| Hot-hitting Lee May belted his 26th homer of the season and 299th of his career, driving in three runs, in the Orioles' 7-1 rout of the Blue Jays that helped Baltimore move within 1½ games of the idle Yankees in the race for the American League East title. Mike Flanagan held the Blue Jays to six hits in his 15th victory. [The Sporting News] |
Baltimore Orioles 7, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 22, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 2 Orioles 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 x - 7 12 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG G. Woods cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .222 Bumbry cf,lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .309 Bailor dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Singleton rf 5 1 1 1 0 3 .333 Velez rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .260 Dimmel rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rader 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 L. May 1b 3 2 1 3 1 0 .247 Bowling lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Muser 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Murray dh 5 2 4 0 0 0 .275 McKay 2b 3 0 3 0 0 0 .192 Mora lf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .257 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Maddox cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .212 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skaggs c 2 1 1 1 2 0 .287 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 1 6 1 1 8 Totals 36 7 12 7 6 4 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 9,261 Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Orioles 11 DP: Blue Jays 0, Orioles 3 Errors: Ashby, Lemanczyk Doubles: Mora (8), Murray 2 (28) Home Runs: Velez (15), L. May (26) GIDP: Ashby 2 (13) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(12-15) 5.2 9 7 3 5 2 1 31 4.36 Vuckovich 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.58 Willis 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.09 Totals 8 12 7 3 6 4 1 42 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(13-10) 9 6 1 1 1 8 1 31 3.64 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 8 1 31 Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (19) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Ted Hendry BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods was called out on strikes; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to right; Dauer grounded out (third to first) [Bumbry to second]; Singleton flied out to center; L. May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez flied out to left; Rader struck out; Bowling grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray popped to third in foul territory; Mora grounded out (third to first); On a bunt DeCinces singled; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [DeCinces to second]; Belanger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Torres popped to first in foul territory; McKay singled; Ashby grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McKay out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs reached on an error by Lemanczyk; Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer walked [Skaggs to second]; Singleton struck out; L. May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: G. Woods struck out; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell singled to right; Velez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Murray singled to right; Mora grounded out (pitcher to first) [Murray to second]; DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Belanger walked; Skaggs singled to center [Murray scored, Belanger to second]; Bumbry singled to left [Belanger to third, Skaggs out at third (left to second)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Rader flied out to right; Bowling grounded out (third to first); Torres grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton struck out; L. May walked; Murray singled to right [L. May to second]; Mora doubled to right [L. May scored, Murray scored]; DeCinces lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: McKay singled to pitcher; Ashby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McKay out at second]; G. Woods walked; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger grounded out (first unassisted); Skaggs walked; Bumbry walked [Skaggs to second]; Dauer made an out to shortstop; Ashby dropped a foul fly hit by Singleton for an error; Singleton singled to center [Skaggs scored (unearned), Bumbry to third]; L. May homered (unearned) [Bumbry scored (unearned), Singleton scored (unearned)]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Murray doubled to left; Mora was called out on strikes; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Orioles 7. BLUE JAYS 7TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MUSER REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 1B); MADDOX REPLACED MORA (PLAYING CF); Howell grounded out (second to first); Velez homered; Rader struck out; Bowling struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Orioles 7. ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces made an out to second; Belanger singled to right; Skaggs walked [Belanger to second]; Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer forced Belanger (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Orioles 7. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Torres grounded out (third to first); McKay singled to left; Ashby lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [McKay out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Orioles 7. ORIOLES 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Singleton was called out on strikes; Muser grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray doubled to right; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Orioles 7. BLUE JAYS 9TH: DIMMEL REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); G. Woods flied out to right; Bailor singled to second; no one covered 1B; Howell struck out; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Orioles 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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