After Jim Palmer became a 10-game winner with a 2-1 victory, the Orioles went 12 innings and defeated the Tigers, 6-5, to sweep a twi-night doubleheader. Ken Singleton drove in the Orioles' first run in the opener with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and scored what proved to be the deciding run when Tito Fuentes hit Doug DeCinces with a throw while trying to complete a double play in the seventh.

Singleton also batted in the winning run in the nightcap. The Tigers had two-run homers by Mickey Stanley and Ron LeFlore, but Lee May equalized the count with a grand slam in the sixth. After each club picked up a run to force the game into overtime, the Orioles drew two walks in the 12th and Singleton came through with a single to wrap up the sweep. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 2, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, July 5, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   2 10  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Bumbry cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .290
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Dauer 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .229
Staub dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Muser 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .274
Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Singleton rf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .335
Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Murray dh             3   0   1   0     0   1   .284
Oglivie rf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .247      DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .247
May c                 3   1   1   0     0   0   .255        Robinson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Mankowski 3b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .304      Mora lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Veryzer ss            2   0   1   1     0   0   .186        Shopay lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Corcoran ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Dempsey c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .218
  Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .103      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     1   2             Totals               30   2  10   1     0   5

Time of Game: 2:16
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Orioles 5
DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 2
Errors: LeFlore, Fuentes, Dauer
Doubles: Oglivie (11)
Caught Stealing: Oglivie (7), Dempsey (3), Bumbry (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (5)
GIDP: Staub (10), Oglivie (6), Murray (13)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema L(7-4)           8    10   2   1   0   5   0  31   2.59
Totals                  8    10   2   1   0   5   0  31

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(10-8)          9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33   3.07
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Fuentes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Dauer lined to left; Muser
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied
out to left; Oglivie doubled to left; May grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton flied out to center; Murray singled to
left; DeCinces grounded out (second to first) [Murray to
second]; Mora struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Orioles 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Belanger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Fuentes reached on an error by Dauer; Staub grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at
second]; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer singled; Muser singled [Dauer to third];
Singleton hit a sacrifice fly to right [Dauer scored]; Murray
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Muser out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles
1.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson flied out to left; Oglivie flied out to
center; May singled to right; Mankowski singled [May to third];
Veryzer singled [May scored, Mankowski to third]; LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces struck out; Mora grounded out (third to
first); Dempsey singled; Dempsey was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles
1.

TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (third to first); Kemp grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger made an out to second; Bumbry singled;
Dauer grounded out (third to first) [Bumbry to second]; Muser
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); Oglivie
walked; Oglivie was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton singled; Murray struck out; DeCinces
singled [Singleton to second]; Mora forced DeCinces (third to
second) [Singleton scored (error by Fuentes) (unearned), Mora to
second]; Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 8TH: ROBINSON REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING 3B); SHOPAY
REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); Mankowski singled; CORCORAN BATTED
FOR VERYZER; Corcoran singled [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore
reached on a fielder's choice [Mankowski out at third (pitcher
to third), Corcoran to second]; Fuentes grounded out (third to
first) [Corcoran to third, LeFlore to second]; Staub flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); Belanger
grounded out (third to first); Bumbry singled to right; Bumbry
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Dauer singled
to center; Muser singled to center [Dauer to third (error by
LeFlore)]; Singleton flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Kemp flied out to left; Thompson singled to right;
Oglivie grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Orioles 2.

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