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. Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 3Game Played on Tuesday, August 31, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumRoyals 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. |
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