The Orioles pulled within 1½ games of the Yankees in the East Division by posting a 4-0 victory behind the pitching of Jim Palmer. The Orioles snapped the scoreless duel between Palmer and Doc Medich with a run in the seventh inning on a double by Elrod Hendricks, safe bunt by Mark Belanger and sacrifice fly by Al Bumbry. Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 0Game Played on Tuesday, September 17, 1974 (Night game) at Shea StadiumOrioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 4 7 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .222 White dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 Northrup lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Coggins rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .247 Murcer rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276 Grich 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249 Davis dh 3 1 0 0 0 0 .282 Piniella lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Powell 1b 0 0 0 0 3 0 .262 Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Munson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Cabell 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Mason ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .249 Blair cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .254 Alomar 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendricks c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .208 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 7 4 4 4 Totals 31 0 7 0 0 3 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 33,784 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Yankees 4 DP: Orioles 2, Yankees 0 Doubles: Hendricks (8) Home Runs: Blair (17) Stolen Bases: Bumbry (12), Belanger (13) Caught Stealing: Alomar (4) Sacrifice Hits: Grich (6) Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (3) GIDP: Murcer (10) Hit by Pitch: Davis (3,by Medich) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(7-12) 9 7 0 0 0 3 0 31 3.46 Totals 9 7 0 0 0 3 0 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich L(18-14) 7.1 5 3 3 4 2 0 31 3.62 Lyle 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 7 1.68 Totals 9 7 4 4 4 4 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Medich (7) Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to left; Bumbry stole second; Coggins flied out to center; Grich was called out on strikes; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: White made an out to third; Maddox singled to left; Murcer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Powell walked; Blair singled to center [Powell to second]; Robinson made an out to second; Hendricks walked [Powell to third, Blair to second]; Belanger struck out; Bumbry flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles struck out; Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss singled to first; Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Coggins made an out to second; Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Mason singled to third; On a bunt Alomar forced Mason (pitcher to shortstop); Alomar was caught stealing second (catcher to second); White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Powell walked; Blair flied out to left; Robinson flied out to left; Hendricks flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger lined to first; Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Coggins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Piniella lined to second; Chambliss flied out to center; Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Grich flied out to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell walked; On a bunt Blair grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Mason singled to right; On a bunt Alomar hit into a double play (first to second to second) [Mason out at second]; Boog Powell dropped pop bunt and then threw to Bobby Grich at 1B for the out on Sandy Alomar; Grich tagged Jim Mason, who stepped off the bag; Yankees protested game; White popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson lined to third; Hendricks doubled to right; On a bunt Belanger singled [Hendricks to third]; Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hendricks scored]; Belanger stole second [Belanger out at third (catcher to center to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: NORTHRUP REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING LF); Maddox made an out to second; Murcer singled to right; Nettles struck out; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Coggins singled to center; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Coggins to second]; Davis was hit by a pitch; LYLE REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); OLIVER BATTED FOR POWELL; Oliver struck out; Blair homered [Coggins scored, Davis scored]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 8TH: CABELL REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING 1B); Chambliss flied out to center; Munson flied out to left; Mason popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 0. ORIOLES 9TH: Hendricks grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger made an out to second; Northrup singled to left; Coggins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 9TH: Alomar flied out to left; White singled to right; Maddox flied out to center; Murcer singled to right [White to third]; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Yankees 0. |
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