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Friday August 10, 1973
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Homers by Hal McRae and Lou Piniella in the fifth inning carried the Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Orioles. Doyle Alexander, pitching for the Orioles, allowed only one hit in the first four frames before falling victim to Royals' round-trippers. The Orioles loaded the bases in the seventh on walks to Tommy Davis and Bobby Grich around a single by Boog Powell. When Brooks Robinson singled, Davis scored but Powell was thrown out at the plate on a throw from Amos Otis to Carl Taylor. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1973 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rettenmund lf         3   0   1   0     1   0   .251      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Coggins rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Rojas 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Otis cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Davis dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .302      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Powell 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .253      McRae dh              3   1   1   1     0   0   .207
  Williams 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Kirkpatrick rf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Blair cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .290      Piniella lf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .251
Grich 2b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .235      Bevacqua 3b           2   0   1   0     1   1   .271
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .235      Taylor c              2   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Hendricks c           2   0   0   0     1   0   .187      Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Baker ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bumbry ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .309        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Baylor ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   6   1     4   3             Totals               27   2   6   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 22,294
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Royals 3
DP: Orioles 1, Royals 2
Doubles: Taylor (5)
Home Runs: McRae (5), Piniella (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (10), Taylor (2)
GIDP: Blair (8), Robinson (13)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(6-6)        8     6   2   2   1   3   2  29   3.90
Totals                  8     6   2   2   1   3   2  29

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(4-0)       6     4   1   1   1   1   0  22   1.93
Garber                  0.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   4   4.24
Hoerner                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.09
Bird SV(10)             2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.60
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   3   0  34

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Coggins
flied out to center; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell singled to right; Blair grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Powell out at
second]; Grich singled to left; Robinson flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; McRae grounded out (third to
first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks grounded out (first unassisted); Baker
grounded out (second to first); Rettenmund singled to left;
Coggins grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua
walked; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bevacqua to
second]; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Royals 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell
grounded out (first to second to pitcher); Blair struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (second to first); Otis singled
to left; Mayberry flied into a double play (center to first)
[Otis out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Grich grounded out (third to first); Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendricks flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae homered; Kirkpatrick flied out to center;
Piniella homered; Bevacqua struck out; Taylor doubled to right;
Patek flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Royals 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Rettenmund
flied out to center; Coggins flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

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

ORIOLES 7TH: Davis walked; Powell singled to right [Davis to
third]; GARBER REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Blair struck out;
Grich walked [Powell to second]; Robinson singled to center
[Davis scored, Powell out at home (center to catcher), Grich to
third, Robinson to second (on throw to home)]; Hendricks was
walked intentionally; BUMBRY BATTED FOR BAKER; HOERNER REPLACED
GARBER (PITCHING); BAYLOR BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Baylor flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: BAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BELANGER
REPLACED COGGINS (PLAYING SS); WILLIAMS REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING
1B); McRae flied out to center; On a bunt Kirkpatrick grounded
out (pitcher to first); Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: BIRD REPLACED HOERNER (PITCHING); Rettenmund
walked; Belanger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Rettenmund to second]; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: On a bunt Bevacqua singled; Taylor out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bevacqua to second]; Patek
flied out to center; Rojas singled to shortstop [Bevacqua out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Royals 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Blair singled to right; Grich struck out; Robinson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Blair
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 2.



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