A two-run homer by Tony Muser in the 10th inning enabled the Orioles to beat the Brewers, 5-3, for their fifth victory in a row. This was Muser's first homer since he was acquired from the White Sox June 15, 1975. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1976 (Night game) at County Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  0    2  -   5 12  2
Brewers      0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  -   3  7  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Blair cf              5   0   0   1     0   0   .202      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Dauer 2b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Lezcano rf            5   0   1   1     0   2   .296
R. Jackson rf         5   2   2   0     0   2   .285      Scott 1b              4   0   3   1     1   0   .269
L. May 1b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .247      Money dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Bailor pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Thomas lf          4   0   1   0     1   1   .286
  Muser 1b            1   1   1   2     0   0   .225      Moore c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .192
Singleton lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .265        Porter ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Bumbry pr,lf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Sutherland 2b         3   1   1   0     0   0   .210
DeCinces 3b           5   1   1   0     0   2   .240        Carbo ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .237
Mora dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Johnson 2b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .275
  Crowley ph,dh       2   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Bowling cf            2   2   1   0     1   0   .308
Belanger ss           3   1   2   0     1   0   .261        Joshua ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Duncan c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .207      Heidemann 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Harper pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Gantner ph,3b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .259
  Dempsey c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5  12   5     3   4             Totals               35   3   7   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  3,923
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Brewers 10
DP: Orioles 0, Brewers 1
Errors: R. Jackson, DeCinces, Moore, Heidemann
Doubles: R. Jackson 2 (26), DeCinces (16), Belanger (20)
Home Runs: Muser (1)
Stolen Bases: DeCinces (7), Belanger (24), D. Thomas (1)
Caught Stealing: Belanger (16), Bumbry (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Heidemann 2 (9), Yount (8)
GIDP: Singleton (11)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May                  6.2   7   3   3   2   3   0  30   3.84
Holdsworth W(4-0)       3.1   0   0   0   3   3   0  13   1.39
Totals                 10     7   3   3   5   6   0  43

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers                 8     9   3   3   2   3   0  33   2.49
Castro L(4-5)           2     3   2   2   1   1   1  10   3.22
Totals                 10    12   5   5   3   4   1  43

Wild Pitches: Travers (7)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Blair popped to third; Dauer flied out to center;
R. Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount flied out to center; Lezcano grounded out
(shortstop to first); Scott singled to right; Money forced Scott
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers
0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: D. Thomas flied out to center; Moore flied out to
center; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Mora flied out to center; Belanger singled to
center; Belanger was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Duncan reached on an error by Heidemann; Blair flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Bowling singled to third; Heidemann out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bowling to second]; Yount
grounded out (third to first); Lezcano singled to center
[Bowling scored]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson
doubled; Travers threw a wild pitch [R. Jackson to third]; L.
May singled to left [R. Jackson scored]; Singleton grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [L. May out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to right; D. Thomas singled to
left; D. Thomas stole second; Moore flied out to center [D.
Thomas to third]; Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces doubled to left; Mora popped to first;
Belanger walked; DeCinces stole third and Belanger stole second;
Duncan walked; Blair forced Duncan (shortstop to second)
[DeCinces scored, Belanger to third]; Dauer popped to third; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Bowling popped to shortstop; Heidemann popped to
second; Yount flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
2, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: R. Jackson struck out; L. May singled to center;
Singleton singled to left [L. May to second]; DeCinces struck
out; Mora forced Singleton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Lezcano struck out; Scott singled to left; Money
flied out to center; D. Thomas walked [Scott to second]; Moore
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Brewers 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger doubled to left; Duncan grounded out
(third to shortstop to first); Blair grounded out (third to
first); Dauer singled to center [Belanger scored, Dauer to
second (error by Moore)]; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Sutherland singled; Bowling walked [Sutherland to
second]; Heidemann reached on an error by DeCinces on a
sacrifice bunt [Sutherland scored (no RBI), Bowling to third];
Yount struck out; Lezcano was called out on strikes; Scott
singled to center [Bowling scored, Heidemann to second];
HOLDSWORTH REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Money lined to shortstop;
2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: L. May singled to left; BAILOR RAN FOR L. MAY;
Singleton forced Bailor (pitcher to shortstop); BUMBRY RAN FOR
SINGLETON; DeCinces flied out to center; Bumbry was caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 8TH: MUSER REPLACED BAILOR (PLAYING 1B); BUMBRY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); R. Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by D.
Thomas for an error; D. Thomas struck out; Moore struck out;
CARBO BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Carbo walked; JOSHUA BATTED FOR
BOWLING; Joshua flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Brewers 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); JOHNSON
REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING 2B); CASTRO REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING);
CROWLEY BATTED FOR MORA; Crowley grounded out (second to first);
Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan singled to
center; HARPER RAN FOR DUNCAN; Blair flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: DEMPSEY REPLACED HARPER (PLAYING C ); GANTNER
BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; Gantner walked; Yount out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Gantner to second]; Lezcano grounded out
(third to first); Scott was walked intentionally; Money lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Brewers 3.

ORIOLES 10TH: GANTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Dauer flied
out to right; R. Jackson doubled to center; Muser homered [R.
Jackson scored]; Bumbry walked; DeCinces struck out; Crowley
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
5, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 10TH: D. Thomas popped to first; PORTER BATTED FOR
MOORE; Porter popped to third; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Brewers 3.