A winner of 20 games four straight seasons with the Athletics, Catfish Hunter made it five in a row in his first year with the Yankees by shutting out the Orioles, 2-0. Only two A. L. pitchers, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove, had previously won 20 games in five or more consecutive seasons.

Jim Palmer, the Orioles' 20-game winner, was the loser in his duel with Hunter, chiefly because of Sandy Alomar, who scored both Yankee runs. In the fourth inning, Alomar doubled, moved to third after Roy White flied out and scored on a wild pitch. Alomar singled in the sixth, stole second and counted again on a double by White. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 2, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1975 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Alomar 2b             4   2   2   0     0   1   .231      Grich 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .260
White lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .282      Davis dh              4   0   3   0     0   0   .278
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .315        Bailor pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Baylor lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .276
Herrmann dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .265      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Mason ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .155      Hendricks c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .191
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Blair cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Bladt cf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .209        Bumbry ph,cf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .226
                                                            Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                            Nordbrook ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .097
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   1     1   4             Totals               33   0   6   0     0   5

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 28,308
Left on Base: Yankees 3, Orioles 6
DP: Yankees 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Bladt
Doubles: Alomar (13), White (28)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (21), Bladt (2)
GIDP: Alomar (6), Bonds (10), Muser (9)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(20-13)         9     6   0   0   0   5   0  33   2.60
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   5   0  33

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(20-10)         9     6   2   2   1   4   0  32   2.18
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   4   0  32

Wild Pitches: Palmer (4)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Bonds singled to left; Alomar grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at
second]; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton lined to second; Grich struck out; Davis
singled to left; May popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson singled to center; Nettles popped to first
in foul territory; Chambliss forced Munson (third to second);
Herrmann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Baylor struck out; DeCinces flied out to right;
Hendricks struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason singled to left; Bladt forced Mason (pitcher
to shortstop); Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Bladt out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger
flied out to right; Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Alomar doubled to right; White flied out to center
[Alomar to third]; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Alomar scored];
Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich flied out to right; Davis singled to center;
May flied out to right; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Herrmann
flied out to left; Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces lined to shortstop; Hendricks singled to
right; Blair flied out to center; Belanger flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Bladt grounded out (third to first); Bonds lined to
shortstop; Alomar singled to center; Alomar stole second; White
doubled to right [Alomar scored]; Munson flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Grich
struck out; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); Herrmann grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: May flied out to right; Baylor singled to center;
DeCinces flied out to left; Hendricks flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Mason lined to shortstop; Bladt walked; Bladt stole
second; Bonds flied out to right; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED MASON (PLAYING SS); BUMBRY BATTED
FOR BLAIR; Bumbry singled to left; MUSER BATTED FOR BELANGER;
Muser grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Bumbry out at second]; Singleton reached on an error by Bladt
[Singleton to second]; Grich grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

YANKEES 9TH: BUMBRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORDBROOK
REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING SS); White flied out to left; Munson
popped to pitcher; Nettles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Davis singled to left; BAILOR RAN FOR DAVIS; May
flied out to center; Baylor popped to first in foul territory;
DeCinces made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Orioles 0.