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Tuesday August 17, 1976
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Hitting a homer, triple and single, Lee May knocked in half of the Orioles' runs in a 10-3 victory over the Twins. May homered with two men on base in the first inning, delivered a run with a triple in the sixth and accounted for his fifth RBI with a single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]


Baltimore Orioles 10, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Tuesday, August 17, 1976 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Orioles      3  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  3  -  10 13  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   3 11  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   1   2     0   1   .256      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
  Blair cf            1   1   0   0     0   0   .205        Bostock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Grich 2b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .269      Hisle lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .265
R. Jackson rf         4   3   2   1     1   0   .267      Carew 1b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .324
L. May dh             4   2   3   5     1   0   .250      Kusick dh             5   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Singleton lf          5   0   1   1     0   0   .261      Ford rf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .253
Muser 1b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .226      Brye cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .270
DeCinces 3b           5   1   2   0     0   1   .234      Terrell 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Belanger ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .271        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Dempsey c             3   0   2   0     1   0   .168        Gomez 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smalley ss            3   1   2   1     1   0   .246
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .286
                                                            Cubbage ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .238
                                                          Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hughes p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  10  13   9     4   3             Totals               38   3  11   3     2   2

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  7,850
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Twins 10
DP: Orioles 1, Twins 1
Errors: Belanger, Ford
Doubles: R. Jackson (20), Smalley (12), Hisle (13)
Triples: L. May (2)
Home Runs: L. May (22)
Stolen Bases: Grich (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger (9)
GIDP: Grich (7)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May W(9-9)           7.2   9   2   2   2   1   0  33   3.99
Miller                  1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   7   2.74
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   2   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(1-1)          5.1   8   7   7   2   3   1  25   3.18
Hughes                  3.2   5   3   3   2   0   0  18   5.34
Totals                  9    13  10  10   4   3   1  43

Wild Pitches: Hughes 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Grich singled to right; Grich
stole second; R. Jackson walked; L. May homered [Grich scored,
R. Jackson scored]; Singleton grounded out (second to first);
Muser flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall flied out to center; Hisle grounded out
(third to first); On a bunt Carew singled; Kusick popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces singled to center; Belanger out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey
grounded out (second to first) [DeCinces to third]; Bumbry
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
3, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Ford grounded out (pitcher to first); Brye grounded
out (shortstop to first); Terrell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Grich flied out to right; R. Jackson popped to
third in foul territory; L. May walked; Singleton lined to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley walked; Borgmann forced Smalley (pitcher to
second); Randall singled to center [Borgmann to second]; Hisle
flied out to left; Carew forced Randall (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Muser grounded out (second to first); DeCinces
struck out; Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Kusick grounded out (second to first); Ford singled
to left; Brye hit into a double play (first to catcher) [Ford
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey singled to third; On a bunt Bumbry forced
Dempsey (third to shortstop); Grich grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bumbry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell flied out to center; Smalley flied out to
center; Borgmann flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: R. Jackson doubled; L. May tripled to center [R.
Jackson scored]; Singleton singled to right [L. May scored];
Muser struck out; DeCinces singled to right [Singleton to third,
DeCinces to second (error by Ford)]; HUGHES REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Belanger reached on a fielder's choice [Singleton
out at home (pitcher to shortstop to catcher), DeCinces to
third, Belanger to second]; Dempsey walked; Bumbry singled
[DeCinces scored, Belanger scored, Dempsey to third]; On a bunt
Grich made an out to catcher; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7,
Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: BLAIR REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING CF); Randall flied out
to center; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: R. Jackson lined to shortstop; L. May popped to
first; Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford
singled to left; Brye singled to left [Ford to second]; Terrell
flied out to left; Smalley singled to left [Ford scored, Brye to
third]; Borgmann walked [Smalley to second]; Randall forced
Borgmann (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles
7, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Muser grounded out (first to pitcher); DeCinces
grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Hisle flied out to right; Carew singled to right;
Kusick flied out to center; Ford singled to center [Carew to
second]; Brye singled to right [Carew scored, Ford to second];
MILLER REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL;
Braun popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins
2.

ORIOLES 9TH: GOMEZ REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 3B); Dempsey singled
to left; Blair forced Dempsey (first to shortstop); Hughes threw
a wild pitch [Blair to second]; Grich walked; R. Jackson singled
to right [Blair scored, Grich to third]; L. May singled to
center [Grich scored, R. Jackson to second]; Singleton flied out
to left [R. Jackson to third]; Hughes threw a wild pitch [R.
Jackson scored, L. May to second]; Muser singled to left [L. May
to third]; DeCinces flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 10, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Smalley doubled to left; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR BORGMANN;
Cubbage struck out; BOSTOCK BATTED FOR RANDALL; Bostock grounded
out (second to first) [Smalley to third]; Hisle doubled [Smalley
scored]; Carew reached on an error by Belanger [Hisle to third];
Kusick flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 10,
Twins 3.



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