Sunday April 21, 1974
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New York Yankees 3, Baltimore Orioles 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 21, 1974 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 8 1 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Blair cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .150 White lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Coggins ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .086 Munson dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .213 Grich 2b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .386 Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Davis dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Piniella rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .419 Williams 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .094 Maddox pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Reinbach ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Nettles 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .350 Baylor lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .146 Sudakis 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .242 Robinson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .320 Hegan pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Fuller rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Dempsey c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Powell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Mason ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Etchebarren c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .333 McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendricks ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .357 Beene p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Baker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Cuellar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 8 2 4 1 Totals 29 0 4 0 5 5 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 20,329 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Orioles 8 DP: Yankees 2, Orioles 0 Errors: White Doubles: Piniella (3) Caught Stealing: Baylor (2) Sacrifice Hits: Mason (3) GIDP: Robinson (1), Blair (3) Hit by Pitch: Grich (3,by Beene) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McDowell W(1-1) 5.1 2 0 0 5 2 0 21 4.50 Beene SV(1) 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 14 2.89 Totals 9 4 0 0 5 5 0 35 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cuellar L(0-2) 7.2 8 3 2 4 1 0 34 4.15 Reynolds 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 8 3 2 4 1 0 38 Passed Balls: Hendricks (1) Hit by Pitch: Beene (1) Wild Pitches: McDowell (1), Cuellar (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean YANKEES 1ST: Clarke popped to catcher in foul territory; White grounded out (second to first); Munson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich walked; Davis lined to third; Williams was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer was called out on strikes; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor walked; Robinson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Baylor out at second]; Fuller flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 3RD: Sudakis made an out to shortstop; Dempsey singled to left; Mason walked [Dempsey to second]; Clarke flied out to right; White forced Mason (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren singled to left; Belanger popped to catcher in foul territory; Blair grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Etchebarren out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to left; Cuellar threw a wild pitch [Munson to second]; Murcer popped to catcher; Piniella singled [Munson scored]; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first) [Piniella to second]; Sudakis walked; Dempsey forced Sudakis (second to shortstop); Yankees Manager Bill Virdon ejected by 1B umpire Larry Napp arguing that Bobby Grich offered at a pinch on an attempted bunt; it was ruled no swing by HP umpire Jim Evans; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Grich flied out to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. YANKEES 5TH: Mason singled to right [Mason out at second (right to shortstop)]; Clarke grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Baylor reached on an error by White [Baylor to first]; Baylor was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Robinson singled to center; McDowell threw a wild pitch [Robinson to second]; Fuller grounded out (third to first); Etchebarren struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 0. YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied out to right; Murcer flied out to center; Piniella doubled; Nettles singled to right [Piniella scored]; Sudakis flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger flied out to center; Blair walked; Grich walked [Blair to second]; Yankees pitching coach Whitey Ford came out to visit pitcher Sam McDowell a second time during Tommy Davis' plate appearance; 1B umpire Larry Napp yelled to Ford to stop him but Ford walked onto the field with the intention of removing McDowell; Napp sent Ford back to the dugout, told McDowell to finish pitching to Davis and then removed McDowell from the game' Orioles manager Earl Weaver protested the game, saying that McDowell should have left the game when Ford came out the second time; Davis walked [Blair to third, Grich to second]; BEENE REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Williams struck out; Baylor forced Davis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 0. YANKEES 7TH: Dempsey walked; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dempsey to second]; Clarke grounded out (third to first); White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson struck out; Fuller grounded out (pitcher to first); HENDRICKS BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Orioles 0. YANKEES 8TH: HENDRICKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer popped to third; Piniella singled to center; MADDOX RAN FOR PINIELLA; Nettles singled [Maddox to third]; Hendricks allowed a passed ball [Maddox scored (unearned), Nettles to second]; Sudakis walked; HEGAN RAN FOR SUDAKIS; REYNOLDS REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Dempsey flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BUMBRY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Bumbry flied out to left; COGGINS BATTED FOR BLAIR; Coggins grounded out (third to first); Grich was hit by a pitch; Davis forced Grich (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 0. YANKEES 9TH: COGGINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BAKER REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING SS); Mason grounded out (second to first); Clarke grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 9TH: REINBACH BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Reinbach grounded out (first unassisted); Baylor grounded out (second to first); Robinson singled to left; POWELL BATTED FOR FULLER; Powell singled to right [Robinson to second]; Hendricks forced Powell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Orioles 0.

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