Led by Curt Motton, who hit the first grand-slam of his major league career, the Orioles powered their way to an 11-3 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, but all Motton could do in the nightcap was hit a two-run homer to prevent a shutout in a 3-2 loss to the Indians. Grant Jackson started the first game for the Orioles and was kayoed after giving three runs with two out in the first inning. Dave Leonhard relieved and allowed only one hit in the last 8 1/3 innings. The Orioles wiped out the Indians' 3-1 lead with six runs in the fifth. Motton capped the outburst with his slam off Sam McDowell.

In the nightcap, the Indians' runs off Dave Boswell in the sixth inning were unearned as the result of an error by Frank Robinson at first base. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 11, Cleveland Indians 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      10, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Orioles      0  0  0    1  6  4    0  0  x  -  11 12  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .276      Buford lf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .315
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Salmon 2b,1b          5   1   0   0     0   1   .106
R. Foster rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      F. Robinson 1b        3   2   2   3     1   0   .309
Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   2     0   0   .313        Blair cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Hinton lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Rettenmund cf,rf      5   3   3   2     0   1   .307
  Baker lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .198      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     1   1   .287
Leon 2b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Etchebarren c         1   1   0   0     2   1   .223
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Hendricks ph,c      1   0   1   1     0   0   .269
  Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Motton rf             4   1   1   4     0   0   .111
Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     1   1   .190        Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Suarez c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .149      DaVanon ss,2b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Jackson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Bevacqua 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Leonhard p          4   1   2   0     0   1   .500

Totals               32   3   5   3     2   2             Totals               35  11  12  10     5   7

Time of Game: 2:27
Left on Base: Indians 4, Orioles 6
DP: Indians 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Rettenmund
Doubles: Chambliss (11), Leon (4), Rettenmund (8), Buford (10)
Triples: B. Robinson (1)
Home Runs: Rettenmund (7), Motton (1), F. Robinson (14)
Stolen Bases: Uhlaender (2)
GIDP: Motton (1)
Hit by Pitch: Buford (7,by Colbert)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(9-8)         5     7   7   7   5   6   2  26   3.09
Colbert                 3     5   4   4   0   1   1  15   4.62
Totals                  8    12  11  11   5   7   3  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jackson                 0.2   4   3   3   0   0   0   6   3.38
Leonhard W(1-0)         8.1   1   0   0   2   2   0  28   0.00
Totals                  9     5   3   3   2   2   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Colbert (4)
Wild Pitches: McDowell (7)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to left; Nettles singled to right
[Uhlaender to second]; R. Foster popped to second; Chambliss
doubled [Uhlaender scored, Nettles scored, Chambliss to third
(error by Rettenmund)]; Hinton popped to catcher in foul
territory; Leon doubled to left [Chambliss scored]; LEONHARD
REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Heidemann walked; Suarez flied out
to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: BAKER REPLACED HINTON (PLAYING LF); Buford grounded
out (third to first); Salmon flied out to left; F. Robinson
singled to right; Rettenmund struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: McDowell flied out to center; Uhlaender grounded
out (first unassisted); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson walked; Etchebarren was called out on
strikes; Motton grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [B. Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 3RD: R. Foster grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: DaVanon was called out on strikes; Leonhard
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buford walked; Salmon struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Leon flied out to right; Heidemann grounded out
(third to first); Suarez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: F. Robinson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Rettenmund homered; B. Robinson tripled; Etchebarren walked;
Motton reached on a fielder's choice [B. Robinson out at home
(third to catcher), Etchebarren to second]; DaVanon was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 5TH: McDowell grounded out (pitcher to first); Uhlaender
walked; Uhlaender stole second; Nettles popped to second; R.
Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Leonhard singled to center; Buford singled to
center [Leonhard to second]; Salmon forced Leonhard (pitcher to
third) [Buford to second, Salmon to first]; F. Robinson walked
[Buford to third, Salmon to second]; Rettenmund singled to right
[Buford scored, Salmon to third, F. Robinson to second];
McDowell threw a wild pitch [Salmon scored, F. Robinson to
third, Rettenmund to second]; B. Robinson struck out;
Etchebarren walked; Motton homered [F. Robinson scored,
Rettenmund scored, Etchebarren scored]; DaVanon flied out to
center; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Baker popped to
shortstop; Leon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 6TH: COLBERT REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); BEVACQUA REPLACED
MCDOWELL (PLAYING 2B); Leonhard singled to center; Buford was
hit by a pitch [Leonhard to second]; Salmon popped to second; F.
Robinson homered [Leonhard scored, Buford scored]; Rettenmund
doubled to right; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
HENDRICKS BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Hendricks singled to right
[Rettenmund scored]; Motton flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 11.

INDIANS 7TH: SALMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BLAIR
REPLACED F. ROBINSON (PLAYING CF); RETTENMUND CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BELANGER
REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING SS); DAVANON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Heidemann flied out to left; Suarez flied out to center;
Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 11.

ORIOLES 7TH: DaVanon grounded out (shortstop to first); Leonhard
struck out; Buford doubled to left; Salmon grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 11.

INDIANS 8TH: Uhlaender flied out to center; Nettles grounded out
(first unassisted); R. Foster grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 11.

ORIOLES 8TH: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund
flied out to center; B. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 11.

INDIANS 9TH: Chambliss singled to center; Baker flied out to
center; HODGE BATTED FOR COLBERT; Hodge popped to shortstop;
Heidemann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles
11.