A hard slide home by Lee May, who knocked the ball out of catcher Alan Ashby's glove, made it possible for the Orioles to defeat the Blue Jays, 5-3. The Orioles had a homer by Ken Singleton in taking a 2-0 lead, but the Blue Jays slugged their way ahead in the fourth with circuit clouts by Al Woods, Doug Rader and Ron Fairly, marking the first three-homer inning in the expansion club's history. Baltimore Orioles 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3Game Played on Friday, June 17, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumOrioles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .299 Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Shopay pr,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .238 A. Woods lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .322 Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Bailor ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Singleton rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .346 Rader dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .265 L. May 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .242 Fairly rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .323 Murray dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .276 Ault 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Kelly lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Ewing ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Dempsey c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .218 Ashby c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .213 Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .189 McKay 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .185 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 3 3 5 Totals 33 3 8 3 1 6 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 26,183 Left on Base: Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5 DP: Orioles 1, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Ashby Doubles: Ashby (9), A. Woods (8), Ewing (1) Triples: McKay (3) Home Runs: Singleton (9), Kelly (8), A. Woods (4), Rader (2), Fairly (7) Caught Stealing: Ashby (2) Sacrifice Flies: Dempsey (3) GIDP: Dauer (2), Kelly (3), Ashby (5) Hit by Pitch: McKay (2,by D. Martinez) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Grimsley 4 5 3 3 0 1 3 17 4.12 D. Martinez W(6-4) 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 18 2.70 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 6 3 35 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich L(2-6) 7.2 9 5 3 3 4 2 34 3.14 Johnson 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.55 Totals 9 9 5 3 3 5 2 38 Hit by Pitch: D. Martinez (3) Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (4) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Dauer flied out to right; Singleton homered; L. May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott lined to third; A. Woods was called out on strikes; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Kelly singled; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Kelly to second]; DeCinces popped to second in foul territory; Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader grounded out (third to first); Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Ault flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Bumbry singled to left; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bumbry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Ashby grounded out (second to first); McKay tripled; Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton singled to center; L. May walked [Singleton to second]; Murray singled to right [Singleton to third, L. May to second]; Kelly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton scored (no RBI), L. May to third, Murray out at second]; DeCinces struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods homered; Bailor popped to second; Rader homered; Fairly homered; Ault flied out to right; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to left; Belanger flied to right in foul territory; Bumbry singled to left; SHOPAY RAN FOR BUMBRY; Dauer walked [Shopay to second]; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: SHOPAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Ashby doubled; D. MARTINEZ REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Ashby was caught stealing third (catcher to shortstop to third); McKay was hit by a pitch; Scott struck out; A. Woods singled to left [McKay to third]; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 3. ORIOLES 6TH: L. May singled to right; Murray singled to right [L. May to third]; Kelly flied out to left [Murray to second]; DeCinces reached on a fielder's choice [L. May scored (error by Ashby; assist by Howell) (unearned), Murray to third]; Dempsey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Murray scored (unearned)]; Belanger flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Rader struck out; Fairly popped to shortstop; Ault grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3. ORIOLES 7TH: Shopay popped to first in foul territory; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell walked; On a bunt Ashby grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Howell out at second]; McKay grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3. ORIOLES 8TH: L. May flied out to left; Murray grounded out (second to first); Kelly homered; DeCinces walked; JOHNSON REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Dempsey lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Scott struck out; A. Woods doubled to right; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3. ORIOLES 9TH: Belanger flied out to right; Shopay grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); EWING BATTED FOR AULT; Ewing doubled to right; Howell flied out to left; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3. |
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