Allowing only three hits, Mike Cuellar pitched the Orioles to a 2-0 victory over the Brewers. The Orioles decided Cuellar's duel with Jim Slaton by scoring a run on a walk to Ken Singleton, sacrifice by Paul Blair and single by Don Baylor in the sixth inning. Elrod Hendricks provided more elbow room with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 2, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     16, 1975 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   2  6  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Coluccio cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .130      Singleton rf          3   1   2   0     1   0   .238
Briggs lf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .200      Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .370
Aaron dh              2   0   0   0     2   1   .095        Northrup pr,cf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Davis dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .227
Scott 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .200      May 1b                3   0   1   0     1   2   .214
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Baylor lf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .391
Lezcano rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Moore c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      DeCinces 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Garcia 2b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .400      Hendricks c           3   1   1   1     0   0   .125
Yount ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .429      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               26   0   3   0     5   5             Totals               29   2   6   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  7,583
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Orioles 8
DP: Brewers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Yount
Doubles: Moore (2), Singleton 2 (4)
Home Runs: Hendricks (1)
Stolen Bases: Lezcano (2), Blair (2)
Caught Stealing: Coluccio (3), Briggs (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Yount (1), Blair (1)
GIDP: Scott (1), Robinson (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(1-2)           8     6   2   2   4   4   1  34   5.19
Totals                  8     6   2   2   4   4   1  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar W(1-0)          9     3   0   0   5   5   0  32   2.51
Totals                  9     3   0   0   5   5   0  32

Wild Pitches: Slaton (3)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Nestor Chylak


BREWERS 1ST: Coluccio was called out on strikes; Briggs grounded
out (second to first); Aaron flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton doubled to left; Slaton threw a wild
pitch [Singleton to third]; Blair grounded out (pitcher to
first); Davis popped to second; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott was called out on strikes; Money flied out to
center; Lezcano walked; Lezcano stole second; Moore popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor popped to second; Robinson flied out to
right; DeCinces reached on an error by Yount; Hendricks flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Garcia singled to center; Yount flied out to right;
Coluccio forced Garcia (third to second); Coluccio was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger popped to shortstop; Singleton flied out
to left; Blair was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Briggs walked; Briggs was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Aaron walked; Scott grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Aaron out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Davis flied out to center; May singled to left;
Baylor walked [May to second]; Robinson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Baylor out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Money popped to second; Lezcano grounded out
(shortstop to first); Moore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces popped to second; Hendricks flied out to
left; Belanger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Garcia walked; Yount out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Garcia to second]; Coluccio grounded out
(third to first); Briggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton walked; Blair out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Singleton to second]; Davis grounded out
(third to first); May walked; Baylor singled to center
[Singleton scored, May to second]; Robinson grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Aaron struck out; Scott popped to first in foul
territory; Money grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendricks homered; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first);
Singleton doubled; On a bunt Blair singled [Singleton to third];
Blair stole second; NORTHRUP RAN FOR BLAIR; Davis walked; May
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 8TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lezcano
grounded out (third to first); Moore doubled to left; Garcia
flied out to center; Yount popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Baylor was called out on strikes; Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); DeCinces grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles 2.

BREWERS 9TH: Coluccio grounded out (third to first); Briggs was
called out on strikes; Aaron walked; JOHNSON RAN FOR AARON;
Scott singled to center [Johnson to second]; Money forced Scott
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Orioles
2.