Thursday July 19, 1973
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Nolan Ryan pitched seven hitless innings in a bid for his second consecutive no-hitter and third of the season, but luck was against the Angels' ace, who eventually lost to the Orioles in 11 innings, 3-1. Mark Belanger singled in the eighth for the Orioles' first hit and added another single in the ninth.

When Tommy Davis doubled with one out in the 11th for the Orioles' third hit, Angels' manager Bobby Winkles removed Ryan and brought in Dave Sells. Paul Blair grounded out, but Elrod Hendricks walked and Terry Crowley then doubled to drive in two runs. The Orioles' initial run in the first came without the benefit of a hit on a pass to Rich Coggins, a stolen base, wild pitch and infield out by Davis. Frank Robinson homered in the fourth for the Angels' run off Mike Cuellar, who pitched the route for the Orioles on a yield of nine hits. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 3, California Angels 1

Game Played on Thursday, July 19, 1973 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 0 Angels 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry lf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .301 Alomar ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .220 Coggins cf,rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .281 Llenas 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .324 Davis dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .315 McCraw lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .231 Powell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Robinson dh 4 1 1 1 1 2 .251 Blair pr,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Oliver rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Williams c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .227 Epstein 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .219 Hendricks ph,c 0 1 0 0 1 0 .216 Berry cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .289 Crowley rf,1b 3 0 1 2 2 1 .207 Grabarkewitz 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .150 Grich 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Kusnyer c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .220 Sells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 5 3 6 13 Totals 41 1 9 1 2 12 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 20,823 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Angels 10 DP: Orioles 0, Angels 0 Doubles: Davis (12), Crowley (3) Home Runs: Robinson (16) Stolen Bases: Coggins (10), Grabarkewitz (2) Caught Stealing: Blair (7) Sacrifice Hits: Llenas (1) Hit by Pitch: Robinson (2,by Ryan) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cuellar W(7-9) 11 9 1 1 2 12 1 44 3.42 Totals 11 9 1 1 2 12 1 44 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan L(11-12) 10.1 3 2 2 5 13 0 39 2.85 Sells 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 3.12 Totals 11 5 3 3 6 13 0 44 Hit by Pitch: Ryan (5) Wild Pitches: Ryan 2 (8) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Marty Springstead ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Coggins walked; Coggins stole second; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Coggins to third]; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first) [Coggins scored]; Powell struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Alomar singled to left; Llenas singled to shortstop [Alomar to second]; McCraw forced Alomar (pitcher to third) [Llenas to second]; Robinson was called out on strikes; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Williams struck out; Crowley struck out; Grich walked; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Berry singled to shortstop; Grabarkewitz struck out; Kusnyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to right; Bumbry struck out; Coggins popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Alomar struck out; Llenas grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Davis grounded out (first unassisted); Powell popped to shortstop; Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Robinson homered; Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Epstein singled to right; Berry was called out on strikes; Grabarkewitz singled to left [Epstein to second]; Kusnyer popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Crowley walked; Grich flied out to right; Robinson flied out to left; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 5TH: Alomar flied out to center; Llenas walked; McCraw singled to center [Llenas to third]; Robinson struck out; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry struck out; Coggins struck out; Davis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 6TH: Epstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Berry popped to third; Grabarkewitz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 7TH: Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); Williams struck out; Crowley walked; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Crowley to second]; Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 7TH: Kusnyer grounded out (third to first); Alomar flied out to center; Llenas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 8TH: Robinson was hit by a pitch; Belanger singled to center [Robinson to second]; Bumbry struck out; Coggins was called out on strikes; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 8TH: McCraw struck out; Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Powell walked; BLAIR RAN FOR POWELL; Blair was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Earl Williams ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel with 3-2 count; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Hendricks struck out (strikeout was charged to Williams); Crowley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 9TH: HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COGGINS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CROWLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); Berry singled to center; Grabarkewitz forced Berry (third to second); Grabarkewitz stole second; Kusnyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 10TH: Grich popped to shortstop; Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger singled to right; Bumbry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 10TH: Alomar singled to left; Llenas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alomar to second]; McCraw grounded out (third to first); Robinson was walked intentionally; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Angels 1. ORIOLES 11TH: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Davis doubled to left; SELLS REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendricks walked; Crowley doubled to center [Hendricks scored, Davis scored]; Grich singled to shortstop [Crowley to third]; Robinson forced Grich (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 1. ANGELS 11TH: Epstein struck out; Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 1.

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