Setting an Orioles' club record with his ninth shutout of the season, Jim Palmer beat the Rangers, 4-0, to register his 19th victory. The Orioles put the game away with two runs in the fifth inning when Mark Belanger singled, Brooks Robinson walked and Ken Singleton drove them home with a double. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    17, 1975 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  1  x  -   4  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moates cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Singleton rf          4   0   2   2     0   1   .311
Tovar dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .258      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Hargrove lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .312      Davis dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .282
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      May 1b                3   0   1   0     1   1   .269
Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .294        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Randle 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Northrup cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Grieve rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .267        Blair cf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .203
Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Baylor lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .281
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .204      Robinson 3b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .202
Perzanowski p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .206
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           4   2   3   0     0   0   .207
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     3   4             Totals               32   4   9   3     3   6

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 11,123
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Orioles 8
DP: Rangers 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Sundberg
Doubles: Singleton (28), May (22)
Stolen Bases: Blair (14)
GIDP: Northrup (7)
Hit by Pitch: Grich (8,by Perzanowski)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perzanowski L(1-2)      6.2   7   3   3   3   5   0  30   3.62
Thomas                  1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   6   3.79
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   6   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(19-7)          9     4   0   0   3   4   0  34   2.24
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   4   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Perzanowski (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Armando Rodriguez


RANGERS 1ST: Moates singled to left; Tovar singled to center
[Moates to third]; Hargrove struck out; Spencer struck out;
Harrah walked [Tovar to second]; Randle grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton struck out; Grich grounded out (third to
first); Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grieve made an out to second; Howell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg singled to center; Moates made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Northrup popped
to third in foul territory; Baylor popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Tovar made an out to shortstop; Hargrove walked;
Spencer flied out to left; Harrah grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Robinson made an out to shortstop; Duncan grounded
out (pitcher to first); Belanger singled to shortstop; Singleton
singled to second [Belanger to third]; Grich flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Grieve
singled to right; Howell struck out; Sundberg forced Grieve
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Davis struck out; May walked; Northrup grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Moates made an out to second; Tovar walked;
Hargrove flied out to left; Spencer forced Tovar (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Baylor flied out to left; Robinson walked; Duncan
was called out on strikes; On a bunt Belanger singled to third
[Robinson to second]; Singleton doubled to center [Robinson
scored, Belanger scored]; Grich struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrah flied out to left; Randle grounded out
(first to pitcher); Grieve struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); May
doubled to left; Northrup grounded out (third to first); Baylor
was walked intentionally; Robinson made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING CF); Howell
grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg lined to shortstop;
Moates grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Duncan struck out; Belanger singled to shortstop;
Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Belanger to second];
Grich was hit by a pitch; Davis singled to left [Belanger
scored, Grich to second]; THOMAS REPLACED PERZANOWSKI
(PITCHING); May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Orioles 3.

RANGERS 8TH: MUSER REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 1B); Tovar made an out
to second; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Blair singled to center; Baylor flied out to center
[Blair to second]; Blair stole third [Blair scored (error by
Sundberg)]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); Duncan
singled to center; Belanger lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah popped to second in foul territory; Randle
grounded out (first to pitcher); Grieve grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 4.