Baltimore Orioles 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 9, 1971 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium Pirates 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 0 Orioles 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 10 3 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Buford lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .500 Clines cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clemente rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Rettenmund cf,lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .250 Stargell lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Robertson 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .000 F. Robinson rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .500 Sanguillen c 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Hendricks c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hernandez ss 2 1 0 1 0 1 .000 Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Belanger ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500 Ellis p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 McNally p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Moose p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 3 2 2 9 Totals 34 5 10 5 1 6 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 53,229 Left on Base: Pirates 5, Orioles 6 DP: Pirates 0, Orioles 0 Errors: Hendricks, Belanger 2 Doubles: Clemente (1) Triples: Belanger (1) Home Runs: F. Robinson (1), Rettenmund (1), Buford (1) Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (1) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis L(0-1) 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 2 12 15.43 Moose 3.2 3 1 1 0 4 1 14 2.45 Miller 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 Totals 8 10 5 5 1 6 3 35 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McNally W(1-0) 9 3 3 0 2 9 0 35 0.00 Totals 9 3 3 0 2 9 0 35 Wild Pitches: Moose (1), McNally (1) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Ed Vargo, LF - Jim Odom, RF - John Kibler PIRATES 1ST: Cash lined to center; Clines flied to left; Clemente doubled; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (second to first); Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Orioles 0. PIRATES 2ND: Robertson walked; McNally threw a wild pitch [Robertson to second]; Sanguillen reached on a fielder's choice [Robertson scored (error by Belanger) (unearned), Sanguillen to second]; Pagan grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sanguillen to third]; Hernandez reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Sanguillen scored (unearned), Hernandez to second (error by Hendricks)]; Ellis struck out; Cash singled [Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Clines forced Cash (shortstop to second); 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: F. Robinson homered; Hendricks grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson flied out to center; Johnson lined to pitcher; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 1. PIRATES 3RD: Clemente singled to center; Stargell walked [Clemente to second]; Robertson struck out; Sanguillen struck out; Pagan flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger singled to center; McNally struck out; Buford singled to right [Belanger to second]; Rettenmund homered [Belanger scored, Buford scored]; Powell walked; MOOSE REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); F. Robinson struck out; Moose threw a wild pitch [Powell to second]; Hendricks lined to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 4. PIRATES 4TH: Hernandez struck out; Moose was called out on strikes; Cash lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson flied to right; Belanger tripled; McNally struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 4. PIRATES 5TH: Clines grounded out (third to first); Clemente flied out to right; Stargell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 5TH: Buford homered; Rettenmund struck out; Powell popped to third; F. Robinson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. PIRATES 6TH: Robertson struck out; Sanguillen flied out to center; Pagan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 6TH: Hendricks grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Robinson singled to center; Johnson flied to left; Belanger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. PIRATES 7TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); MAZEROSKI BATTED FOR MOOSE; Mazeroski flied out to left; Cash lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 7TH: MILLER REPLACED MAZEROSKI (PITCHING); McNally struck out; Buford lined to left; Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. PIRATES 8TH: RETTENMUND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BLAIR REPLACED BUFORD (PLAYING CF); Clines flied to left; Clemente grounded out (second to first); Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); F. Robinson singled to center; Hendricks singled to second [F. Robinson to second]; B. Robinson popped to third in foul territory; Johnson singled to shortstop [F. Robinson to third, Hendricks to second]; Belanger forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5. PIRATES 9TH: Robertson flied out to left; Sanguillen reached on an error by Belanger [Sanguillen to second]; Pagan flied to right; OLIVER BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Orioles 5.

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