The Orioles captured their seventh straight victory and 13th in the last 14 games by downing the Tigers, 6-5, in dramatic fashion. Trailing 5-3 in the ninth, the Birds pulled to within a run on a homer by Ken Singleton, who had driven in a run with a single in the first and thrown out Ron LeFlore at the plate in the fifth. Baltimore Orioles 6, Detroit Tigers 5Game Played on Friday, June 22, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial StadiumTigers 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 0 Orioles 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 6 14 3 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 2 1 2 0 2 0 .320 Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .281 Trammell ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .282 Garcia ss 4 1 2 0 1 1 .246 Kemp lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .348 Singleton rf 5 2 4 2 0 0 .313 Parrish c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .296 Murray 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .280 Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Roenicke lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .301 Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2 1 1 .229 xRodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000 May dh 4 0 2 1 0 1 .296 Jones rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .282 Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Machemer 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .111 Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Young p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Tobik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Skaggs c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 9 4 3 4 Totals 38 6 14 6 4 6 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 35,456 Left on Base: Tigers 4, Orioles 10 DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 1 Errors: Garcia, Dempsey 2 Doubles: LeFlore (10), Garcia (8), Singleton (13), May (8) Home Runs: Parrish (9), Singleton (15), DeCinces (6) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (37) Caught Stealing: Kemp (4), Wockenfuss (1), Machemer (3), Bumbry (7) Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (6) GIDP: Parrish (7), Dauer (10) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 2.2 7 3 3 2 1 0 16 4.20 Young 5.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 21 7.17 Tobik L(1-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 2 5 2.60 Totals 8.2 14 6 6 4 6 2 42 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan 2.2 6 5 2 0 3 1 15 3.93 Stewart 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 14 2.72 T. Martinez W(4-1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.76 Totals 9 9 5 2 3 4 1 36 Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [LeFlore to third]; Kemp singled to center [LeFlore scored]; Kemp was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Parrish was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); Garcia doubled to center; Singleton singled to center [Garcia scored]; Murray flied out to center; Roenicke flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Orioles 1. TIGERS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss struck out; Rodriguez reached on catcher's interference by Dempsey; Jones reached on an error by Garcia [Rodriguez to third, Jones to second]; Machemer singled to right [Rodriguez scored (unearned), Jones scored (unearned)]; LeFlore singled to right [Machemer to third]; LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Dempsey), Machemer scored (unearned)]; Trammell flied out to right; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces singled to third; May singled to right [DeCinces to second]; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [DeCinces to third, May out at second]; Dempsey walked; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Orioles 1. TIGERS 3RD: Kemp struck out; Parrish homered; Morales popped to third in foul territory; Wockenfuss singled to center; STEWART REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Wockenfuss was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia was called out on strikes; Singleton doubled to center; Murray singled to center [Singleton scored]; Roenicke forced Murray (shortstop to second); DeCinces walked [Roenicke to second]; May doubled to left [Roenicke scored, DeCinces to third]; YOUNG REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Dauer flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 4TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Jones lined to center; Machemer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 4TH: On a bunt Dempsey grounded out (first to pitcher); Bumbry walked; Bumbry was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Garcia walked; Singleton singled to left [Garcia to second]; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore walked; Trammell singled to center [LeFlore to second]; Kemp singled to right [LeFlore out at home (right to catcher), Trammell to third]; Parrish grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Roenicke singled to center; DeCinces flied out to left; May forced Roenicke (third to second); Dauer singled to left [May to second]; Dempsey lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 6TH: Morales flied out to left; Wockenfuss grounded out (first to pitcher); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry lined to left; Garcia singled to center; Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Garcia to second]; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 7TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Machemer walked; Machemer was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); LeFlore walked; Trammell singled to right [LeFlore to second]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 7TH: Roenicke flied out to left; DeCinces struck out; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 8TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales flied out to center; Wockenfuss flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR DAUER; Kelly struck out; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Lowenstein grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. TIGERS 9TH: SMITH REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING 2B); SKAGGS REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING C ); Rodriguez struck out; Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Machemer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 9TH: TOBIK REPLACED YOUNG (PITCHING); Garcia flied out to right; Singleton homered; Murray singled to right; Roenicke made an out to second; DeCinces homered [Murray scored]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Orioles 6. |
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