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Saturday September 23, 1978
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Baltimore Orioles 6, Detroit Tigers 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  0
Orioles      1  3  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   6  8  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   .296      Harlow cf             4   1   1   0     1   3   .241
Dillard 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Kelly lf              3   0   2   1     1   1   .280
Staub dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .278        Anderson lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .094
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .292      Singleton rf          2   0   0   1     2   0   .294
Kemp lf               4   1   2   1     0   1   .276        Dimmel pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Parrish c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Murray 1b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .288
Corcoran rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      DeCinces 3b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .280
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .270        Dauer 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Crowley dh            3   1   0   0     0   0   .256
Baker p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .265
  Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .258
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia ss             2   1   1   1     2   0   .259
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   4   1     2   4             Totals               29   6   8   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 13,036
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Orioles 8
DP: Tigers 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Dimmel
Doubles: Dempsey (23), DeCinces (36)
Home Runs: Kemp (15), DeCinces (25)
Stolen Bases: Garcia 2 (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Murray (7)
GIDP: Murray (14), Singleton (14)
Hit by Pitch: Crowley (1,by Morris)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baker L(1-4)            1.1   6   4   4   2   0   0  12   4.40
Morris                  6     2   2   2   5   3   1  24   4.46
Glynn                   0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.07
Totals                  8     8   6   6   7   4   1  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(20-12)         9     4   1   1   2   4   1  33   2.47
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   4   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Morris (3)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Dillard popped to third in foul
territory; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow singled to center; Kelly singled to right
[Harlow to second]; Singleton forced Kelly (first to shortstop)
[Harlow to third]; Murray hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harlow
scored]; DeCinces grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Kemp flied out to left; Parrish
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley flied out to left; Smith singled to first;
Dempsey doubled to right [Smith scored]; Garcia singled to left
[Dempsey to third]; Garcia stole second; Harlow walked; Kelly
singled [Dempsey scored, Garcia to third, Harlow to second];
Singleton walked [Garcia scored, Harlow to third, Kelly to
second]; MORRIS REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Murray grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Singleton out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Corcoran grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Rodriguez flied out to right; Trammell flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces homered; Crowley flied out to center;
Smith flied out to left; Dempsey lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Dillard
popped to catcher in foul territory; Staub singled to right;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia walked; Garcia stole second; Harlow struck
out; Kelly walked; Singleton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Kemp singled to right; Parrish struck out; Corcoran
forced Kemp (shortstop to second) [Corcoran to first]; Rodriguez
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray made an out to shortstop; DeCinces grounded
out (third to first); Crowley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dillard made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 6TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Dempsey flied
out to center; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub flied out to left; Thompson flied out to
center; Kemp homered; Parrish flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 7TH: Harlow struck out; Kelly struck out; Singleton
walked; DIMMEL RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 5.

TIGERS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING LF); DIMMEL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Corcoran grounded out (pitcher to first);
Rodriguez singled to right [Rodriguez to third (error by
Dimmel)]; Trammell grounded out (third to first); LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Orioles 5.

ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces doubled to left; Crowley was hit by a
pitch; On a bunt Smith forced DeCinces (catcher to third)
[Crowley to second, Smith to first]; Dempsey walked [Crowley to
third, Smith to second]; Garcia walked [Crowley scored, Smith to
third, Dempsey to second]; GLYNN REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING);
Harlow struck out; Anderson forced Garcia (second to shortstop);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.

TIGERS 9TH: DAUER REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING 3B); Dillard flied
out to left; Staub walked; Thompson walked [Staub to second];
Kemp struck out; Parrish popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 6.



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