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Jim Palmer turned in his 16th complete game of the season for the Orioles and posted his 18th victory by defeating the Athletics, 5-1. Don Buford started Palmer on the way to victory with a two-run homer in the third inning. Felipe Alou accounted for the A's run with a round-tripper in the fourth. [The Sporting News] Baltimore Orioles 5, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Wednesday, August 26, 1970 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumA's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Orioles 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 x - 5 11 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Buford lf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .275 Hovley rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Salmon ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .306 Alou lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .282 Crowley 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Mincher 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Powell 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .305 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Belanger pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 F. Robinson rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .310 Tenace c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Blair cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .261 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .176 B. Robinson 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .273 Davis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .280 LaRussa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Hendricks c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .233 Hunter p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .203 Palmer p 4 1 0 0 0 1 .176 Lachemann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donaldson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Rudi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 6 Totals 34 5 11 5 2 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 13,937 Left on Base: A's 5, Orioles 9 DP: A's 1, Orioles 0 Errors: Campaneris, Jackson Doubles: Hunter (3), Powell (22) Home Runs: Alou (8), Buford (14) Stolen Bases: Jackson (19), Blair (19) Sacrifice Flies: F. Robinson (5) Hit by Pitch: Hendricks (2,by Hunter) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter L(15-12) 3 6 3 3 1 2 1 17 3.69 Lachemann 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2.55 Locker 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 10 2.82 Grant 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.69 Lindblad 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.26 Totals 8 11 5 4 2 6 1 38 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(18-7) 9 6 1 1 1 6 1 33 2.55 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 6 1 33 Hit by Pitch: Hunter (9) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - John Rice ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Hovley popped to second; Alou flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Buford popped to catcher in foul territory; Salmon struck out; Powell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Mincher flied out to left; Bando struck out; Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; Tenace popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: F. Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Blair singled to left; Blair stole second; B. Robinson popped to second; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green struck out; Hunter doubled; Campaneris was called out on strikes; Hovley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks was hit by a pitch; On a bunt Palmer forced Hendricks (pitcher to shortstop); Buford homered [Palmer scored]; Salmon singled to left; Powell flied out to left; F. Robinson singled to center [Salmon to third (error by Jackson)]; Blair struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Orioles 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou homered; Mincher popped to third in foul territory; Bando popped to second; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson walked; Johnson singled to center [B. Robinson to second]; Hendricks singled to right [B. Robinson scored, Johnson to third, Hendricks to second (on throw)]; LACHEMANN REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Palmer grounded out (shortstop to first); Buford was walked intentionally; Salmon hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Johnson out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace flied out to left; Green grounded out (third to first); DONALDSON BATTED FOR LACHEMANN; Donaldson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 5TH: LOCKER REPLACED DONALDSON (PITCHING); Powell doubled to left; F. Robinson reached on a fielder's choice [Powell out at third (second to third)]; Blair struck out; B. Robinson forced F. Robinson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Hovley made an out to first; Alou was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Johnson struck out; Hendricks flied out to right; Palmer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Mincher singled to right; Bando singled to center [Mincher to second]; Jackson was called out on strikes; Tenace flied out to right; DAVIS BATTED FOR GREEN; Davis singled to center [Mincher out at home (center to catcher), Bando to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 7TH: LARUSSA REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 2B); Buford singled to right; Salmon reached on an error by Campaneris [Buford to second, Salmon to first]; Powell singled to right [Buford scored, Salmon to third]; BELANGER RAN FOR POWELL; GRANT REPLACED LOCKER (PITCHING); F. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Salmon scored (unearned)]; Blair struck out; B. Robinson popped to shortstop; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: CROWLEY REPLACED SALMON (PLAYING 1B); BELANGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); RUDI BATTED FOR GRANT; Rudi flied out to right; Campaneris flied out to center; Hovley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED RUDI (PITCHING); Johnson singled to center; Hendricks singled to right [Johnson to second]; On a bunt Palmer struck out; Buford forced Johnson (left to third) [Hendricks to second, Buford to first]; Crowley flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Mincher singled to center; Bando flied out to center; Jackson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 5. |
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