Eddie Murray belted his 22nd homer of the season to give the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning and they went on to down the Red Sox, 6-1. The blast tied the club record for most homers by a rookie. Ken Singleton doubled in two runs in the fifth and Lee May hit a two-run homer in the eighth. Jim Palmer, in trouble the last four frames, stranded six runners from the sixth inning on. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, September 16, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Orioles      0  1  0    1  2  0    0  2  x  -   6 11  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Bumbry cf,lf          4   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Carbo rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .288      Dauer 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .231
Fisk c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Singleton rf          3   0   2   2     1   0   .336
Yastrzemski lf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .302        Dimmel pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Rice dh               4   0   0   0     0   2   .323      L. May 1b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .246
Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Muser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Lynn cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .251      Murray dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .260
Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .262      Mora lf               2   1   1   0     1   1   .260
Doyle 2b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .241        Maddox cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .265
  Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .251      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
  Dillard 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Belanger ss           3   0   1   1     0   1   .208
Aase p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .301
  Wise p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   8   1     1   7             Totals               32   6  11   6     2   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 29,736
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 4
DP: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1
Errors: DeCinces
Doubles: Bumbry (27), Singleton (23)
Triples: Mora (2)
Home Runs: Yastrzemski (24), Murray (22), L. May (24)
Caught Stealing: Hobson (3)
GIDP: Burleson (14), L. May (19), DeCinces (14)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Aase L(5-2)             5     7   4   4   2   1   1  21   2.86
Wise                    3     4   2   2   0   2   1  13   4.60
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   3   2  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(17-11)         9     8   1   1   1   7   1  35   3.04
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   7   1  35

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry McCoy


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Carbo
struck out; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry doubled to left; Dauer grounded out (pitcher
to first); Singleton walked; L. May grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski flied out to left; Rice flied out to
left; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to center; Mora tripled to right;
DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Belanger singled to
center [Mora scored]; Skaggs grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Lynn singled to left; Hobson forced Lynn (shortstop
to second); Hobson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dauer flied
out to left; Singleton lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Carbo
grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: L. May grounded out (second to first); Murray
homered; Mora walked; DeCinces grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Mora out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski homered; Rice reached on an error by
DeCinces; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rice to
second]; Lynn lined to third; Hobson was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger was called out on strikes; Skaggs made an
out to first; Bumbry singled to center; Dauer singled [Bumbry to
third]; Singleton doubled to left [Bumbry scored, Dauer scored,
Singleton out at third (left to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Doyle walked; Burleson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; Carbo
singled to center; Fisk singled to left [Carbo to second];
Yastrzemski forced Fisk (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 6TH: WISE REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); L. May popped to
first in foul territory; Murray popped to catcher in foul
territory; Mora struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Orioles 4.

RED SOX 7TH: MADDOX REPLACED MORA (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rice struck out; Scott grounded out
(third to first); Lynn singled to center; Hobson singled to
center [Lynn to second]; MILLER BATTED FOR DOYLE; Miller struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: DILLARD REPLACED MILLER (PLAYING 2B); DeCinces was
called out on strikes; Belanger grounded out (second to first);
Skaggs singled to center; Bumbry flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson flied out to center; Carbo singled to
left; Fisk struck out; Yastrzemski singled to center [Carbo to
second]; Rice was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dauer grounded out (third to first); Singleton
singled to left; DIMMEL RAN FOR SINGLETON; L. May homered
[Dimmel scored]; Murray flied out to center; Maddox singled to
center; DeCinces forced Maddox (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 6.

RED SOX 9TH: DIMMEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MUSER REPLACED
L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lynn flied out to right; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Orioles 6.