The Orioles increased their lead over the rain-idled Yankees to one game in the East Division race when Bobby Grich scored on a slow roller by Bob Oliver with the bases loaded in the 17th inning to defeat the Brewers, 1-0. With one out, Grich drew a pass from Tom Murphy, Al Bumbry singled and Jim Northrup walked to load the bases.

Oliver then hit his grounder to Don Money, who was unable to make the play at the plate as Grich scored. Jim Colborn pitched the first 13 innings for the Brewers before yielding to Murphy. Jim Palmer, who started for the Orioles, doled out only four hits in 12 innings. Bob Reynolds followed and had to be bailed out in the 16th by Grant Jackson, who gained the victory. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Friday, September 27, 1974 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   0  8  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   1 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Money 3b              6   0   0   0     0   1   .283      Coggins rf            8   0   2   0     0   0   .245
Berry cf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Blair cf              6   0   1   0     2   0   .258
  Coluccio cf         5   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Grich 2b              6   1   1   0     1   4   .261
Scott 1b              5   0   1   0     2   1   .280      Davis dh              4   0   1   0     1   0   .285
May lf                5   0   0   0     1   0   .228        Bumbry pr,dh        2   0   1   0     1   0   .226
Porter c              5   0   1   0     1   1   .242      Powell 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .269
  Moore ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .251        Cabell pr,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Hegan dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .235        Northrup ph,lf      2   0   1   0     1   0   .240
  Mitchell ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Baylor lf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .268
  Hansen ph,dh        3   0   0   0     0   1   .287        Fuller lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Thomas rf             3   0   2   0     0   1   .256        Oliver ph,1b        3   0   0   1     0   0   .243
  Briggs ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Robinson 3b           7   0   0   0     0   1   .290
  Lezcano pr,rf       2   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Hendricks c           7   0   1   0     0   0   .209
T. Johnson ss         7   0   0   0     0   3   .247      Belanger ss           5   0   0   0     1   3   .219
Garcia 2b             7   0   2   0     0   1   .201      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               54   0   8   0     6   9             Totals               59   1  10   1     8  10

Time of Game: 4:28   Attendance: 17,695
Left on Base: Brewers 12, Orioles 19
DP: Brewers 0, Orioles 2
Doubles: Baylor (19), Grich (28)
Stolen Bases: Porter (8), Thomas (3), Blair (21), Oliver (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (1), May (6), Money (10), Grich (7)
GIDP: T. Johnson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Belanger (2,by Colborn)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn                13     8   0   0   6   9   0  54   4.14
Murphy L(9-10)          3.1   2   1   1   2   1   0  15   1.96
Totals                 16.1  10   1   1   8  10   0  69

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                 12     4   0   0   6   5   0  44   3.15
Reynolds                3.1   3   0   0   0   1   0  13   2.78
Jackson W(3-4)          1.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   6   2.64
Totals                 17     8   0   0   6   9   0  63

Hit by Pitch: Colborn (6)
Wild Pitches: Palmer (4), Jackson (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


BREWERS 1ST: Money flied out to right; Berry flied out to left;
Scott walked; May forced Scott (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: COLUCCIO REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING CF); Coggins
grounded out (first unassisted); Blair walked; Grich struck out;
Davis singled to left [Blair to third]; Powell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Porter singled to right; Porter stole second; Hegan
flied out to left; Thomas struck out; T. Johnson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Robinson
flied out to left; Hendricks singled to center; On a bunt
Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Garcia lined to third; Money grounded out (third to
first); Coluccio walked; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Blair
walked; Blair stole second; Grich was called out on strikes;
Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Porter struck
out; Hegan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell lined to first; Baylor struck out; Robinson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas singled to left; Thomas stole second; T.
Johnson struck out; Garcia made an out to third; Money flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Hendricks made an out to shortstop; Belanger
walked; Coggins grounded out (first unassisted) [Belanger to
second]; Blair flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Coluccio grounded out (second to first); Scott
struck out; May walked; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Grich struck out; Davis grounded out (shortstop to
first); Powell walked; Baylor doubled to left [Powell to third];
Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Hegan singled to left; Thomas out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hegan to second]; T. Johnson lined
into a double play (center to third) [Hegan out at third]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Hendricks flied out to right; Belanger struck out;
Coggins singled to right; Blair flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
struck out; Coluccio made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Grich struck out; Davis flied out to right; Powell
singled to center; CABELL RAN FOR POWELL; Baylor flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 9TH: CABELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Scott grounded
out (third to first); May grounded out (second to first); Porter
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Robinson struck out; Hendricks grounded out (second
to first); Belanger was hit by a pitch; Coggins flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 10TH: MITCHELL BATTED FOR HEGAN; Mitchell flied out to
right; Thomas singled to left; T. Johnson grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 10TH: Blair singled to right; Grich out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Blair to second]; Davis was walked
intentionally; BUMBRY RAN FOR DAVIS; Cabell forced Blair (third
unassisted) [Bumbry to second]; Baylor flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 11TH: BUMBRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FULLER
REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); Garcia grounded out (third to
first); Money flied out to center; Coluccio grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 11TH: Robinson lined to center; Hendricks popped to
catcher in foul territory; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 12TH: Scott walked; May out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Scott to second]; Porter was walked intentionally;
HANSEN BATTED FOR MITCHELL; Hansen flied out to center; Palmer
threw a wild pitch [Scott to third, Porter to second]; BRIGGS
BATTED FOR THOMAS; Briggs was walked intentionally; LEZCANO RAN
FOR BRIGGS; T. Johnson forced Lezcano (second to shortstop); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 12TH: LEZCANO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Coggins
singled to right; Blair flied out to center; Grich doubled to
left [Coggins to third]; Bumbry was walked intentionally;
NORTHRUP BATTED FOR CABELL; Northrup made an out to second;
OLIVER BATTED FOR FULLER; Oliver made an out to second; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 13TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); OLIVER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); REYNOLDS REPLACED PALMER
(PITCHING); Garcia singled to left; Money out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Garcia to second]; Coluccio grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 13TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Hendricks
lined to first; Belanger lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 14TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter
grounded out (first to pitcher); Hansen made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 14TH: MURPHY REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Coggins
grounded out (second to first); Blair grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 15TH: Lezcano flied out to right; T. Johnson struck out;
Garcia singled to left; Money flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 15TH: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
singled; Oliver forced Northrup (shortstop to second); Oliver
stole second; Robinson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 16TH: Coluccio grounded out (second to first); Scott
singled to center; JACKSON REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); May
made an out to first; MOORE BATTED FOR PORTER; Moore lined to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 16TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Hendricks flied
out to left; Belanger struck out; Coggins flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 17TH: Hansen was called out on strikes; Lezcano singled
to center; Jackson threw a wild pitch [Lezcano to second]; T.
Johnson struck out; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 17TH: Blair flied out to right; Grich walked; Bumbry
singled to center [Grich to third]; Northrup walked [Bumbry to
second]; Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Grich scored,
Bumbry to third, Northrup to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 1.