| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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