A pass to Boog Powell with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning forced in Paul Blair and enabled the Orioles to defeat the Brewers, 4-3, and retain their margin of one-half game over the Yankees in the East Division race. The Brewers struck first with a single by Jack Lind and homer by Don Money in the fifth inning, but their lead was short lived. The Orioles retaliated with three runs in their half. Elrod Hendricks walked and scored on singles by Mark Belanger and Rich Coggins. After a walk to Blair loaded the bases, Belanger crossed the plate on a wild pitch by Jim Slaton. Coggins counted the third run on a single by Tommy Davis.

The Brewers pulled even in the sixth after Bobby Mitchell and Gorman Thomas walked. Dave McNally trapped Thomas off first base and, in the ensuing rundown, Mitchell tried to take third and was thrown out. Thomas advanced to second on the play and scored on a single by Charlie Moore. Slaton struck out Belanger to open the ninth but then issued consecutive walks to Coggins, Blair and Bobby Grich. Tom Murphy relieved and induced Davis to hit into a forceout at the plate before facing Powell, who worked the count to 3-and-2 and walked on a low pitch. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 29, 1974 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Money 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .285      Coggins rf            3   1   1   1     2   0   .243
Lezcano rf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .255      Blair cf              3   1   1   0     2   1   .261
Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .279      Grich 2b              4   0   1   0     1   2   .261
Mitchell dh           2   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Davis dh              5   0   2   1     0   1   .287
  Briggs ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Powell 1b             4   0   0   1     1   3   .267
Thomas lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .244      Baylor lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .268
Moore c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .246      Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Coluccio cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Hendricks c           2   1   0   0     2   0   .214
Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200      Belanger ss           4   1   1   0     0   2   .222
Lind ss               2   1   1   0     1   0   .273      McNally p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Slaton 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               30   3   5   3     5   6             Totals               32   4   7   3     9  10

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 20,456
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Orioles 11
DP: Brewers 1, Orioles 0
Doubles: Thomas (3), Lezcano (2)
Home Runs: Money (15)
Stolen Bases: Thomas (4), Blair (24), Baylor (27)
Caught Stealing: Mitchell (6)
GIDP: Baylor (9)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(13-16)         8.1   7   4   4   8  10   0  39   3.93
Murphy                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.96
Totals                  8.2   7   4   4   9  10   0  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally                 7     5   3   3   5   3   1  29   3.58
Reynolds                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.77
Jackson W(4-4)          1.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   5   2.57
Totals                  9     5   3   3   5   6   1  35

Passed Balls: Moore (5)
Wild Pitches: Slaton (14), McNally (4)

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


BREWERS 1ST: Money grounded out (third to first); Lezcano
walked; Scott flied out to right; Mitchell made an out to first;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Blair flied
out to center; Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Thomas doubled; Moore struck out; Coluccio grounded
out (second to first) [Thomas to third]; Garcia grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Davis singled to center; Powell grounded out (first
unassisted) [Davis to second]; Baylor popped to third in foul
territory; Robinson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Lind walked; Lind was picked off first (pitcher to
first); On a bunt Money made an out to first; Lezcano grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Hendricks walked; On a bunt Belanger forced
Hendricks (pitcher to shortstop); Coggins walked [Belanger to
second]; Moore allowed a passed ball [Belanger to third, Coggins
to second]; Blair was called out on strikes; Grich struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Scott walked; Mitchell popped to first in foul
territory; Thomas forced Scott (shortstop to second); Thomas
stole second; Moore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Davis struck out; Powell struck out; Baylor singled
to right; Robinson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Coluccio flied out to center; Garcia struck out;
Lind singled; Money homered [Lind scored]; Lezcano grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Hendricks walked; Belanger singled to left
[Hendricks to second]; Coggins singled to right [Hendricks
scored, Belanger to second]; Blair walked [Belanger to third,
Coggins to second]; Slaton threw a wild pitch [Belanger scored,
Coggins to third, Blair to second]; Grich singled to pitcher
[Coggins stayed at third, Blair stayed at second]; Davis singled
to third [Coggins scored, Blair to third, Grich to second];
Powell struck out; Baylor grounded into a double play (pitcher
to catcher to first) [Blair out at home]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 2, Orioles 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Scott struck out; Mitchell walked; McNally threw a
wild pitch [Mitchell to second]; Thomas walked; Mitchell was
caught stealing third (pitcher to first to third) [Thomas to
second]; Moore singled to center [Thomas scored]; Coluccio
forced Moore (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Robinson struck out; Hendricks made an out to
third; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Orioles 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Garcia made an out to shortstop; Lind made an out
to second; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Coggins flied out to right; Blair singled to left;
Blair stole second; On a bunt Grich popped to first in foul
territory; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Lezcano doubled; REYNOLDS REPLACED MCNALLY
(PITCHING); Scott grounded out (second to first) [Lezcano to
third]; BRIGGS BATTED FOR MITCHELL; JACKSON REPLACED REYNOLDS
(PITCHING); Briggs struck out; Thomas was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: BRIGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Powell struck
out; Baylor walked; Baylor stole second; Robinson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Baylor to third]; Hendricks flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Moore flied out to center; Coluccio flied out to
right; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: Belanger struck out; Coggins walked; Blair walked
[Coggins to second]; Grich walked [Coggins to third, Blair to
second]; MURPHY REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Davis forced Coggins
(second to catcher) [Blair to third, Grich to second]; Powell
walked [Blair scored, Grich to third, Davis to second]; 1 R, 0
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Orioles 4.