Bruce Dal Canton, using his newly perfected knuckleball with good effect, limited the Orioles to five hits while the Royals pounded three Baltimore hurlers for 14 en route to a 9-1 victory. Kansas City hung a sixth straight defeat on Jim Palmer, with Fran Healy breaking the ice in the second with a long home run after George Brett had singled with two out. The Royals got rid of Palmer in the next inning when Vada Pinson delivered a two-run double and Jim Wohlford followed with a triple.

Healy singled, stole second, took third on an infield hit and scored the Royals' sixth run on Amos Otis' sacrifice fly in the fourth. Fred Patek and Cookie Rojas drove in runs in the fifth with a sacrifice fly and single and added the final marker off Jesse Jefferson in the eighth. Dal Canton lost his shutout in the fifth when Daon Baylor singled, stole second and scored on Rich Coggins' triple. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 9, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Monday, May       27, 1974 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Royals       0  2  3    1  2  0    0  1  x  -   9 14  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .162      Patek ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .223
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .297      Rojas 2b              5   1   3   1     0   0   .312
Davis dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .265        White 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Williams c            4   0   2   0     0   2   .220      Otis cf               3   1   0   1     0   0   .266
Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277        Cowens cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Baylor rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .234      Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   1     1   0   .255
Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .325      McRae dh              3   1   0   0     2   1   .333
Coggins cf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .162      Pinson rf             5   2   2   2     0   1   .234
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Wohlford lf           5   0   2   1     0   0   .293
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brett 3b              4   2   1   0     0   0   .262
  Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Healy c               3   2   3   2     1   0   .248
  Jefferson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dal Canton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   5   1     2   5             Totals               37   9  14   9     4   2

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 16,193
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Royals 10
DP: Orioles 0, Royals 1
Errors: Robinson, Mayberry
Doubles: Pinson (7)
Triples: Coggins (1), Wohlford (4)
Home Runs: Healy (6)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (7), Otis (9), Healy (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (3), Patek (1)
GIDP: Robinson (6)
Hit by Pitch: Baylor (4,by Dal Canton)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(2-6)           2.2   7   5   5   1   1   1  16   3.74
Garland                 2     5   3   3   2   0   0  13  19.29
Jefferson               3.1   2   1   0   1   1   0  14   6.00
Totals                  8    14   9   8   4   2   1  43

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton W(3-2)       9     5   1   1   2   5   0  34   1.93
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   5   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Dal Canton (3)
Wild Pitches: Jefferson (1)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Grich walked; Davis flied out to
center; Grich was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Mayberry [Grich to third]; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Rojas flied out to right;
Otis flied out to center; Mayberry singled to left [Patek to
third]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Powell flied out to center; Baylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Pinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Wohlford
grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett singled to left; Healy
homered [Brett scored]; Patek lined to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Coggins grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Rojas singled to left; Otis forced Rojas (third to
second); Otis stole second; Mayberry flied out to center [Otis
to third]; McRae walked; Pinson doubled to center [Otis scored,
McRae scored]; Wohlford tripled to right [Pinson scored];
GARLAND REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Brett grounded out (second
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich flied out to left; Davis flied out to center;
On a bunt Williams singled to pitcher; Powell grounded out
(second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Healy singled to center; Healy stole second; Patek
grounded out (third to first); Rojas singled to shortstop [Healy
to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Healy scored];
Mayberry walked [Rojas to second]; McRae flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: Baylor singled to shortstop; Baylor stole second;
Robinson was called out on strikes; Coggins tripled [Baylor
scored]; Belanger flied out to center; Bumbry popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 6.

ROYALS 5TH: Pinson singled to center; Wohlford singled to center
[Pinson to second]; Brett forced Wohlford (shortstop to second)
[Pinson to third]; Healy walked [Brett to second]; Patek hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Pinson scored, Brett to third]; Rojas
singled to left [Brett scored, Healy to second]; JEFFERSON
REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Otis popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 8.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Davis made an out to catcher; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 8.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to center; McRae flied out to
right; Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Royals 8.

ORIOLES 7TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied
out to center; Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 8.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford grounded out (second to first); Brett flied
out to center; Healy singled to center; Patek forced Healy
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: COWENS REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Coggins popped
to shortstop; Belanger walked; Bumbry lined to center; Grich was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals
8.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas reached on an error by Robinson [Rojas to
second]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rojas to
third]; Mayberry singled to right [Rojas scored (unearned)];
Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to second]; McRae walked;
Pinson grounded out (second to first) [Mayberry to third, McRae
to second]; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 9.

ORIOLES 9TH: WHITE REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); Davis singled to
left; Williams singled to center [Davis to second]; Powell
popped to third in foul territory; Baylor was hit by a pitch
[Davis to third, Williams to second]; Robinson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Baylor out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Royals 9.