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Pitching a three-hitter, Jim Palmer gained his fifth straight victory when the Orioles defeated the Indians, 5-1. Charlie Spikes homered in the eighth inning to deprive Palmer of a shutout. The Orioles decided the outcome early with four runs in the first inning and added their other tally with a homer by Earl Williams in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Baltimore Orioles 5, Cleveland Indians 1Game Played on Tuesday, July 31, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumOrioles 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 3 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .312 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Rettenmund lf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .228 Gamble dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Coggins rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Davis dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 Ellis c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Powell 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .242 Spikes lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .239 Grich 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .234 Hendrick cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Blair cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Lowenstein rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .232 Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Williams c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .228 Duffy ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Belanger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Torres ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 4 4 3 Totals 29 1 3 1 0 4 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 17,912 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Indians 1 DP: Orioles 1, Indians 3 Errors: Bell, Chambliss, Spikes Doubles: Bumbry (6), Coggins (10) Home Runs: Williams (13), Spikes (19) Stolen Bases: Coggins (11) Sacrifice Hits: Davis (1) GIDP: Grich (7), Robinson (11), Lowenstein (6) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(13-6) 9 3 1 1 0 4 1 29 2.64 Totals 9 3 1 1 0 4 1 29 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow L(8-10) 9 9 5 3 4 3 1 39 4.38 Totals 9 9 5 3 4 3 1 39 Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom ORIOLES 1ST: Umpire Lou DiMuro missed game due to virus; Bumbry doubled to left; Coggins doubled to center [Bumbry scored]; Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Coggins to third]; Powell walked; Grich grounded out (third to first) [Coggins scored, Powell to second]; Blair reached on an error by Bell [Powell scored (unearned) (no RBI), Blair to second]; Robinson singled to left [Blair scored (unearned), Robinson to second (error by Spikes)]; Williams made an out to shortstop; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell made an out to second; Gamble made an out to third; Chambliss singled to right; Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Coggins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Davis struck out; Powell singled to center; Grich grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Powell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer flied out to center; Duffy grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Blair singled to left; Robinson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Blair out at second]; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss made an out to shortstop; Ellis lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Coggins singled to right; Coggins stole second; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick singled to left; Lowenstein grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Grich lined to shortstop; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING LF); Brohamer flied out to right; Duffy flied out to center; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Indians 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams homered; Belanger struck out; Rettenmund walked; Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Gamble flied out to right; Chambliss struck out; Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Davis singled to center; Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; Grich reached on an error by Chambliss [Davis to third, Grich to second]; Blair was walked intentionally; Robinson hit into a double play (center to third) [Davis out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: Spikes homered; Hendrick struck out; Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to first); Brohamer popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Williams popped to second in foul territory; Belanger singled to left; Rettenmund walked [Belanger to second]; Coggins forced Rettenmund (first to shortstop) [Belanger to third]; Davis forced Coggins (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: TORRES BATTED FOR DUFFY; Torres was called out on strikes; Bell flied out to right; Gamble lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 1. |
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