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Homers by John Lowenstein and Billy Smith powered the Orioles to a 3-2 triumph over the Angels. The Orioles trailed, 2-0, when Lowenstein hit a solo homer with one out in the seventh inning. After a single by Eddie Murray, Smith blasted his round-tripper that produced the winning margin. [The Sporting News] Baltimore Orioles 3, California Angels 2Game Played on Sunday, July 8, 1979 (Day game) at Anaheim StadiumOrioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 7 2 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Grich 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .316 Kelly dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Ford cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .288 Ayala ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Baylor lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Singleton rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Downing dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Rudi rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .232 Lowenstein lf,rf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .287 Harlow pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Murray 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .283 Smith 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .218 Hampton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Dauer 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Donohue c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .266 Stewart p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 3 1 3 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 29,062 Left on Base: Orioles 4, Angels 6 DP: Orioles 1, Angels 0 Errors: Dempsey 2 Doubles: Lowenstein (5), Ford (12) Home Runs: Lowenstein (8), Smith (4) Caught Stealing: Garcia (6) Sacrifice Hits: Grich 2 (10) Sacrifice Flies: Ford (6) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor W(3-2) 7.2 4 2 0 0 4 0 29 3.65 Stewart 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.74 Stanhouse SV(11) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.72 Totals 9 5 2 0 2 5 0 35 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase L(7-7) 7 6 3 3 1 1 2 27 3.88 LaRoche 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 6.39 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 3 2 34 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - John Shulock ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Garcia walked; Garcia was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Grich flied out to right; Lansford struck out; Ford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Lowenstein doubled; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lowenstein to third]; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor was called out on strikes; Downing popped to first; Rudi popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Bumbry singled to second; Garcia popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Aikens struck out; Donohue grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Singleton flied out to right; Lowenstein singled to right; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: Grich flied out to center; Lansford grounded out (third to first); Ford doubled; Baylor popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Dauer flied out to center; Dempsey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Rudi struck out; Aikens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Donohue singled to center; Anderson reached on an error by Dempsey [Donohue to second]; Grich reached on an error by Dempsey on a sacrifice bunt [Donohue to third, Anderson to second]; Lansford forced Grich (shortstop to second) [Donohue scored (unearned), Anderson to third]; Ford hit a sacrifice fly to right [Anderson scored (unearned)]; Baylor flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Angels 2. ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton flied out to left; Lowenstein homered; Murray singled to left; Smith homered [Murray scored]; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: Downing flied out to right; Rudi singled to left; Aikens flied out to center; Donohue forced Rudi (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. ORIOLES 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); Bumbry popped to shortstop; Garcia grounded out (first to pitcher); AYALA BATTED FOR KELLY; Ayala singled to center; Singleton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 8TH: AYALA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ROENICKE REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); Anderson singled to left; Grich out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Anderson to second]; Lansford flied out to center; STEWART REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Ford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. ORIOLES 9TH: Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Murray flied out to right; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 9TH: Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Downing singled to center; Rudi walked [Downing to second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); HARLOW RAN FOR RUDI; Aikens walked [Downing to third, Harlow to second]; HAMPTON RAN FOR AIKENS; DAVIS BATTED FOR DONOHUE; Davis hit into a double play (left to left to catcher) [Downing out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Angels 2. |
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