricks popped to third in foul territory; Johnson struck out; Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Sorrell singled to right; Rojas walked [Sorrell to second]; Matchick walked [Sorrell to third, Rojas to second]; Drago struck out; Kelly struck out; Otis walked [Sorrell scored, Rojas to third, Matchick to second]; Piniella forced Otis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Palmer struck out; Buford grounded out (first to pitcher); Rettenmund walked; F. Robinson walked [Rettenmund to second]; Crowley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver doubled; Sorrell doubled to right [Oliver scored]; Rojas lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Sorrell out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 3. ORIOLES 6TH: B. Robinson made an out to first; Hendricks flied out to left; Johnson walked; Grich grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Matchick grounded out (first unassisted); Drago popped to first in foul territory; Kelly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 3. ORIOLES 7TH: Palmer walked; Buford was called out on strikes; Rettenmund singled to center [Palmer to third]; F. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Palmer scored]; Crowley grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Otis made an out to third; Piniella made an out to first; Kirkpatrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Royals 3. ORIOLES 8TH: B. Robinson singled to left; Hendricks flied out to center; Johnson struck out; Grich tripled [B. Robinson scored]; Palmer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Oliver singled to center; Sorrell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliver to second]; Rojas singled to center [Oliver scored]; RICHERT REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); SCHAAL BATTED FOR MATCHICK; Schaal walked [Rojas to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR DRAGO; Taylor lined into a double play (third to first) [Schaal out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Royals 4. ORIOLES 9TH: SCHAAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HERNANDEZ REPLACED SORRELL (PLAYING SS); O'RILEY REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Buford walked; Buford stole second; O'Riley threw a wild pitch [Buford to third]; Rettenmund struck out; F. Robinson walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED O'RILEY (PITCHING); SALMON BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Salmon reached on a fielder's choice [Buford out at home (shortstop to catcher), F. Robinson to second]; MONTEAGUDO REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); B. Robinson reached on an error by Hernandez [F. Robinson to third, Salmon to second, B. Robinson to first]; Hendricks popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Royals 4. ROYALS 9TH: SALMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BELANGER REPLACED BUFORD (PLAYING SS); RETTENMUND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BLAIR REPLACED GRICH (PLAYING CF); Kelly was called out on strikes; Otis singled to second; Piniella flied out to right; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Otis to third]; WATT REPLACED RICHERT (PITCHING); Oliver forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Royals 4. |
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