The Orioles erupted for five runs in the first inning, making it easy for Jim Palmer to defeat the Tigers, 6-1. Bobby Grich walked, took second on a balk and scored on a single by Tommy Davis before Jim Fuller smashed a two-run homer off Woodie Fryman. Two more walks and a single by Andy Etchebarren added a run to finish Fryman. Bill Slayback relieved and yielded a run-scoring single by Mark Belanger before the inning ended. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     17, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Orioles      5  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   6 10  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Blair cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .152      Brinkman ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .182
Grich 2b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .438      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .128
Davis dh              5   1   1   1     0   2   .222      Northrup rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .191
Fuller rf             4   2   1   2     0   1   .364      Kaline dh             3   0   2   0     1   0   .302
Baylor lf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .200      Horton lf             3   0   0   1     1   1   .195
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .294      N. Cash 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Williams 1b           2   1   0   1     1   1   .043      Freehan c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .345
Etchebarren c         4   0   2   1     0   0   .300      Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .250
Belanger ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .111      Sutherland 2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Slayback p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     3   6             Totals               31   1   5   1     5   3

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 12,166
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Tigers 8
DP: Orioles 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Fuller, Belanger
Doubles: Belanger (1)
Home Runs: Fuller (1)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (1), Fuller (1), Blair (2)
Caught Stealing: Grich (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (1)
GIDP: Sutherland (2), Horton (1)
Hit by Pitch: Fuller (1,by Slayback), Grich (2,by Slayback)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(2-0)           9     5   1   0   5   3   0  36   1.93
Totals                  9     5   1   0   5   3   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(0-2)           0.2   3   5   5   3   0   1   8  12.27
Slayback                8.1   7   1   1   0   6   0  33   3.86
Totals                  9    10   6   6   3   6   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Slayback 2 (2)
Wild Pitches: Slayback (1)
Balks: Fryman (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ORIOLES 1ST: Blair flied out to right; Grich walked; Fryman
balked [Grich to second]; Davis singled to center [Grich
scored]; Fuller homered [Davis scored]; Baylor walked; Baylor
stole second; Robinson made an out to shortstop; Williams was
walked intentionally; Etchebarren singled to left [Baylor
scored, Williams to second]; SLAYBACK REPLACED FRYMAN
(PITCHING); Belanger singled to center [Williams scored,
Etchebarren to second]; Blair made an out to third; 5 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Brinkman flied out to center; Rodriguez struck out;
Northrup popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich singled to left; Slayback threw a wild pitch
[Grich to second]; Davis grounded out (third to first); Fuller
struck out while Grich was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kaline flied out to left; Horton struck out; N. Cash
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Robinson
flied out to center; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Freehan walked; Stanley singled to shortstop
[Freehan to second]; Sutherland popped to catcher in foul
territory; Brinkman flied to right in foul territory; Rodriguez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
5, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Etchebarren singled to center; Belanger popped to
catcher in foul territory; Blair struck out; Grich singled to
left [Etchebarren to third]; Davis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to center; Kaline singled to
right [Kaline to second (error by Fuller)]; Horton flied out to
right; N. Cash made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 5, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Fuller was hit by a pitch; Fuller stole second;
Baylor flied out to right; Robinson singled to right [Fuller to
third]; Williams hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fuller scored];
Etchebarren flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Freehan grounded out (third to first); Stanley
walked; Sutherland grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Stanley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 6, Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair
grounded out (catcher to first); Grich was hit by a pitch; Davis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman walked; Rodriguez reached on an error by
Belanger [Brinkman to second, Rodriguez to first]; Northrup
lined to center; Kaline walked [Brinkman to third, Rodriguez to
second]; Horton walked [Brinkman scored (unearned), Rodriguez to
third, Kaline to second]; N. Cash flied out to right; Freehan
flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Tigers 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Fuller grounded out (third to first); Baylor popped
to first in foul territory; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley struck out; Sutherland singled to center;
Brinkman flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren
grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger doubled to left; Blair
singled to second [Belanger to third]; Blair stole second; Grich
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: On a bunt Northrup singled; Kaline singled to center
[Northrup to second]; Horton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Northrup to third, Kaline out at
second]; N. Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Davis struck out; Fuller popped to first; Baylor
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan flied out to left; Stanley grounded out
(third to first); Sutherland made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Tigers 1.