After the Orioles went 13 innings to win the first game of a doubleheader, 6-5, the Yankees got four-hit pitching from Sam McDowell and Fred Beene to a gain 3-0 victory in the second game. Brooks Robinson homered in the opener for the Orioles, who failed to hold a 4-0 lead. After pulling even and sending the game into overtime, the Yankees went ahead as Graig Nettles hit his ninth homer of the season in the 12th, but the Orioles regained a tie in their half on a single by Rich Coggins, a sacrifice and double by Tommy Davis. In the 13th, Earl Williams singled for the Orioles, Mark Belanger walked and Mike Reinbach singled to drive in the winning run.

Lou Piniella, who hit a double and two singles, figured in all of the Yankees' runs in the nightcap, driving in one, scoring one and setting up another by Elliott Maddox, who replaced him as a pinch-runner. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, New York Yankees 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, April     21, 1974 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  -   5  7  3
Orioles      3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   6 15  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White lf              3   2   1   0     1   1   .245      Bumbry lf             1   1   1   0     0   0   .206
  Maddox rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Blair ph,cf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .158
Munson c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .211        Reinbach ph,lf      2   0   1   1     0   1   .400
  Sims c              3   0   1   0     0   2   .286      Coggins cf,rf,cf      6   2   1   0     0   1   .088
  Dempsey pr,c        1   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Grich 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .395
Piniella rf,lf        5   0   1   1     0   0   .370      Davis dh              5   0   3   3     1   1   .306
Murcer cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .345      Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Blomberg dh           5   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Fuller ph,1b,rf     3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Nettles 3b            5   1   1   1     0   0   .339      Baylor rf,lf,1b       4   0   0   0     2   1   .156
Hegan 1b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .244      Robinson 3b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .304
Michael 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .156        Cabell pr,3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mason ss              5   1   1   0     0   1   .217      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .417
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams ph,c       3   1   2   0     0   0   .103
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baker ss              3   0   1   0     0   2   .333
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Belanger ss         2   0   1   0     1   0   .176
  Peterson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5   7   4     2   5             Totals               49   6  15   5     4   8

Time of Game: 3:41
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Orioles 13
DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Murcer, Nettles, Michael, Grich, Baker
Doubles: Davis (3)
Home Runs: Nettles (9), Robinson (1)
Stolen Bases: Grich (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Piniella (1), Grich 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (1)
GIDP: Piniella (2), Blair (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  7.2   7   4   1   0   6   1  31   3.62
Lyle                    2.2   3   0   0   2   1   0  13   3.38
Buskey L(0-1)           1.2   4   2   2   2   1   0  10   6.35
Peterson                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.79
Totals                 12    15   6   3   4   8   1  55

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                 12     7   5   4   2   5   1  45   2.29
Alexander W(1-0)        1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                 13     7   5   4   2   5   1  48

Wild Pitches: Lyle (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - Larry Barnett


YANKEES 1ST: White struck out; Munson struck out; Piniella
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: SIMS REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Bumbry singled
to left; Coggins reached on an error by Michael [Bumbry to
second, Coggins to first]; Grich reached on an error by Nettles
[Bumbry scored (unearned), Coggins to third, Grich to first];
Davis singled to right [Coggins scored (unearned), Grich scored
(unearned)]; Powell popped to shortstop; Baylor grounded out
(second to first) [Davis to second]; Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Orioles 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Blomberg
grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Hendricks flied out to right; Baker was called out
on strikes; BLAIR BATTED FOR BUMBRY; Blair grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 3RD: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COGGINS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Hegan flied out to left; Michael grounded out (first
unassisted); Mason flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Coggins grounded out (second to pitcher); Grich
grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 3.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (first to pitcher); Sims struck
out; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor
flied out to right; Robinson homered; Hendricks grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles
4.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer singled to left [Murcer to second (error by
Baker)]; Blomberg flied out to left; Nettles grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Murcer to third]; Hegan singled to right
[Murcer scored (unearned)]; Michael popped to third; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Baker singled to center; Blair grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baker out at
second]; Coggins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Mason singled to center; White singled to center
[Mason to third]; Sims was called out on strikes; Piniella
singled to center [Mason scored, White to third]; Murcer hit a
sacrifice fly to left [White scored]; Blomberg forced Piniella
(second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich singled to center; Grich stole second; Davis
struck out; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles reached on an error by Grich [Nettles to
first]; Hegan popped to catcher in foul territory; Michael
forced Nettles (first to shortstop); Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson flied out to right; Hendricks was called
out on strikes; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 8TH: White walked; Sims singled to right [White to
third]; DEMPSEY RAN FOR SIMS; Piniella grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [White scored, Dempsey out at
second]; Murcer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Blair grounded
out (second to first); Coggins grounded out (first unassisted);
Grich singled to left; Davis singled to center [Grich to third];
LYLE REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); FULLER BATTED FOR POWELL;
Fuller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
4, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 9TH: FULLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BELANGER
REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING SS); Blomberg grounded out (second to
first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Hegan grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Baylor walked; Lyle threw a wild pitch [Baylor to
second]; Robinson made an out to third; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
HENDRICKS; MADDOX REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING RF); PINIELLA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Williams flied out to left; Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 10TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Michael
popped to shortstop; Mason flied out to left; Maddox flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 10TH: Blair singled to center; Coggins flied out to
right; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Blair
to second]; Davis was walked intentionally; Fuller flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 11TH: Dempsey walked; Piniella out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Dempsey to third]; Murcer grounded out
(pitcher to first); Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 11TH: Baylor grounded out (second to first); Robinson
singled to left; CABELL RAN FOR ROBINSON; Williams singled to
center [Cabell to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING);
Cabell was picked off second (catcher to second); Belanger
singled to left [Williams to second]; REINBACH BATTED FOR BLAIR;
Reinbach struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 12TH: REINBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BAYLOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); COGGINS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); FULLER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CABELL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles homered; Hegan flied out to
left; Michael popped to third; Mason flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 12TH: Coggins singled to left; Grich out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Coggins to second]; Davis doubled to
left [Coggins scored, Davis to third (error by Murcer)]; Fuller
popped to second; Baylor was walked intentionally; Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Orioles 5.

YANKEES 13TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Dempsey grounded out (shortstop
to first); Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 13TH: Williams singled to left; Belanger walked
[Williams to second]; PETERSON REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING);
Reinbach singled to center [Williams scored, Belanger to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Orioles 6.