Lee May powered the Orioles to a 9-7 triumph over the Twins with four hits, including a two-run homer in the fifth inning and three-run clout in the sixth. A two-run double by Larry Hisle in the seventh decided the issue, however. The Orioles' Doug DeCinces suffered a broken nose and possible internal injuries in a basepath collision with Bob Randall in the second inning. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 9, Minnesota Twins 7
Game Played on Monday, May       30, 1977 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  1  1    0  2  3    2  0  0  -   9 14  1
Twins        0  1  0    0  3  0    3  0  0  -   7 14  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf,lf          5   1   3   0     0   0   .284      Randall 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .208
Belanger ss           5   0   0   0     0   4   .197        Wilfong pr,2b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .288
Singleton rf          4   2   0   0     1   1   .319        Gorinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Cubbage 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .296
L. May 1b             5   3   4   5     0   0   .232      Carew 1b              4   1   1   1     1   0   .375
  Harlow pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Ford rf               5   2   3   0     0   0   .252
Kelly lf,rf           4   1   1   1     1   2   .303      Hisle lf              4   1   2   2     1   0   .316
Murray dh             4   0   0   0     1   3   .245      Kusick dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .268
DeCinces 3b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .253        Adams ph,dh         1   0   1   1     0   0   .323
  Robinson 3b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .211        Norwood ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .095
Smith 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .272      Smalley ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .218
Dempsey c             4   0   3   3     0   0   .254      Wynegar c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bostock cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .329
  D. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Terrell 3b,2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .233
  McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Thormodsgard p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   9  14   9     4  11             Totals               40   7  14   5     2   3

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance: 16,065
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Twins 8
DP: Orioles 1, Twins 0
Errors: Singleton, Smalley
Doubles: Bumbry (10), L. May (5), Dempsey (5), Wynegar (9), Terrell (2), Hisle (10), Ford (6)
Triples: Dempsey (1)
Home Runs: L. May 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (7)
Caught Stealing: Bumbry (3)
GIDP: Terrell (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(5-3)         6     9   4   3   1   1   0  27   3.21
D. Martinez             0.1   4   3   3   0   0   0   5   2.67
McGregor SV(2)          2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.99
Totals                  9    14   7   6   2   3   0  42

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard            4.1   7   4   3   1   6   1  22   3.60
Schueler L(2-2)         1.2   2   3   3   3   2   1  10   3.58
D. Johnson              1     4   2   2   0   0   0   5   5.59
Burgmeier               2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.06
Totals                  9    14   9   8   4  11   2  44

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry doubled to left; Belanger struck out;
Singleton flied out to left [Bumbry to third]; L. May popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall popped to second; Carew walked; Ford flied
out to center; Hisle forced Carew (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Kelly walked; Murray struck out; DeCinces singled
to center [Kelly to third]; Smith reached on a fielder's choice
[DeCinces out at second (second unassisted)]; Doug DeCinces
collided with Bob Randall, who was trying to field Billy Smith's
ground ball; DeCinces called out for interference and suffered a
broken nose; Dempsey singled to center [Kelly scored, Smith
to second]; Bumbry forced Dempsey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: ROBINSON REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING 3B); Kusick flied
out to center; Smalley singled to second; Wynegar singled to
left [Smalley to second]; Bostock singled to left [Smalley
scored, Wynegar to second]; Terrell grounded into a double play
(third to first) [Wynegar out at third]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger popped to first; Singleton struck out; L.
May doubled to right; Kelly singled to center [L. May scored];
Kelly stole second; Murray struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
flied out to left; Ford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Robinson lined to left; Smith was called out on
strikes; Dempsey tripled to center; Bumbry grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle singled to right; Kusick forced Hisle (third to
second); Smalley popped to first; Wynegar doubled to left
[Kusick to third]; Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton
reached on an error by Smalley; L. May homered [Singleton scored
(unearned)]; SCHUELER REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Kelly
struck out; Murray walked; Robinson walked [Murray to second];
Smith flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles
4, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Terrell doubled to center; Randall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew singled to center [Terrell scored];
Ford singled to right [Carew scored (error by Singleton), Ford
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Hisle flied out to left; Kusick
struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Bumbry
singled to center; Belanger was called out on strikes; Singleton
walked [Bumbry to second]; L. May homered [Bumbry scored,
Singleton scored]; Kelly grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Wynegar
grounded out (third to first); Bostock singled to right; Terrell
forced Bostock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 7, Twins 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: D. JOHNSON REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Murray
grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson singled to left;
Smith singled to left [Robinson to second]; Dempsey doubled to
left [Robinson scored, Smith scored, Dempsey out at third (left
to shortstop to third)]; Bumbry singled; Bumbry was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 9, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: D. MARTINEZ REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Randall
singled; WILFONG RAN FOR RANDALL; Carew flied out to center;
Ford singled to center [Wilfong to second]; Hisle doubled to
right [Wilfong scored, Ford scored]; ADAMS BATTED FOR KUSICK;
Adams singled to left [Hisle scored]; MCGREGOR REPLACED D.
MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to left; Wynegar flied
out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BURGMEIER
REPLACED D. JOHNSON (PITCHING); WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); Belanger struck out; Singleton flied out to left; L. May
singled to left; HARLOW RAN FOR L. MAY; Kelly struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MUSER REPLACED
SINGLETON (PLAYING 1B); HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
KELLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bostock grounded out
(pitcher to first); Terrell flied out to right; GORINSKI BATTED
FOR WILFONG; Gorinski popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 9, Twins 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: CUBBAGE REPLACED GORINSKI (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Murray struck out; Robinson
flied out to right; Smith popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 9, Twins 7.

TWINS 9TH: Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford doubled
to left; Hisle walked; 1:40 rain delay; NORWOOD BATTED
FOR ADAMS; Norwood struck out; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 9, Twins 7.