Facing two of the Orioles' aces, the Angels knocked out both Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer while sweeping a doubleheader, 6-2 and 9-6. Cuellar was the victim of a five-run outburst by the Angels in the second inning of the opener. With two out, Jim Spencer walked, Syd O'Brien doubled, Jerry Moses tripled, Andy Messersmith doubled and Sandy Alomar homered.

Palmer was chased in the sixth inning of the nightcap, but the Orioles took him off the hook when Brooks Robinson hit a two-run homer to tie the score at 6-6 in the ninth. The Angels then beat Orlando Pena in the 13th. Ken Berry singled with the bases loaded to drive in the tie-breaking tally and John Stephenson doubled to add a pair of insurance runs. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 6, Baltimore Orioles 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      25, 1971 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Angels       0  5  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  5  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   1   1   2     0   0   .255      Buford lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .301
Berry cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .199      Shopay rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .303
McMullen 3b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .259      F. Robinson 1b        3   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Cowan lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .333      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Rivers rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Rettenmund cf         4   0   2   0     0   0   .308
T. Reynolds rf,lf     4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hendricks c           4   1   0   0     0   1   .246
Spencer 1b            2   1   1   0     2   0   .230      Johnson 2b            3   1   2   2     1   0   .278
O'Brien ss            3   1   1   1     1   1   .207      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .276
Moses c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .224      Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .061
Messersmith p         3   1   2   1     0   0   .185        Pena p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Salmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .118
                                                            Boswell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               34   6   9   5     4   3             Totals               32   2   5   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:11
Left on Base: Angels 6, Orioles 6
DP: Angels 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Messersmith, F. Robinson
Doubles: O'Brien (8), Messersmith (1), Johnson (17)
Triples: Moses (2)
Home Runs: Alomar (2), Johnson (10)
Caught Stealing: T. Reynolds (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith (5)
GIDP: T. Reynolds (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(10-9)     9     5   2   2   3   8   1  35   3.41
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   8   1  35

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(13-4)         1.2   5   5   5   1   0   1  10   3.43
Pena                    5.1   4   1   1   2   2   0  21   1.04
Boswell                 2     0   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.95
Totals                  9     9   6   6   4   3   1  39

Wild Pitches: Boswell (1)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Berry popped
to shortstop in foul territory; McMullen grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to right; Shopay grounded out (first
to second) [Buford to second]; F. Robinson flied out to left; B.
Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Orioles 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Cowan singled to left; T. Reynolds forced Cowan
(shortstop to second) [T. Reynolds to first]; T. Reynolds was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Spencer walked; O'Brien doubled [Spencer scored];
Moses tripled to right [O'Brien scored]; Messersmith doubled to
right [Moses scored]; Alomar homered [Messersmith scored]; PENA
REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Berry grounded out (pitcher to
first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Rettenmund singled to right; Hendricks was called
out on strikes; Johnson walked [Rettenmund to second]; Belanger
struck out; Pena struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5,
Orioles 0.

ANGELS 3RD: McMullen singled to center; Cowan singled to center
[McMullen to third]; T. Reynolds grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [McMullen scored (no RBI), Cowan
out at second]; Spencer singled to right; O'Brien grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Buford grounded out (second to first); Shopay was
called out on strikes; F. Robinson walked; B. Robinson flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Moses grounded out (shortstop to first); Messersmith
singled to left; Alomar flied out to center; Berry flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hendricks grounded out (second to first); Johnson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 5TH: McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowan
grounded out (third to first); T. Reynolds popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger was called out on strikes; Pena struck
out; Buford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Spencer walked; O'Brien was called out on strikes;
Moses walked [Spencer to second]; Messersmith out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Spencer to third, Moses to second];
Alomar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 6,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Shopay grounded out (second to first); F. Robinson
grounded out (pitcher to first); B. Robinson lined to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Berry lined to first; McMullen grounded out (second
to first); Cowan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: RIVERS REPLACED COWAN (PLAYING RF); T. REYNOLDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rettenmund singled to left;
Hendricks forced Rettenmund (first to shortstop) [Hendricks to
first]; Johnson doubled to left [Hendricks scored]; Johnson was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Messersmith
[Johnson to third]; Belanger popped to first in foul territory;
SALMON BATTED FOR PENA; Salmon popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 8TH: BOSWELL REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); T. Reynolds
flied out to center; Spencer reached on an error by F. Robinson
[Spencer to first]; Boswell threw a wild pitch [Spencer to
second]; O'Brien walked; Moses flied out to left; Messersmith
forced O'Brien (third to catcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Buford walked; Shopay flied out to center; F.
Robinson was called out on strikes; B. Robinson flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 6, Orioles 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher to first); Berry flied
out to left; McMullen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Rettenmund flied out to right; Hendricks flied out
to right; Johnson hit an inside the park homer to right;
Belanger flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 6,
Orioles 2.