Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 16, 1973 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Orioles 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .273 Hegan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Munson c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Blair cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 Murcer cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .309 Davis dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Blomberg dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .331 Baylor lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Robinson 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Velez rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 Williams 1b 1 1 1 0 2 0 .235 Michael ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Etchebarren c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .244 Stanley 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Baker ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Peterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Motton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 2 0 4 6 Totals 29 3 8 3 2 5 Time of Game: 1:39 Left on Base: Yankees 5, Orioles 5 DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 1 Errors: Robinson Doubles: Robinson (17), Etchebarren (8), Baylor (18) Caught Stealing: Murcer (6) Sacrifice Hits: Robinson (8) GIDP: Etchebarren (5) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson L(8-15) 8 8 3 3 2 5 0 32 3.99 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 5 0 32 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(21-8) 9 2 0 0 4 6 0 32 2.38 Totals 9 2 0 0 4 6 0 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Russ Goetz YANKEES 1ST: White struck out; Hegan made an out to shortstop; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Grich made an out to third; Blair singled to left; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer walked; Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Blomberg singled to left; Nettles was called out on strikes; Velez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor flied out to left; Robinson doubled to right; Williams was walked intentionally; Etchebarren doubled to right [Robinson scored, Williams to third]; Baker struck out; Rettenmund singled to center [Williams scored, Etchebarren scored, Rettenmund out at second (center to third to first to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 3RD: Michael grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (first unassisted); White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 3RD: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair singled to right; Davis singled to left [Blair to second]; Baylor popped to third in foul territory; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 4TH: Hegan struck out; Munson singled to left; Murcer flied out to left; Blomberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 4TH: Williams singled to left; Etchebarren struck out; Baker struck out; Rettenmund flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to left; Velez walked; Michael lined into a double play (center to second to first) [Velez out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Grich grounded out (third to first); Blair grounded out (second to first); Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 6TH: Stanley made an out to second; White walked; Hegan forced White (second to shortstop); Munson forced Hegan (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor doubled to left; Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Baylor to third]; Williams was walked intentionally; Etchebarren grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 7TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Blomberg made an out to second; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 7TH: MOTTON BATTED FOR BAKER; Motton popped to first in foul territory; Rettenmund flied out to right; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING SS); Velez struck out; Michael made an out to first; Stanley walked; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 8TH: Blair grounded out (third to first); Davis struck out; Baylor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3. YANKEES 9TH: Hegan made an out to second; Munson reached on an error by Robinson; Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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