Mike Flanagan yielded only five hits and struck out 13 for his career high while pitching the Orioles to a 6-1 victory over the Tigers. Doubles by Tito Fuentes and Rusty Staub accounted for the Tigers' run in the first inning. The Orioles came back with three runs in their half.

After singles by Al Bumbry, Billy Smith and Pat Kelly loaded the bases, Lee May walked with two out to force in one run and Rich Dauer singled for two more. The Orioles wrapped it up with another trio in the second. Bumbry singled for his second of four hits and Kelly homered before a walk and singles by Eddie Murray and May added the final tally. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Orioles      3  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .326      Bumbry cf,lf          5   2   4   0     0   0   .317
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .307      Smith 2b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .218
Staub dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .277      Kelly lf              2   2   2   3     0   0   .256
Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .256        Maddox ph,cf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .265      Singleton rf          3   1   0   0     1   2   .328
Parrish c             4   0   0   0     0   4   .242        Dimmel rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanley rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .234      Murray 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      L. May dh             3   0   1   1     1   0   .250
Trammell ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .207      Dauer 3b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .241
Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .208
  Sykes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .224
                                                          Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     3  13             Totals               34   6  10   6     5   7

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  4,854
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Orioles 9
DP: Tigers 0, Orioles 1
Doubles: Fuentes (19), Staub (33)
Home Runs: Kelly (10)
GIDP: Thompson (15)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo L(8-18)          1.1   6   5   5   2   1   1  12   4.13
Sykes                   6.2   4   1   1   3   6   0  27   4.41
Totals                  8    10   6   6   5   7   1  39

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(14-10)       9     5   1   1   3  13   0  35   3.53
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3  13   0  35

Wild Pitches: Flanagan (5)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes doubled to left; Staub
doubled to right [Fuentes scored]; Kemp struck out; Thompson
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to right; On a bunt Smith singled
[Bumbry to second]; Kelly singled to center [Bumbry scored,
Smith to second]; Singleton flied out to left; Murray struck
out; L. May walked [Smith to third, Kelly to second]; Dauer
singled to center [Smith scored, Kelly scored, L. May to
second]; Belanger walked [L. May to third, Dauer to second];
Dempsey lined to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles
3.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Stanley walked; Rodriguez lined
to third; Trammell singled to center [Stanley to third]; LeFlore
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Bumbry singled to center; Smith grounded out
(second to first) [Bumbry to second]; Kelly homered [Bumbry
scored]; SYKES REPLACED ARROYO (PITCHING); Singleton walked;
Murray singled to right [Singleton to third]; L. May singled to
center [Singleton scored, Murray to third]; Dauer struck out;
Belanger forced L. May (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; Staub forced Fuentes (second to shortstop); Kemp walked
[Staub to second]; Thompson struck out; Parrish struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey walked; Bumbry forced Dempsey (shortstop to
second); Smith struck out; MADDOX BATTED FOR KELLY; Maddox
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 4TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MADDOX STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Trammell flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray popped to first in
foul territory; L. May lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer flied out to left; Belanger flied out to
center; Dempsey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp flied out to left; Thompson struck out; Parrish
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry singled to left; Smith walked [Bumbry to
second]; Maddox made an out to first; Singleton struck out;
Murray made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (third to first); Trammell singled to shortstop;
LeFlore flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: L. May grounded out (third to first); Dauer flied
out to left; Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 8TH: DIMMEL REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Fuentes
flied out to left; Staub singled to left; Kemp walked [Staub to
second]; Thompson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Bumbry singled to
second; Smith forced Bumbry (pitcher to second); Maddox forced
Smith (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Parrish struck out; Stanley struck out; Rodriguez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.