Boston Red Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 5, 1973 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Orioles 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 5 12 1 Red Sox 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 7 9 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rettenmund rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Harper lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .278 Grich 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Aparicio ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .272 Blair cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .278 Smith dh 3 2 1 0 1 0 .297 Davis dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 .303 Yastrzemski 3b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .298 Williams 1b,c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .237 Cater 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .318 Baylor lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .291 Fisk c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Griffin 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Etchebarren c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Evans rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .227 Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Miller cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .249 Baker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Powell ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Bolin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 12 5 1 2 Totals 33 7 9 7 5 7 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 21,758 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Red Sox 7 DP: Orioles 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Rettenmund Doubles: Etchebarren (7), Yastrzemski (22), Fisk (19) Home Runs: Baylor (9), Blair (10), Evans (9) GIDP: Etchebarren (4), Harper (6) Hit by Pitch: Grich (7,by Moret) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cuellar L(14-13) 1.2 4 6 2 3 4 1 13 3.25 Reynolds 6.1 5 1 1 2 3 0 25 1.95 Totals 8 9 7 2* 5 7 1 38 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret W(10-0) 5.2 9 4 4 0 0 2 26 3.07 Lee 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 2.81 Bolin SV(11) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.18 Totals 9 12 5 5 1 2 2 40 Passed Balls: Williams (4) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Merle Anthony ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund singled; Grich forced Rettenmund (first to shortstop); Blair flied out to right; Davis singled [Grich to second]; Williams forced Davis (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Harper struck out; Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith singled to left; Yastrzemski walked [Smith to second]; Cater singled to center [Smith scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Red Sox 1. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor homered; Robinson singled to right; Etchebarren grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Robinson out at second]; Belanger singled to first; Rettenmund lined to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 2ND: Griffin reached on an error by Rettenmund [Griffin to first]; Evans homered [Griffin scored (unearned)]; Miller was called out on strikes; Harper struck out; Aparicio walked; Smith walked [Aparicio to second]; Yastrzemski doubled [Aparicio scored (unearned), Smith scored (unearned)]; REYNOLDS REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Cater singled to right [Yastrzemski scored (unearned), Cater to second (on throw)]; Fisk doubled to left [Cater scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Griffin struck out; 6 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 3RD: Grich was hit by a pitch; Blair singled to right [Grich to second]; Davis flied out to center [Grich to third]; Williams grounded out (third to first) [Grich scored, Blair to second]; Baylor made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 3RD: Evans made an out to second; Miller flied out to right; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson popped to third in foul territory; Etchebarren popped to catcher in foul territory; Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (third to first); Smith made an out to shortstop; Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 5TH: Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first); Grich flied out to center; Blair homered; Davis made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 5TH: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk made an out to shortstop; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 6TH: Williams singled to left; Baylor forced Williams (third to second); Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Etchebarren doubled [Baylor scored]; LEE REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Belanger was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 6TH: Evans struck out; Miller singled; Harper grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Miller out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 7TH: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Grich singled; Blair forced Grich (shortstop to second); Davis singled [Blair to second]; Williams walked [Blair to third, Davis to second]; BOLIN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Baylor singled [Blair scored, Davis to third, Williams to second]; Robinson flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 7TH: Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski singled to center; Cater flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 8TH: BUMBRY BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); POWELL BATTED FOR BELANGER; Powell struck out; Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 8TH: BAKER REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING SS); POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Fisk flied out to left; On a bunt Griffin singled; Williams allowed a passed ball [Griffin to second]; Evans walked; Miller grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to third, Evans to second]; Harper walked; Aparicio flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 7. ORIOLES 9TH: Grich made an out to shortstop; Blair popped to first in foul territory; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Red Sox 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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