The Orioles defeated the Tigers, 7-6, on a run-scoring double by Andy Etchebarren in the ninth inning and won the East Division title when the second-place Yankees subsequently lost a night game to the Brewers, 3-2. Fittingly, Brooks Robinson, veteran star of the Orioles, carried the clinching run home. Robinson singled with one out off John Hiller and steamed around the bases when Etchebarren rapped his double into the left-center corner as pinch-batter for Elrod Hendricks.

Bill Freehan hit two homers, a single and sacrifice fly for the Tigers, driving in four runs. Freehan batted in one run with a single in the first and another with a solo swat in the fourth to pace the Tigers to a 3-0 lead before Mark Belanger walked in the Orioles' fifth and Rich Coggins homered. Then in the sixth, Hendricks walked and Jim Northrup, pinch-hitting against his former teammates, delivered a homer to put the Orioles ahead. Freehan tied the score with his second circuit clout of the game in the Tigers' half.

With two out in the eighth, Tiger starter Joe Coleman issued his eighth, ninth and 10th passes of the game to the load bases and Tommy Davis followed with a single to drive in two runs. However, the Tigers knocked out Jim Palmer in their half and tied the score, one run scoring on a sacrifice fly by Freehan and another on a double by Dan Meyer. Robinson's single and Etchebarren's double broke the deadlock in the ninth and brought the Orioles their eighth straight victory and 27th in 33 games since August 29. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 6
Game Played on Tuesday, October   1, 1974 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  2    0  2  1  -   7  9  1
Tigers       2  0  0    1  0  1    0  2  0  -   6 12  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Coggins rf            4   2   1   2     1   0   .243      LeFlore cf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .256
  Oliver ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Sutherland 2b         5   1   2   0     0   0   .254
  Fuller rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Kaline dh             5   1   1   0     0   1   .263
Blair cf              3   1   1   0     2   0   .261      Oglivie 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .271
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     2   2   .263      Freehan c             3   2   3   4     0   0   .296
Davis dh              5   0   2   2     0   1   .289      Meyer lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .217
Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     2   1   .265      Nettles rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Baylor lf             4   0   2   0     1   0   .274        Roberts ph,rf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Robinson 3b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .221
Hendricks c           3   1   0   0     1   1   .210      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     0   2   .220
  Etchebarren ph,c    1   0   1   1     0   0   .225        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Belanger ss           1   1   0   0     1   1   .225      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Northrup ph         1   1   1   2     0   0   .241        Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nordbrook ss        2   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7   9   7    10   7             Totals               37   6  12   6     1   6

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  3,673
Left on Base: Orioles 12, Tigers 6
DP: Orioles 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Robinson, Sutherland
Doubles: Etchebarren (8), Oglivie (11), Rodriguez (23), Meyer (1)
Home Runs: Coggins (4), Northrup (12), Freehan 2 (18)
Stolen Bases: Blair 3 (27), Coggins (26), LeFlore 2 (21)
Caught Stealing: Sutherland (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Freehan (4)
GIDP: Rodriguez (16)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                  7    10   6   5   0   5   2  30   3.27
Jackson W(6-4)          1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.57
Reynolds SV(7)          1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.73
Totals                  9    12   6   5   1   6   2  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 7.2   7   6   6  10   6   2  40   4.32
Walker                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.99
Hiller L(17-14)         1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.64
Totals                  9     9   7   7  10   7   2  46

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ORIOLES 1ST: Coggins lined to first; Blair lined to left; Grich
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to right; LeFlore stole second;
Sutherland grounded out (first to pitcher) [LeFlore to third];
Kaline made an out to second; Oglivie doubled to left [LeFlore
scored]; Freehan singled to center [Oglivie scored]; Meyer made
an out to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Davis flied out to left; Powell walked; Baylor
singled to right [Powell to second]; Robinson made an out to
second; Hendricks made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; Rodriguez was called
out on strikes; Brinkman singled to left; LeFlore forced
Brinkman (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger struck out; Coggins grounded out (first
unassisted); Blair singled to center; Blair stole second; Blair
stole third; Grich walked; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Sutherland singled to center; Sutherland was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Kaline made an out to
first; Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Tigers 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Baylor
singled to left; Robinson grounded out (second to first) [Baylor
to second]; Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan homered; Meyer flied out to center; Nettles
flied out to right; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger walked; Coggins homered [Belanger scored];
Blair walked; Blair stole second; Grich struck out; Davis
grounded out (third to first); Powell flied out to center; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman struck out; LeFlore flied out to right;
Sutherland flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Robinson
flied out to left; Hendricks walked; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR
BELANGER; Northrup homered [Hendricks scored]; Coggins made an
out to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING SS); Kaline
made an out to third; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted);
Freehan homered; Meyer popped to second in foul territory; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair flied out to center; Grich was called out on
strikes; Davis singled to left; Sutherland dropped a foul fly
hit by Powell for an error; Powell walked [Davis to second];
Baylor walked [Davis to third, Powell to second]; Robinson
forced Baylor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Orioles 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Nettles struck out; Rodriguez doubled to right;
Brinkman struck out; LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Tigers 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Hendricks grounded out (second to first); Nordbrook
was called out on strikes; Coggins walked; Coggins stole second;
Blair walked; Grich walked [Coggins to third, Blair to second];
Davis singled to left [Coggins scored, Blair scored, Grich to
third, Davis to second (on throw)]; WALKER REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); Powell struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Sutherland singled to right; Kaline singled to
center [Sutherland to second]; JACKSON REPLACED PALMER
(PITCHING); Oglivie reached on a fielder's choice [Sutherland to
third (error by Robinson), Kaline to second]; Freehan hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Sutherland scored (unearned)]; Meyer
doubled to left [Kaline scored, Oglivie to third]; ROBERTS
BATTED FOR NETTLES; Roberts was walked intentionally; Rodriguez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Roberts out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
6, Tigers 6.

ORIOLES 9TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HILLER
REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); Robinson singled to left; ETCHEBARREN BATTED FOR
HENDRICKS; Etchebarren doubled to left [Robinson scored];
Nordbrook flied out to center; OLIVER BATTED FOR COGGINS; Oliver
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 7, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 9TH: FULLER REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING RF); ETCHEBARREN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); REYNOLDS REPLACED JACKSON
(PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; G. Brown flied out to
center; LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore stole second;
Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first) [LeFlore to third];
Kaline was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
7, Tigers 6.