A grand slam by Lee May during a first-inning outburst started the Orioles off to a 9-2 victory over the Athletics. Al Bumbry doubled and Mark Belanger and Ken Singleton walked ahead of May's homer off Dock Ellis. The Orioles added another run and kayoed Ellis before the inning ended. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 9, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       4, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
A's          0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  1
Orioles      5  2  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   9 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Bumbry cf,lf          5   1   2   0     0   1   .236
  McKinney 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Belanger ss           4   2   0   0     1   1   .158
Perez 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Singleton rf          3   1   1   1     1   1   .348
  Lintz 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Harlow cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Page lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .359      L. May dh             3   2   1   4     2   1   .247
Allen 1b              2   0   0   0     1   2   .303      Murray 1b             4   2   2   0     0   1   .280
  Mallory pr,rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .320        Muser 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
Sanguillen c          3   0   1   1     0   0   .323      Kelly lf,rf           4   1   3   3     0   0   .257
  Newman c            1   0   0   0     0   1   .091      DeCinces 3b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .200
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Smith 2b              3   0   2   1     0   0   .382
E. Williams dh        4   1   2   1     0   1   .292        Dauer ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Murray rf,cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .313      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .175
Scott ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ellis p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               34   9  11   9     7   8

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  3,232
Left on Base: A's 6, Orioles 8
DP: A's 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Gross, Belanger
Doubles: Page (10), Bumbry (4), Murray (3), Kelly (2)
Home Runs: E. Williams (6), L. May (2), Kelly (3)
Caught Stealing: Singleton (1)
GIDP: Sanguillen (4), Dauer (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis L(1-3)            0.1   4   5   5   3   0   1   8   5.76
Norris                  1     2   2   1   1   1   0   6   3.63
Umbarger                4.2   5   2   2   3   5   1  21   6.75
Bahnsen                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   6.75
Coleman                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.93
Totals                  8    11   9   8   7   8   2  41

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(4-1)           9     7   2   2   1   7   1  35   1.13
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Page flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry doubled to left; Belanger walked; Singleton
walked [Bumbry to third, Belanger to second]; L. May homered
[Bumbry scored, Belanger scored, Singleton scored]; Murray
doubled; Kelly grounded out (second to pitcher) [Murray to
third]; DeCinces walked; Smith singled [Murray scored, DeCinces
to second]; NORRIS REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Dempsey struck
out; Bumbry flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 5.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Allen struck out; Sanguillen grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 2ND: Belanger reached on an error by Gross [Belanger to
second]; Singleton singled to right [Belanger scored
(unearned)]; Singleton was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); L. May walked; Murray singled
to right [L. May to third]; UMBARGER REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING);
Kelly singled [L. May scored, Murray to second]; DeCinces struck
out; Smith flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Orioles 7.

ATHLETICS 3RD: E. Williams singled to left; Murray singled to
center [E. Williams to second]; Scott flied out to center; North
struck out; Perez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey made an out to second; Bumbry grounded out
(third to first); Belanger grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Orioles 7.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page doubled to left; Allen struck out;
Sanguillen singled to left [Page scored]; Gross flied out to
center; E. Williams flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to right; L. May was called out
on strikes; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Orioles 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray made an out to second; Scott singled to
left; North reached on an error by Belanger [Scott to second];
Perez lined to center [Scott to third]; Page flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 7.

ORIOLES 5TH: Kelly homered; DeCinces flied out to right; Smith
singled to right; Dempsey walked [Smith to second]; Bumbry
singled to left [Smith to third, Dempsey to second]; Belanger
struck out; Singleton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 8.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KELLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Allen walked; MALLORY RAN FOR ALLEN; Sanguillen grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mallory out
at second]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Orioles 8.

ORIOLES 6TH: MALLORY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MURRAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MCKINNEY REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING 1B); L.
May walked; Murray forced L. May (first to shortstop); Kelly
doubled [Murray scored]; DeCinces walked; DAUER BATTED FOR
SMITH; Dauer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [DeCinces out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Orioles 9.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DAUER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MUSER REPLACED
MURRAY (PLAYING 1B); E. Williams struck out; Murray singled to
center; Scott popped to third in foul territory; McKinney made
an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 9.

ORIOLES 7TH: BAHNSEN REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); NEWMAN
REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PLAYING C ); Dempsey struck out; Bumbry
struck out; Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Page grounded out
(second to first); Mallory grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 9.

ORIOLES 8TH: COLEMAN REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); LINTZ REPLACED
PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); Harlow popped to third in foul territory; L.
May made an out to second; Muser made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Orioles 9.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman struck out; Gross flied out to left; E.
Williams homered; Murray made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Orioles 9.