Dealing the Indians their ninth straight defeat, the Orioles gained a 4-3 victory. After three walks loaded the bases in the Orioles' fourth, Rich Dauer drove in two runs with a double and Rick Dempsey added a third tally with a grounder. Ken Singleton smashed a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      26, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  0
Orioles      0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  5  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     1   3   .303      Bumbry cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .282
Harrah 3b,ss          4   1   1   1     1   1   .265      Garcia ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Manning cf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .266      Singleton rf          2   1   1   1     2   1   .316
Thornton 1b           3   0   2   0     1   1   .246        Lowenstein rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Johnson dh            3   0   0   1     1   0   .253      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Speed pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      DeCinces 3b           2   1   2   0     2   0   .237
Pruitt c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .258      May dh                3   1   0   0     1   0   .287
  Hassey ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Roenicke lf           1   1   0   0     3   0   .295
Hargrove lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .194      Dauer 2b              3   0   1   2     1   0   .266
Veryzer ss            2   1   1   0     1   0   .236      Dempsey c             3   0   0   1     1   1   .261
  Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cox 3b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .210        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     6   9             Totals               25   4   5   4    11   3

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 18,171
Left on Base: Indians 8, Orioles 8
DP: Indians 3, Orioles 1
Doubles: Veryzer (7), Dauer (11)
Home Runs: Harrah (8), Singleton (16)
Stolen Bases: Speed (2), Bumbry (18), Garcia (6)
GIDP: Pruitt (2), May 3 (10)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker L(0-1)           7     5   4   4   9   2   1  32   4.94
Spillner                1     0   0   0   2   1   0   4   4.05
Totals                  8     5   4   4  11   3   1  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(9-5)         7     5   3   3   5   8   1  30   3.92
Stanhouse SV(8)         2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.56
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   9   1  38

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dallas Parks


INDIANS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Harrah homered; Manning struck
out; Thornton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Garcia popped to first
in foul territory; Singleton walked; Murray grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Johnson walked; Pruitt grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; Hargrove
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces singled to right; May grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [DeCinces out at
second]; Roenicke walked; Dauer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer doubled; Kuiper grounded out (second to
first) [Veryzer to third]; Bonds made an out to shortstop;
Harrah walked; Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey walked; Bumbry forced Dempsey (third to
second); Bumbry stole second; Garcia singled to left [Bumbry out
at third (left to third)]; Garcia stole second; Singleton was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles
0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton singled to left; Johnson made an out to
second; Pruitt struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray flied out to center; DeCinces walked; May
walked [DeCinces to second]; Roenicke walked [DeCinces to third,
May to second]; Dauer doubled to right [DeCinces scored, May
scored, Roenicke to third]; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Roenicke scored, Dauer to third]; Bumbry walked; Garcia
flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer walked; Kuiper flied out to center; Bonds
walked [Veryzer to second]; Harrah made an out to second;
Manning singled to center [Veryzer scored, Bonds to third];
Thornton walked [Manning to second]; Johnson flied out to left;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Singleton walked; Murray flied out to center;
DeCinces singled to center [Singleton to second]; May grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [DeCinces out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Pruitt popped to first in foul territory; Hargrove
made an out to second; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke popped to third in foul territory; Dauer
popped to catcher in foul territory; Dempsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles
3.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper struck out; Bonds struck out (catcher to
first); Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia
struck out; Singleton homered; Murray grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 4.

INDIANS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Manning
singled to third; STANHOUSE REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING);
Thornton singled to left [Manning to third]; Johnson forced
Thornton (shortstop to second) [Manning scored]; SPEED RAN FOR
JOHNSON; HASSEY BATTED FOR PRUITT; Speed stole second; Hassey
grounded out (second to first) [Speed to third]; Hargrove
walked; NORRIS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Norris grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 8TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HARRAH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HASSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); COX
REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING 3B); DeCinces walked; SPILLNER REPLACED
BARKER (PITCHING); May grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [DeCinces out at second]; Roenicke walked;
Dauer walked [Roenicke to second]; Dempsey struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper flied out to left; Bonds struck out; Harrah
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Orioles 4.