Scoring their winning runs on a homer by Ken Singleton in the first game and on a double by Don Baylor and single by Doug DeCinces in the second game, the Orioles defeated the Yankees in a twi-night doubleheader, 5-4 and 2-1. In the opener, Al Bumbry tripled and scored in the first inning and batted in two of the Orioles' three runs with a single in the second before Singleton smashed his homer in the third. Chris Chambliss had three hits and knocked in two runs for the Yankees.

Bobby Bonds homered for the Yankees in the nightcap to tie the score at 1-1 before Baylor paved the way for the Orioles' winning run with his double in the eighth inning. The Yankees walked Bobby Grich intentionally, hoping to set up a double play, but DeCinces foiled the move with his single. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, New York Yankees 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 5, 1975 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees      0  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  0
Orioles      1  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     1   2   .261      Bumbry lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .272
Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .228      Blair cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .206
White lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Muser 1b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .278
Munson c              5   1   2   0     0   2   .319      Singleton rf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .305
Nettles 3b            4   2   3   0     0   0   .277      Northrup dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Chambliss 1b          4   1   3   2     0   0   .298      Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Herrmann dh           2   0   2   1     0   0   .269      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   2   .187
  Williams ph,dh      1   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Robinson 3b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .196
Mason ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .152      Belanger ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .227
  Dempsey ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .213        Flanagan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coggins ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Mitchell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bladt cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Bergman ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Brinkman ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  11   4     4   6             Totals               29   5   7   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Yankees 9, Orioles 2
DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Grich
Doubles: Chambliss 2 (31), Nettles (22), Grich (21)
Triples: Bumbry (3)
Home Runs: Singleton (15)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Muser (2)
GIDP: Bonds (9), Grich (8)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(12-16)         8     7   5   5   1   4   1  31   3.48
Totals                  8     7   5   5   1   4   1  31

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland                 2.2   6   3   3   2   2   0  15   3.70
Flanagan                1.2   4   1   1   1   2   0  10   5.40
Mitchell W(2-0)         4.2   1   0   0   1   2   0  15   4.71
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   6   0  40

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Larry Barnett


YANKEES 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Alomar walked; Alomar
stole second; White grounded out (first to pitcher) [Alomar to
third]; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry tripled to center; Blair flied out to
center; Muser hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bumbry scored];
Singleton flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Orioles 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles singled to right; Chambliss doubled
[Nettles to third]; Herrmann singled to first [Nettles scored,
Chambliss to third]; Mason singled to center [Chambliss scored,
Herrmann to second]; Bladt forced Herrmann (third unassisted)
[Mason to second]; Mason was picked off second (pitcher to
second); Bonds walked [Bladt to second]; Alomar forced Bonds
(second to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Grich
doubled to left; Hendricks struck out; Robinson walked; Belanger
singled to right [Grich scored, Robinson to third, Belanger to
second]; Bumbry singled to center [Robinson scored, Belanger
scored]; Blair flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 2, Orioles 4.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (second to first); Munson was
called out on strikes; Nettles doubled to right; Chambliss
singled to left [Nettles scored]; FLANAGAN REPLACED GARLAND
(PITCHING); Herrmann singled to center [Chambliss to second];
Debut game for Mike Flanagan; Mason grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: Muser flied out to left; Singleton homered;
Northrup grounded out (second to first); Grich was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 5.

YANKEES 4TH: Bladt flied out to left; Bonds struck out; Alomar
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Hendricks popped to catcher in foul territory;
Robinson flied out to right; Belanger singled to right; Bumbry
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Orioles 5.

YANKEES 5TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled to left; Nettles singled to right [Munson to third];
Chambliss doubled to right [Munson scored, Nettles to third];
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Williams was walked intentionally;
DEMPSEY BATTED FOR MASON; MITCHELL REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING);
Dempsey struck out; Bladt flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STANLEY
REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); Blair flied out to center; Muser
flied out to right; Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Alomar grounded
out (pitcher to first); White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Northrup singled to center; Grich grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Northrup out at
second]; Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Orioles 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson singled to center; Nettles forced Munson
(shortstop to second) [Nettles to second (error by Grich)];
Chambliss flied out to center; Williams flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Belanger popped to shortstop in foul territory; Bumbry grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles
5.

YANKEES 8TH: COGGINS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Coggins flied out to
left; BERGMAN BATTED FOR BLADT; Bergman walked; Bonds grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bergman out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: COGGINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BRINKMAN
REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING SS); Blair was called out on strikes;
Muser grounded out (first to pitcher); Singleton grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.

YANKEES 9TH: Alomar flied out to right; White grounded out
(second to first); Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Orioles 5.