New York Yankees 7, Baltimore Orioles 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, September 16, 1973 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 2 Orioles 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 5 9 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .265 Bumbry lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .330 Hegan 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .227 Fuller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 White lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .247 Coggins cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .320 Murcer cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .306 Motton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Blomberg dh 2 1 1 1 0 0 .332 Rettenmund rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .270 Hart ph,dh 2 0 1 3 0 0 .250 Davis dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .298 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236 Baylor 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .287 Velez rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Swoboda rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Williams c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .235 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Grich 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .240 Stanley ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Baker ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .159 Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Blair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 7 10 7 4 3 Totals 36 5 9 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 22,958 Left on Base: Yankees 6, Orioles 6 DP: Yankees 0, Orioles 1 Errors: Dempsey 2 Doubles: Hegan (4), Clarke (21), Hart (13), Williams (18), Grich (24) Triples: Coggins (9) Home Runs: Blomberg (10), Grich (12) Stolen Bases: Clarke 2 (10), Bumbry (22), Baylor (23) Sacrifice Hits: Dempsey (1) GIDP: Murcer (11) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson W(8-7) 7.1 7 5 5 2 1 1 31 4.58 Lyle SV(27) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.51 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 3 1 38 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander L(10-8) 4.2 5 5 5 2 1 1 20 4.14 Jackson 1.1 5 2 2 1 1 0 10 2.03 Garland 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 3.00 Totals 9 10 7 7 4 3 1 40 Passed Balls: Williams (5) Wild Pitches: Lyle (3), Alexander (5) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Bill Kunkel YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to center; Hegan doubled to left; Alexander threw a wild pitch [Hegan to third]; White grounded out (second to first) [Hegan scored]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second [Bumbry to third (error by Dempsey)]; Coggins made an out to pitcher; Rettenmund made an out to second; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg grounded out (second to first); Nettles was called out on strikes; Velez lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor singled to left; Baylor stole second [Baylor to third (error by Dempsey)]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); Williams grounded out (shortstop to first) [Baylor scored]; Grich homered; Baker was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 2. YANKEES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (first to pitcher); Clarke walked; Clarke stole second; Hegan lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Coggins made an out to second; Rettenmund walked; Davis forced Rettenmund (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 2. YANKEES 4TH: White singled to center; Murcer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; Blomberg homered; Nettles flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Baylor grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson flied out to center; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 2. YANKEES 5TH: Velez flied out to center; Dempsey walked; Stanley forced Dempsey (third to shortstop); Clarke doubled to left [Stanley scored]; Hegan singled [Clarke scored]; JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); White singled to left [Hegan to second]; Murcer walked [Hegan to third, White to second]; HART BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Hart doubled [Hegan scored, White scored, Murcer scored]; Nettles singled [Hart to third]; Velez forced Nettles (shortstop to second); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 5TH: HART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Grich popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt Bumbry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 2. YANKEES 6TH: Dempsey struck out; Stanley flied out to right; Clarke singled to left; Clarke stole second; Hegan singled to first [Clarke stayed at second]; White popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Coggins grounded out (pitcher to first); Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 2. YANKEES 7TH: GARLAND REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Murcer grounded out (third to first); Hart popped to third in foul territory; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 7TH: On a bunt Baylor grounded out (third to first); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams doubled to left; Grich singled to center [Williams scored]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BAKER; Crowley grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 3. YANKEES 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING SS); Velez walked; Dempsey out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Velez to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams allowed a passed ball [Velez to third]; Clarke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 8TH: SWOBODA REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Bumbry singled to second; Coggins tripled to right [Bumbry scored]; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); Davis singled to center [Coggins scored]; LYLE REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Baylor flied out to center; Robinson singled [Davis to second]; Lyle threw a wild pitch [Davis to third, Robinson to second]; Williams made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 5. YANKEES 9TH: Hegan flied out to left; White grounded out (first to pitcher); Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 9TH: Grich doubled; BLAIR BATTED FOR BELANGER; Blair flied out to center; FULLER BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Fuller was called out on strikes; MOTTON BATTED FOR COGGINS; Motton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Orioles 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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