The Orioles collected only two hits off Mike Kekich, but that was enough to beat the Yankees, 3-1, behind the four-hit pitching of Jim Palmer. Kekich issued six walks and two of them helped beat him. Don Buford drew a pass in the first inning, stopped at second on a bloop single by Frank Robinson and scored when Horace Clarke erred on a grounder by Brooks Robinson. Then, in the fourth, Merv Rettenmund walked and Davey Johnson hit a homer for the Orioles' winning blow. The Yankees scored in the sixth on a single by Jerry Kenney, pass to Bobby Murcer and single by Roy White. With one out, Palmer escaped from the jam by getting Ron Blomberg on a short fly and Danny Cater on another fly. [The Sporting News] |
Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Saturday, August 7, 1971 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 2 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Buford lf 2 1 0 0 3 1 .283 Kenney 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 F. Robinson 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .291 Murcer cf 1 0 0 0 3 0 .338 B. Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 White lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .279 Rettenmund cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .305 Blomberg rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .346 Johnson 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .279 Cater 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Motton rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .114 Clarke 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .240 Shopay ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289 Michael ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Etchebarren c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Kekich p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .172 Dalrymple c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Gibbs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Palmer p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 3 2 2 9 5 Totals 31 1 4 1 4 5 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 21,813 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Yankees 7 DP: Orioles 0, Yankees 0 Errors: Clarke Home Runs: Johnson (13) Stolen Bases: Buford (14) Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (5), Dalrymple (1) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(13-6) 9 4 1 1 4 5 0 35 2.91 Totals 9 4 1 1 4 5 0 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kekich L(6-6) 7 2 3 2 6 5 1 29 3.67 Aker 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 2.08 Totals 9 2 3 2 9 5 1 38 Wild Pitches: Palmer 2 (5), Aker (3) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Belanger popped to shortstop; F. Robinson singled to right [Buford to second]; B. Robinson forced F. Robinson (third to second) [Buford scored (error by Clarke) (unearned) (no RBI), B. Robinson to first]; Rettenmund popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Kenney struck out; Munson popped to shortstop; Murcer walked; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson flied out to center; Motton was called out on strikes; Etchebarren walked; Palmer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cater grounded out (first unassisted); Clarke flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Buford struck out; Belanger flied out to center; F. Robinson walked; B. Robinson forced F. Robinson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (third to first); Kekich struck out; Kenney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund walked; Johnson homered [Rettenmund scored]; Motton grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren struck out; Palmer flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Munson flied out to right; Murcer walked; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Murcer to second]; White walked; Blomberg was called out on strikes; Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Buford walked; Belanger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Buford to second]; F. Robinson was walked intentionally; B. Robinson flied out to right [Buford to third]; Rettenmund forced F. Robinson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke flied out to center; Michael was called out on strikes; Kekich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Motton struck out; Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: DALRYMPLE REPLACED ETCHEBARREN (PLAYING C ); Kenney singled to left; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Kenney to second]; Munson flied out to right; Murcer walked; White singled to right [Kenney scored, Murcer to third]; Blomberg flied out to left; Cater flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Palmer flied out to left; Buford popped to shortstop; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Clarke singled to right; Michael forced Clarke (shortstop to second) [Michael to first]; GIBBS BATTED FOR KEKICH; Gibbs grounded out (first to pitcher) [Michael to second]; Kenney flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 8TH: AKER REPLACED GIBBS (PITCHING); F. Robinson grounded out (third to first); B. Robinson walked; Aker threw a wild pitch [B. Robinson to second]; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: Munson lined to shortstop; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. ORIOLES 9TH: SHOPAY BATTED FOR MOTTON; Shopay walked; Dalrymple out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Shopay to second]; Palmer grounded out (second to first) [Shopay to third]; Buford was walked intentionally; Buford stole second; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: SHOPAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Blomberg flied out to right; Cater popped to second; Clarke singled to center; Michael grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Yankees 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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