Rudy May scattered six hits and pitched the Orioles to a 6-0 victory over the Twins. The Orioles staked May to a two-run lead in the first inning. After Al Bumbry tripled and scored on an infield out by Mark Belanger, the Orioles counted their second run on a pass to Pat Kelly with the bases loaded. Lee May batted in two runs with a single in the second and Ken Singleton added the last pair with a single in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Friday, May       27, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Orioles      2  2  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Bumbry cf,lf          4   2   2   0     1   2   .282
Ford rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Belanger ss           5   1   1   1     0   1   .191
Carew 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .378      Singleton rf          3   0   2   2     1   0   .327
Hisle lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .317        Harlow cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Kusick dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .292      L. May 1b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .211
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .288        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Smalley ss            2   0   2   0     2   0   .214      Murray dh             4   0   2   0     0   1   .257
Randall 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .185      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .252
Terrell 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .226      Kelly lf,rf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .323
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   2   1   0     1   0   .241
  D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     3   7             Totals               33   6  11   6     5   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 12,219
Left on Base: Twins 8, Orioles 8
DP: Twins 1, Orioles 1
Errors: Kelly
Doubles: Smalley (6), Murray (7)
Triples: Bumbry (1)
Caught Stealing: Smalley (1)
GIDP: Randall (1), Murray (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(6-3)             3.2   7   4   4   4   2   0  21   3.90
Schueler                2.1   2   2   2   1   1   0   9   2.90
D. Johnson              1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.15
Redfern                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   5.54
Totals                  8    11   6   6   5   5   0  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May W(6-4)           9     6   0   0   3   7   0  35   2.74
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Steve Palermo


TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to left; Ford flied out to center;
Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry tripled to left; Belanger grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bumbry scored]; Singleton grounded out
(third to first); L. May singled to center; Murray doubled to
right [L. May to third]; DeCinces was walked intentionally;
Kelly walked [L. May scored, Murray to third, DeCinces to
second]; Smith forced Kelly (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 2.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle was called out on strikes; Kusick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynegar grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey singled to center; Bumbry was called out on
strikes; Belanger singled to left [Dempsey to second]; Singleton
walked [Dempsey to third, Belanger to second]; L. May singled
[Dempsey scored, Belanger scored, Singleton to third]; Murray
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [L.
May out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 3RD: Smalley doubled to left; Randall grounded out (second
to first) [Smalley to third]; Terrell was called out on strikes;
Norwood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces was called out on strikes; Kelly grounded
out (second to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 4TH: Ford made an out to second; Carew walked; Hisle flied
out to right; Kusick forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dempsey flied out to center; Bumbry walked;
Belanger popped to pitcher; Singleton singled to center [Bumbry
to second]; SCHUELER REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); L. May popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar made an out to second; Smalley singled to
left; Smalley was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Randall reached on an error by Kelly [Randall to second];
Terrell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray struck out; DeCinces flied out to left;
Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 4.

TWINS 6TH: Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford singled
to left; Carew was called out on strikes; Hisle forced Ford
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Dempsey
walked; Bumbry singled to center [Dempsey to second]; Belanger
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Dempsey to third, Bumbry to
second]; Singleton singled to right [Dempsey scored, Bumbry
scored, Singleton out at second (right to catcher to second)]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 6.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick singled to center; Wynegar struck out; Smalley
walked [Kusick to second]; Randall flied out to right; Terrell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: D. JOHNSON REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); L. May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray singled to center;
DeCinces flied out to right; Kelly singled to center [Murray to
second]; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
0, Orioles 6.

TWINS 8TH: MUSER REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Norwood grounded
out (third to first); Ford singled to center; Carew was called
out on strikes; Hisle singled to center [Ford to third]; Kusick
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: REDFERN REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Dempsey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bumbry was called out on
strikes; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 6.

TWINS 9TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KELLY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF);
Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley walked;
Randall grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Smalley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles
6.