Jim Palmer, with relief help from Tippy Martinez, pitched the Orioles to an 8-1 victory over the Royals. A bases-loaded single by Rich Dauer in the second inning produced the Orioles' first two runs. Ken Singleton clouted a two-run homer in the third, Dauer smacked a solo blast in the fourth and Gary Roenicke and Lee May slammed back-to-back homers in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       29, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Orioles      0  2  2    1  0  1    0  0  2  -   8 16  1
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             5   0   3   0     1   0   .290      Wilson cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .357
Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .143      Braun lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Singleton rf          3   2   1   2     2   0   .315        Zdeb ph,lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .174
  Harlow pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .322
Murray 1b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .280      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Roenicke lf           5   1   1   1     0   2   .279      LaCock 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .302
May dh                5   2   2   1     0   0   .316        Wathan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Dempsey c             5   1   3   0     0   0   .276      Poquette rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Garcia 2b             3   0   0   0     2   2   .241        Terrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Dauer 3b              5   1   4   3     0   0   .275      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .233
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Washington 2b         3   0   1   0     1   1   .250
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Hurdle ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  16   8     6   4             Totals               33   1   7   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 22,731
Left on Base: Orioles 12, Royals 7
DP: Orioles 1, Royals 2
Errors: Garcia
Doubles: Belanger (5), Bumbry (11), Murray (9)
Triples: Wilson (4)
Home Runs: Singleton (12), Dauer (4), Roenicke (9), May (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Belanger 2 (6)
GIDP: Murray (4), Hurdle (5)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(6-2)           7     5   1   1   2   3   0  27   2.80
T. Martinez             2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.12
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   3   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(7-4)       3.2   7   5   5   3   2   2  20   3.77
Rodriguez               4.1   7   3   3   3   1   2  22   4.88
Martin                  1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   7.71
Totals                  9    16   8   8   6   4   4  47

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to left; Belanger lined into a
double play (right to first) [Bumbry out at first]; Singleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson tripled to right; Braun lined to second;
Brett singled to left [Wilson scored]; Porter flied out to left;
LaCock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray lined to second; Roenicke struck out; May
singled to shortstop; Dempsey singled to right [May to second];
Garcia walked [May to third, Dempsey to second]; Dauer singled
to center [May scored, Dempsey scored, Garcia to second]; Bumbry
flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Poquette popped to third in foul territory; McRae
grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger doubled to left; Singleton homered
[Belanger scored]; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first);
Roenicke flied out to center; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Wilson was
called out on strikes; Braun grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first); Garcia
struck out; Dauer homered; Bumbry walked; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Belanger walked (walk was charged to
Splittorff) [Bumbry to second]; Singleton walked [Bumbry to
third, Belanger to second]; Murray flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett was called out on strikes; Porter flied out to
right; LaCock popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Roenicke struck out; May grounded out (third to
first); Dempsey singled to third; Garcia walked [Dempsey to
second]; Dauer forced Garcia (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette flied out to left; McRae flied to right in
foul territory; Washington singled to second [Washington to
second (error by Garcia)]; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry doubled; Belanger out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Bumbry to third]; Singleton reached on a
fielder's choice [Bumbry out at home (second to catcher)];
Murray doubled to right [Singleton scored]; Roenicke grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Royals
1.

ROYALS 6TH: Wilson flied out to center; Braun walked; Brett
grounded out (first unassisted) [Braun to second]; Porter
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
6, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: May flied out to center; Dempsey flied out to
center; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 6, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: LaCock singled to center; Poquette singled to second
[LaCock to second]; McRae flied out to right; Washington walked
[LaCock to third, Poquette to second]; HURDLE BATTED FOR CRUZ;
Hurdle grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first)
[LaCock out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: PATEK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING SS); Dauer singled
to left; Bumbry singled to left [Dauer to second]; Belanger out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dauer to third, Bumbry
to second]; Singleton was walked intentionally; HARLOW RAN FOR
SINGLETON; Murray grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Harlow out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 6, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); T. MARTINEZ
REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Wilson grounded out (second to
first); ZDEB BATTED FOR BRAUN; Zdeb singled to third; Brett
forced Zdeb (first to shortstop); Porter flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Royals 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Roenicke homered;
May homered; MARTIN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Dempsey
singled to right; Garcia struck out; Dauer singled to left
[Dempsey to second]; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Dempsey to third, Dauer to second]; Belanger flied out to
right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan flied out to right;
TERRELL BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Terrell grounded out (third to
first); McRae singled to left; Washington forced McRae (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 1.