Don Baylor, the Orioles' rookie outfielder who drove in two runs with a single in the first inning in his first time at bat in the major leagues, sent home another run with a single in the 11th to beat the Indians, 4-3. After Baylor's hit with the bases loaded in the opening frame, the Orioles counted again in the fourth on a single by Oates and a triple by Bobby Grich, but Duke Sims tied the score for the Indians with a three-run homer in the sixth.

Roger Freed walked for the Orioles in the 11th and gave way to Paul Blair, who stole second and continued to third when Eddie Leon missed the throw. Baylor followed with his winning single. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Friday, September 18, 1970 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  9  1
Orioles      2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   4  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          5   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Buford lf             3   1   0   0     2   0   .269
Nettles 3b            4   0   2   0     1   0   .237      Salmon 3b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .260
Pinson rf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .285      Crowley 1b            4   0   0   0     1   2   .280
Foster lf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .268      Freed rf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Sims c                4   1   1   3     1   0   .253        Blair pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .265
Hinton 1b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .325      Baylor cf             5   0   2   3     0   0   .400
Lowenstein 2b         4   0   2   0     0   1   .233      Oates c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .400
  Ford ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Grich 2b              3   0   1   1     1   1   .192
  Fuller 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Leon ss               4   0   1   0     1   0   .257      Phoebus p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .158
Hargan p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .135        Motton ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .222
  Bradford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .070
  Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .288        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   3   9   3     5   5             Totals               34   4   6   4     7   4

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  5,752
Left on Base: Indians 10, Orioles 7
DP: Indians 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Fuller
Doubles: Pinson (26)
Triples: Lowenstein (1), Grich (3)
Home Runs: Sims (22)
Stolen Bases: Blair (23)
Caught Stealing: Leon (2), Salmon (2)
GIDP: Crowley (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  8     5   3   3   6   3   0  33   2.96
Higgins                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.99
Lasher L(2-9)           0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   4.11
Totals                 10     6   4   4   7   4   0  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus                 7     8   3   3   2   4   1  31   3.08
Hardin                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.56
Richert W(6-2)          2     0   0   0   3   1   0   8   2.20
Totals                 11     9   3   3   5   5   1  46

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Emmett Ashford, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Nettles
singled to center; Pinson struck out; Foster flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Salmon singled to left [Buford to
second]; Crowley walked [Buford to third, Salmon to second];
Freed made an out to first; Debut game for Roger Freed;
Baylor singled to right [Buford scored, Salmon scored, Crowley
to second]; Debut game for Don Baylor; Oates flied out to
left; Grich was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Sims lined to first; Hinton singled to center;
Lowenstein flied out to center; Leon singled to second [Hinton
to second]; Hargan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Belanger flied out to right; Phoebus struck out;
Buford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Nettles
walked; Pinson forced Nettles (second to shortstop); Foster
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Salmon walked; Salmon was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Crowley was called out on strikes; Freed
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Sims lined to right; Hinton grounded out (third to
first); Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Baylor flied out to right; Oates singled to center;
Grich tripled to center [Oates scored]; Belanger reached on a
fielder's choice [Grich out at home (first to catcher)]; Phoebus
singled to right [Belanger to second]; Buford flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon flied out to center; Hargan grounded out
(third to first); Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Salmon flied out to left; Crowley grounded out
(second to first); Freed grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles flied out to right; Pinson doubled to left;
Foster singled to pitcher [Pinson stayed at second]; Sims
homered [Pinson scored, Foster scored]; Hinton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lowenstein singled to center; Leon forced
Lowenstein (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor grounded out (pitcher to third to first);
Oates flied out to center; Grich walked; Belanger grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Hargan struck out; Uhlaender walked; Nettles
singled to center [Uhlaender to second]; Pinson made an out to
shortstop; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: MOTTON BATTED FOR PHOEBUS; Motton walked; Buford
walked [Motton to second]; Salmon forced Buford (pitcher to
shortstop) [Motton to third]; Crowley grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Salmon out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 8TH: HARDIN REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Sims flied out
to right; Hinton flied out to center; Lowenstein tripled to
center; Leon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Freed grounded out (pitcher to first); Baylor
grounded out (second to first); Oates flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: BRADFORD BATTED FOR HARGAN; Bradford flied out to
left; Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: HIGGINS REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Grich
grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger flied out to right;
POWELL BATTED FOR HARDIN; Powell grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 10TH: RICHERT REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); Pinson flied
out to left; Foster walked; Sims walked [Foster to second];
Hinton flied out to right [Foster to third]; FORD BATTED FOR
LOWENSTEIN; Ford forced Sims (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 10TH: FULLER REPLACED FORD (PLAYING 2B); Buford popped
to catcher in foul territory; Salmon made an out to shortstop;
Crowley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 11TH: Leon walked; BROWN BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Brown
struck out while Leon was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Uhlaender grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 11TH: LASHER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Freed walked;
BLAIR RAN FOR FREED; Blair stole second [Blair to third (error
by Fuller)]; Baylor singled to right [Blair scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 4.