With relief help from Dyar Miller, who put down a threat in the eighth inning, Jim Palmer gained his 19th victory of the season when the Orioles defeated the Royals, 4-3. The Orioles took advantage of an error by Marty Pattin to score two unearned runs in the first inning.

Ken Singleton, who accounted for one RBI with a single, drove in another run with a single in the third. The Orioles then put over what proved to be their winning run in the seventh when Al Bumbry walked, stole second and scored on a single by Bobby Grich. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    31, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   3 10  2
Orioles      2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  6  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .323      Bumbry cf             3   3   1   0     1   0   .266
Otis cf               4   1   0   0     0   1   .293        Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .201
Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .331      Grich 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .279
Mayberry 1b           4   0   3   2     0   0   .244      R. Jackson rf         2   0   0   0     2   1   .274
McRae dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .350      L. May 1b             2   0   0   1     1   1   .239
Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .268        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Stinson c             3   0   0   1     0   2   .267      Singleton lf          4   0   2   2     0   0   .266
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Crowley dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .184
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Harper ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .208
  D. Nelson 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .265
White 2b,ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .234      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  10   3     0   6             Totals               29   4   6   4     4   5

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  8,661
Left on Base: Royals 5, Orioles 6
DP: Royals 0, Orioles 1
Errors: White, Pattin
Doubles: Harper (3)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry 2 (29), R. Jackson (21)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (15), Grich (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Stinson (2), L. May (6)
GIDP: McRae (8)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(6-11)          6.2   5   4   2   3   4   0  29   2.86
Mingori                 1.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.14
Totals                  8     6   4   2   4   5   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(19-11)         7.2  10   3   2   0   4   0  31   2.59
Miller SV(6)            1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.00
Totals                  9    10   3   2   0   6   0  35

Passed Balls: Dempsey (3)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to right; Dempsey allowed a passed
ball [Poquette to second]; Otis was called out on strikes; Brett
singled to center [Poquette to third]; Mayberry singled to
second [Poquette scored (unearned), Brett to second]; McRae
lined to right; Cowens struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry reached on an error by Pattin [Bumbry to
second]; On a bunt Grich singled [Bumbry to third]; R. Jackson
struck out; L. May hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bumbry scored
(unearned), Grich to second]; Singleton singled to right [Grich
scored (unearned)]; Crowley struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Stinson lined to right; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first);
Belanger made an out to second; Dempsey flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Poquette flied out to right; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry singled to center; Bumbry stole second;
Grich struck out; R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Bumbry to third]; L. May walked; Singleton singled to right
[Bumbry scored, L. May to third]; Crowley flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry singled to right; McRae grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; Cowens
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Belanger
made an out to third; Dempsey made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Stinson struck out; Patek flied out to center; White
singled to right; Poquette lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Bumbry flied out to center; Grich flied out to
center; R. Jackson walked; R. Jackson stole second [R. Jackson
to third (error by White)]; L. May flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to center; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Crowley
grounded out (second to first); DeCinces grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Orioles 3.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to center; Cowens singled [McRae to
third]; Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Stinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [McRae
scored]; QUIRK BATTED FOR PATEK; Quirk popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: D. NELSON REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING 2B); WHITE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Belanger struck out; Dempsey
made an out to first; Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Grich
singled [Bumbry scored]; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING);
Grich was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 4.

ROYALS 8TH: White singled to left; Poquette flied out to left;
Otis forced White (third to second); Brett singled to right
[Otis to third]; Mayberry singled [Otis scored, Brett to third];
MILLER REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); McRae forced Mayberry
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 8TH: R. Jackson walked; L. May struck out; Singleton
forced R. Jackson (third to second); HARPER BATTED FOR CROWLEY;
Harper doubled to left [Singleton to third]; DeCinces grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3,
Orioles 4.

ROYALS 9TH: HARPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BLAIR REPLACED
BUMBRY (PLAYING CF); MUSER REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Cowens
made an out to second; Stinson struck out; JONES BATTED FOR D.
NELSON; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Orioles 4.