The Orioles hit four homers and beat the Twins, 6-3, to give Dave McNally credit for his 15th victory. Don Buford started the Orioles' slugging in the fifth inning to snap a 1-1 tie.

Davey Johnson homered in the sixth, Paul Blair connected with a man on base in the seventh and Andy Etchebarren added a circuit clout in the eighth. McNally was lifted after Rod Carew slammed a two-run shot in the Twins' half of the eighth and Eddie Watt finished. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 22, 1971 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  0
Orioles      0  0  1    0  1  1    2  1  x  -   6 14  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf,cf           4   2   2   0     0   0   .306      Buford lf             5   1   4   1     0   0   .291
Carew 2b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .279      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Rettenmund rf         3   0   1   0     1   0   .301
Oliva rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .358      Powell 1b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .236
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Blair cf              4   1   3   2     0   0   .254
Reese 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .208      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Roof c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .208      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   2   .275
  Holt ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .264      Etchebarren c         4   2   3   1     0   0   .264
Nettles cf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .239      McNally p             3   0   1   1     0   1   .169
  Thomas ph,lf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .216        Watt p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Blyleven p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .119
  Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Alyea ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Haydel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .243

Totals               33   3   8   3     2   1             Totals               35   6  14   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 20,632
Left on Base: Twins 6, Orioles 7
DP: Twins 0, Orioles 1
Doubles: Tovar (23), Roof (5), Etchebarren (6), McNally (3), Buford (13)
Triples: Blair (4)
Home Runs: Carew (2), Buford (17), Johnson (14), Blair (8), Etchebarren (6)
Caught Stealing: Buford 2 (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (6)
GIDP: Roof (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(10-15)       5.1  10   3   3   1   3   2  26   3.19
Corbin                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.91
Williams                1.2   3   3   3   1   1   2   9   4.05
Haydel                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.85
Totals                  8    14   6   6   2   4   4  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally W(15-4)         7     8   3   3   1   1   1  29   2.99
Watt SV(6)              2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.32
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   1   1  36

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Johnny Stevens, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz


TWINS 1ST: Tovar doubled to left; Carew flied out to center;
Killebrew flied out to left; Oliva singled to right [Tovar
scored]; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (second to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rettenmund flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese singled to right; Roof grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Reese out at second];
Nettles popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell grounded out (second to first); Blair
tripled; B. Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
lined to shortstop; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren doubled to left; McNally doubled to
left [Etchebarren scored]; Buford singled to center [McNally to
third]; Buford was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Belanger flied out to center;
Rettenmund walked; Powell grounded out (first to second to
pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Oliva flied out to
right; Cardenas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair singled to left; B. Robinson singled to right
[Blair to second]; Johnson struck out; Etchebarren flied out to
right; McNally struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1,
Orioles 1.

TWINS 5TH: Reese flied out to right; Roof doubled to left;
Nettles walked; Blyleven out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Roof to third, Nettles to second]; Tovar grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Buford homered; Belanger flied out to left;
Rettenmund singled to right; Powell grounded out (second to
first) [Rettenmund to second]; Blair grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew flied
out to left; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnson homered; Etchebarren singled to center; CORBIN REPLACED
BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); McNally forced Etchebarren (first to
shortstop); Buford doubled to first [McNally out at home (first
to catcher)]; Don Buford hit the ball over the 1B bag; 1B
umpire Johnny Stevens ruled foul, then signalled fair; the ball
boy down the RF line picked up the ball, then put it down; Rich
Reese picked it up and got Dave McNally at HP; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 3.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas singled to center; Reese flied out to
center; Roof made an out to second; THOMAS BATTED FOR NETTLES;
Thomas singled to center [Cardenas to second]; ALYEA BATTED FOR
CORBIN; Alyea forced Cardenas (shortstop to third) [Thomas to
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS REPLACED ALYEA (PITCHING);
Belanger flied out to center; Rettenmund grounded out (third to
first); Powell walked; Blair homered [Powell scored]; B.
Robinson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 5.

TWINS 8TH: Tovar singled to left; Carew homered [Tovar scored];
WATT REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); Killebrew flied out to right;
Oliva grounded out (second to first); Cardenas grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Etchebarren
homered; Watt was called out on strikes; Buford singled to
center; HAYDEL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Buford was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Orioles 6.

TWINS 9TH: Reese popped to catcher in foul territory; HOLT
BATTED FOR ROOF; Holt walked; BRAUN BATTED FOR THOMAS; Braun
flied out to center; MITTERWALD BATTED FOR HAYDEL; Mitterwald
forced Holt (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Orioles 6.
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