A homer by Earl Williams with a man on base in the ninth inning brought the Orioles a 6-4 victory over the Royals. Both clubs started their scoring with homers, Bobby Grich connecting for the Orioles in the first and Amos Otis for the Royals in the fourth. The Royals, after falling behind, 4-1, tied the game in the seventh on a pass to Fran Healy, triple by Paul Schaal and homer by Cookie Rojas. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Tuesday, June 12, 1973 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    3  0  0  -   4  6  3
Orioles      0  1  1    0  2  0    0  0  2  -   6  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schaal 3b             4   1   1   1     1   2   .294      Bumbry lf,rf          2   1   1   1     3   0   .280
Rojas 2b              5   1   1   2     0   0   .269      Coggins rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Otis cf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .289        Baylor ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .221
Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .311      Davis dh              5   0   1   1     0   2   .271
Hopkins dh            2   0   0   0     1   0   .310        Cabell pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
  Bevacqua ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Powell 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
Piniella lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .224        Crowley 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   1   0     1   1   .339      Williams c            4   1   1   2     1   2   .209
Floyd ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Grich 2b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .254
  Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Blair cf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  White ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Robinson 3b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .203
Healy c               2   1   2   0     2   0   .219      Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .217
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Angelini p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   6   4     6   4             Totals               33   6   9   5     6   8

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance:  6,406
Left on Base: Royals 8, Orioles 10
DP: Royals 0, Orioles 0
Errors: Rojas, Otis, Floyd, Robinson
Doubles: Bumbry (3)
Triples: Healy (1), Schaal (2)
Home Runs: Otis (9), Rojas (2), Grich (6), Williams (8)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (8)
Caught Stealing: Bevacqua (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (5), Blair (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   5.2   6   4   2   4   5   1  28   5.56
Angelini                1     0   0   0   2   2   0   5   5.40
Bird L(1-3)             1.2   3   2   2   0   1   1   8   2.96
Totals                  8.1   9   6   4   6   8   2  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                  6     4   3   3   6   2   1  28   2.51
Jackson W(2-0)          3     2   1   1   0   2   1  11   1.67
Totals                  9     6   4   4   6   4   2  39

Wild Pitches: Palmer (5)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Marty Springstead


ROYALS 1ST: Schaal struck out; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to
first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Bumbry was
picked off second (pitcher to second); Coggins lined to third;
Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to center; Hopkins grounded out
(second to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams
struck out; Grich homered; Blair struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Floyd popped to
second; Healy walked [Kirkpatrick to second]; Palmer threw a
wild pitch [Healy to second, Kirkpatrick to third]; Schaal
struck out; Rojas popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Robinson singled to left; Belanger out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Robinson to second]; Bumbry
doubled to center [Robinson scored]; Coggins flied out to center
[Bumbry to third]; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis homered; Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher); Hopkins flied out to center; Piniella grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell singled to center; Williams struck out;
Grich forced Powell (third to second); Blair struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted); Floyd
grounded out (second to first); Healy tripled to left; Schaal
walked; Rojas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson singled to left; Belanger forced Robinson
(catcher to shortstop); Bumbry walked [Belanger to second];
Coggins reached on an error by Rojas [Bumbry to second, Belanger
to third]; Davis reached on an error by Floyd [Belanger scored
(unearned), Bumbry scored (unearned) (no RBI), Coggins to
second]; Powell flied out to right [Coggins to third]; Williams
flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Orioles 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Mayberry walked;
Hopkins walked [Mayberry to second]; Piniella grounded out
(third to first) [Hopkins to second, Mayberry to third];
Kirkpatrick walked; HOVLEY BATTED FOR FLOYD; Hovley grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: WHITE REPLACED HOVLEY (PLAYING SS); Grich singled
to center; Debut game for Frank White; Blair out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Grich to second]; Robinson
was walked intentionally; Belanger flied out to center; Bumbry
walked [Robinson to second, Grich to third]; ANGELINI REPLACED
BUSBY (PITCHING); BAYLOR BATTED FOR COGGINS; Baylor flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 7TH: BAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BUMBRY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Healy walked; Schaal tripled [Healy
scored]; JACKSON REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Rojas homered
[Schaal scored]; Otis reached on an error by Robinson [Otis to
first]; Mayberry flied out to center; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR
HOPKINS; Bevacqua forced Otis (shortstop to second); Bevacqua
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Davis was
called out on strikes; Powell was called out on strikes; Boog
Powell ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel; Williams walked;
Grich walked [Williams to second]; BIRD REPLACED ANGELINI
(PITCHING); Blair popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 8TH: CROWLEY REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 1B); Piniella
struck out; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; White
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Robinson flied out to right; Belanger singled to
center [Belanger to third (error by Otis)]; Bumbry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Healy singled to left; Schaal forced Healy (pitcher
to shortstop); Rojas flied out to right; Otis lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Davis singled to shortstop; CABELL RAN FOR DAVIS;
Crowley popped to catcher in foul territory; Williams homered
[Cabell scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 6.
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