Wednesday September 4, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Red Sox collected only three hits off Jim Palmer and lost to the Orioles, 6-0, for their sixth straight defeat. The Red Sox dropped into a tie with the Yankees for first place in the East Division, while the Orioles were only two games behind the co-leaders after posting their seventh straight victory.

The Orioles tore into Roger Moret for four runs in the third inning and completed their scoring with homers by Earl Williams in the fifth and seventh. In the fourth, Andy Etchebarren doubled, Paul Blair tripled and Bobby Grich singled to produce the first two tallies. After a double by Tommy Davis, the other pair followed on an infield out by Williams and sacrifice fly by Don Baylor. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 6, Boston Red Sox 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 4, 1974 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Orioles 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 x - 6 10 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272 Belanger ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Cooper dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Blair cf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .251 McCarver ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Grich 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .276 Evans rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .287 Davis dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .287 Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .310 Williams 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .263 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Baylor lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Carbo lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Griffin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Cabell rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274 Burleson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Etchebarren c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .207 Blackwell c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McAuliffe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Montgomery c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 3 0 1 6 Totals 34 6 10 6 2 3 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 16,856 Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Orioles 7 DP: Red Sox 0, Orioles 0 Errors: Williams Doubles: Baylor (15), Etchebarren (6), Davis (20) Triples: Blair (3) Home Runs: Williams 2 (13) Stolen Bases: Blair (16), Cabell (4) Sacrifice Flies: Baylor (4) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret L(7-8) 3.2 6 4 4 2 1 0 20 3.60 Cleveland 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 2 14 4.61 Pole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.63 Totals 8 10 6 6 2 3 2 37 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(6-10) 9 3 0 0 1 6 0 32 3.50 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 6 0 32 Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper made an out to third; Evans singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to center; Blair walked; Blair stole second; Grich was called out on strikes; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli made an out to second; Carbo flied out to left; Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Williams grounded out (second to first); Baylor doubled to right; Robinson made an out to shortstop; Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Blackwell struck out; Beniquez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Etchebarren doubled; Belanger made an out to third; Blair tripled to center [Etchebarren scored]; Grich singled to left [Blair scored]; Davis doubled to right [Grich to third]; Williams reached on a fielder's choice [Grich scored, Davis to third]; Baylor hit a sacrifice fly to left [Davis scored, Williams to second]; Robinson lined to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 4. RED SOX 4TH: Cooper reached on an error by Williams [Cooper to second]; Evans flied out to center; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 4TH: Cabell singled to second; Cabell stole second; Etchebarren flied out to right; Belanger lined to shortstop; CLEVELAND REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Blair walked (walk was charged to Moret); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 4. RED SOX 5TH: Carbo flied out to right; Griffin flied out to right; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 5TH: Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams homered; Baylor lined to center; Robinson singled to right; Cabell singled to left [Robinson to second]; Etchebarren forced Cabell (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 5. RED SOX 6TH: MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Beniquez struck out; Cooper was called out on strikes; Cecil Cooper ejected by HP umpire Jim Odom; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 6TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PLAYING C ); Belanger was called out on strikes; Blair grounded out (first unassisted); Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 5. RED SOX 7TH: Evans singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Evans to second]; Petrocelli flied out to center [Evans to third]; Carbo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 5. ORIOLES 7TH: Davis flied out to center; Williams homered; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 6. RED SOX 8TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Burleson popped to shortstop in foul territory; Montgomery made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 6. ORIOLES 8TH: POLE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Cabell made an out to shortstop; Etchebarren flied out to center; Belanger made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 6. RED SOX 9TH: Beniquez flied out to center; MCCARVER BATTED FOR COOPER; McCarver singled to left; Evans was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski walked [McCarver to second]; Petrocelli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Orioles 6.

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