Joe Coleman, who had lost seven straight games, was able to gain his first victory since May 19 when the Tigers erupted for four runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Orioles, 9-5. In the early going, Ken Singleton and Jim Northrup hit homers for the Orioles and Willie Horton hammered one for the Tigers.

With the score tied, 5-5, the Tigers opened the seventh with a single by Ron LeFlore. Gary Sutherland walked. After Dan Meyer grounded into a forceout, Horton singled to drive in the tie-breaking run. One out later, Mickey Stanley clinched the victory with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 5
Game Played on Thursday, July      3, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Orioles      1  0  0    2  2  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Tigers       0  3  0    0  2  0    4  0  x  -   9 14  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Singleton rf          4   2   1   1     1   0   .289      LeFlore cf            5   1   2   0     0   3   .270
Grich 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Sutherland 2b         3   1   1   0     2   0   .260
Bumbry dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .293      Meyer lf              4   2   1   1     0   0   .259
May 1b                3   1   2   1     1   1   .242      Horton dh             4   2   3   2     0   0   .248
Northrup cf           3   1   2   2     1   0   .320      Freehan c             3   0   1   1     1   1   .283
Baylor lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Stanley 1b            4   2   2   3     0   0   .264
Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .201      Roberts rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Hendricks c           4   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Veryzer ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .237
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     1   0   .229      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .225
  Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alexander p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   7   5     5   6             Totals               35   9  14   9     3   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 10,940
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Tigers 5
DP: Orioles 1, Tigers 0
Doubles: May (13), Meyer (9), Freehan (9)
Triples: May (2)
Home Runs: Singleton (5), Northrup (4), Horton (16), Stanley (3)
Stolen Bases: Stanley (1), LeFlore (20)
Caught Stealing: Horton (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bumbry (1)
GIDP: Meyer (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar                 4.2   9   5   5   2   3   1  23   3.93
Garland L(0-3)          2.1   4   4   4   1   1   1  11   4.74
Alexander               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.33
Totals                  8    14   9   9   3   4   2  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(4-12)         9     7   5   5   5   6   2  39   6.37
Totals                  9     7   5   5   5   6   2  39

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Russ Goetz


ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton homered; Grich lined to third; Bumbry
flied out to left; May doubled to right; Northrup walked; Baylor
popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland singled to center;
Meyer grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Sutherland out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Tigers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Robinson struck out; Hendricks struck out (catcher
to first); Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton homered; Freehan flied out to left; Stanley
singled; Stanley stole second; Roberts singled to third [Stanley
stayed at second]; Veryzer singled to center [Stanley scored,
Roberts to third]; Rodriguez singled to center [Roberts scored,
Veryzer to third]; LeFlore struck out; Sutherland flied out to
center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Grich
struck out; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Meyer flied out to center; Horton singled to left;
Horton was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to second); Freehan walked; Stanley flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: May walked; Northrup homered [May scored]; Baylor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson grounded out (third
to first); Hendricks popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Tigers 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger walked; Singleton forced Belanger (pitcher
to second to shortstop); Grich singled [Singleton to third];
Bumbry hit a sacrifice fly to center [Singleton scored]; May
tripled to center [Grich scored]; Northrup flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland walked; Meyer doubled
[Sutherland scored]; Horton grounded out (third to first);
Freehan doubled to right [Meyer scored]; GARLAND REPLACED
CUELLAR (PITCHING); Stanley flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Baylor flied out to left; Robinson walked;
Hendricks struck out; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Veryzer made
an out to second; Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); Grich
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry singled to center; May
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland walked
[LeFlore to second]; Meyer forced Sutherland (first to
shortstop) [LeFlore to third]; Horton singled to center [LeFlore
scored, Meyer to second]; Freehan struck out; Stanley homered
[Meyer scored, Horton scored]; Roberts singled to left [Roberts
out at second (left to second)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
5, Tigers 9.

ORIOLES 8TH: Northrup singled to right; Baylor popped to first
in foul territory; Robinson popped to third in foul territory;
Hendricks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 5, Tigers 9.

TIGERS 8TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third
to first); LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore stole second;
Sutherland grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 9.

ORIOLES 9TH: MUSER BATTED FOR BELANGER; Muser grounded out
(first to pitcher); Singleton walked; Grich flied out to center;
Bumbry forced Singleton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Tigers 9.