With a Jacket Night crowd of 47,340 on hand, the Orioles broke through for three runs in the sixth inning to escort Jim Palmer to a 3-1 victory over the Twins. The complete game was Palmer's seventh. After Craig Kusick homered for the Twins in the fifth, the Orioles began the sixth with a double by Al Bumbry. Mark Belanger drove Bumbry home with a triple and scored himself on a bad throw from the outfield by Dan Ford. On the next pitch, Ken Singleton smashed a homer off Jeff Holly to clinch the verdict. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 3, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       28, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   3  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Bumbry cf,lf          4   1   1   0     0   3   .281
Smalley ss            2   0   0   0     2   0   .211      Belanger ss           4   1   3   1     0   0   .210
Cubbage 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .296      Singleton rf          4   1   2   1     0   1   .333
Hisle lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .311        Harlow cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Adams dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Ford rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .245        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .279      Murray dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Kusick 1b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .293      DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .246
Wilfong 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Kelly lf,rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Holly p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .024
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     4   6             Totals               30   3   7   2     0   8

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 47,360
Left on Base: Twins 6, Orioles 4
DP: Twins 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Ford, Palmer
Doubles: Singleton (7), Bumbry (9)
Triples: Belanger (2)
Home Runs: Kusick (4), Singleton (5)
Caught Stealing: Cubbage (3), Belanger (2)
GIDP: Kusick (3)
Hit by Pitch: Kelly (2,by Holly)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holly L(2-1)            5     6   3   3   0   6   1  21   4.38
T. Johnson              3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.56
Totals                  8     7   3   3   0   8   1  31

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(7-3)           9     5   1   1   4   6   1  34   2.63
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   6   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Holly (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Bostock singled to center; Bostock was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Palmer [Bostock to second]; On
a bunt Smalley popped to third in foul territory; Cubbage struck
out; Hisle walked; Adams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Belanger flied
out to center; Singleton doubled; L. May flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

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

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to center; DeCinces was called out
on strikes; Kelly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Bostock
grounded out (second to first); Smalley flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Dauer struck
out; Bumbry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Orioles 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cubbage singled to second; Cubbage was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Hisle flied out to right;
Adams was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger singled to left; Belanger was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Singleton flied out to
right; L. May lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Orioles 0.

TWINS 5TH: Ford struck out; Wynegar flied out to center; Kusick
homered; Wilfong singled to left; Bostock lined to left; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray singled to center; DeCinces struck out;
Kelly was hit by a pitch [Murray to second]; Dempsey struck out;
Dauer forced Kelly (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 1, Orioles 0.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley walked; Cubbage flied out to center; Hisle
flied out to center; Adams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry doubled; Belanger tripled to right [Bumbry
scored, Belanger scored (error by Ford)]; Singleton homered; T.
JOHNSON REPLACED HOLLY (PITCHING); L. May grounded out (third to
first); Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Orioles 3.

TWINS 7TH: Ford walked; Wynegar forced Ford (shortstop to
second); Kusick grounded into a double play (pitcher to second
to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Dempsey
flied out to center; Dauer grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 3.

TWINS 8TH: Wilfong struck out; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to
first); Smalley walked; Cubbage singled to center [Smalley to
second]; Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry struck out; Belanger singled to left;
Singleton was called out on strikes; L. May flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 3.

TWINS 9TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KELLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); MUSER REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Adams grounded out
(second to first); Ford grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Orioles 3.