With a bases-loaded triple by Paul Blair as the big blow, the Orioles exploded for seven runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Royals, 8-3. John Mayberry homered for the Royals and Tommy Davis for the Orioles, who trailed, 3-1, before their eruption.

Bobby Grich led off the eighth with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Davis. Earl Williams and Don Baylor singled and Brooks Robinson and Elrod Hendricks walked to force in the tying run. Mark Belanger singled for the go-ahead tally. Blair then hit his triple and Terry Crowley followed with a double to cap the rally. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      14, 1973 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  1
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  7  x  -   8 13  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .222      Bumbry rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Rojas 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .263        Blair ph,cf         1   1   1   3     1   0   .257
Otis cf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .289      Coggins cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .307        Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Kirkpatrick rf        3   1   1   0     1   0   .339        Crowley ph,rf       2   0   1   1     0   0   .212
Piniella lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .235      Grich 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Hopkins dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Davis dh              4   1   3   2     0   0   .283
  Bevacqua ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Williams 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .212
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .285        Cabell pr,1b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
Healy c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Baylor lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Littell p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Robinson 3b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .207
  Angelini p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hendricks c           2   1   0   1     2   0   .237
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   1   2   1     1   1   .228
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     2   3             Totals               33   8  13   8     6   2

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  6,067
Left on Base: Royals 4, Orioles 8
DP: Royals 3, Orioles 2
Errors: White
Doubles: Piniella (10), Otis (12), Crowley (2)
Triples: Grich (2), Blair (1)
Home Runs: Mayberry (15), Davis (3)
Stolen Bases: White (1), Belanger (8), Baylor (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Davis (2)
GIDP: Hopkins (3), Rojas (9), Bumbry (2), Crowley (2), Davis (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Littell                 6.1   7   1   1   2   2   1  27   1.42
Angelini                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   5.40
Garber L(5-4)           1     3   3   3   0   0   0   5   3.34
Dal Canton              0     1   3   3   2   0   0   3   3.55
Bird                    0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   3.24
Totals                  8    13   8   8   6   2   1  40

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               7.2   7   3   3   2   2   1  30   3.59
Jackson W(3-0)          1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.59
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   3   1  34

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


ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Debut game
for Mark Littell; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first);
Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to left; Coggins grounded out
(second to first); Grich flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry homered; Kirkpatrick walked; Piniella
singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second]; Hopkins grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kirkpatrick to
third, Piniella out at second]; Schaal grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Davis homered; Williams struck out; Baylor popped
to second; Robinson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy grounded out (third to first); White singled
to center; Rojas grounded into a double play (second to first)
[White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks flied out to right; Belanger singled to
right; Belanger stole second; Bumbry flied out to center
[Belanger to third]; Coggins grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to center; Mayberry struck out;
Kirkpatrick singled to center; Piniella doubled [Kirkpatrick
scored]; Hopkins flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich grounded out (third to first); Davis singled
to right; Williams popped to catcher in foul territory; Baylor
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Schaal flied out to left; Healy flied out to right;
White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson singled to shortstop [Robinson to second
(error by White)]; Hendricks walked; Belanger struck out; Bumbry
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hendricks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Rojas flied out to right; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Coggins grounded out (first to pitcher); Grich
popped to first in foul territory; Davis singled to right;
Williams singled to right [Davis to third]; Baylor forced
Williams (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Piniella grounded out
(third to first); Hopkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson singled to left; Hendricks forced Robinson
(third to shortstop); Belanger walked [Hendricks to second];
ANGELINI REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); BLAIR BATTED FOR BUMBRY;
Blair walked [Belanger to second, Hendricks to third];
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR COGGINS; GARBER REPLACED ANGELINI
(PITCHING); CROWLEY BATTED FOR RETTENMUND; Crowley grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Blair out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 8TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CROWLEY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Schaal grounded out (shortstop to first);
Healy flied out to center; On a bunt White singled; White stole
second; Rojas walked; Otis doubled to left [White scored, Rojas
to third]; JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Mayberry flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Grich tripled; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Grich scored]; Williams singled to left; CABELL RAN FOR
WILLIAMS; Baylor singled to center [Cabell to third]; DAL CANTON
REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); Baylor stole second; Robinson was
walked intentionally; Hendricks walked [Robinson to second,
Baylor to third, Cabell scored]; Belanger singled to center
[Hendricks to second, Robinson to third, Baylor scored]; BIRD
REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Blair tripled to right [Belanger
scored, Hendricks scored, Robinson scored]; Crowley doubled
[Blair scored]; Grich walked; Davis grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Grich out at second]; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 8.

ROYALS 9TH: CABELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Kirkpatrick
grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR HOPKINS; Bevacqua
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 8.