Homers by Ken Singleton and Lee May provided an early five-run lead and propelled the Orioles to an 8-0 victory over the Royals behind the three-hit hurling of Mike Flanagan. Singleton smashed his homer with two men on base in the first inning and May connected with one aboard in the third. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 8, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Friday, July      27, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Orioles      3  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   8 14  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             6   1   3   0     0   1   .280      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .246
Garcia ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Wathan dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Roenicke lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .298
Singleton rf          4   1   2   3     1   0   .303      Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .319
  Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .165      Cowens rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Murray 1b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .295      Porter c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .299
Lowenstein lf,rf      5   0   0   0     0   2   .268      Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     0   3   .244
DeCinces 3b           2   3   0   0     3   1   .256      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .245
May dh                4   2   3   2     1   0   .284      Wilson lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .304
Dauer 2b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .252      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dempsey c             5   0   2   1     0   1   .253        Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  14   7     6   7             Totals               30   0   3   0     1   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 33,629
Left on Base: Orioles 11, Royals 4
DP: Orioles 0, Royals 1
Errors: White, Brett
Doubles: Garcia (11), Dempsey (17), Patek (12)
Home Runs: Singleton (25), May (15)
Caught Stealing: Bumbry (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Garcia (3)
GIDP: Dempsey (10)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(14-6)        9     3   0   0   1   8   0  31   3.59
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   8   0  31

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(6-8)          2     8   5   5   2   4   2  16   4.53
Rodriguez               7     6   3   1   4   3   0  30   4.58
Totals                  9    14   8   6   6   7   2  46

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Bill Deegan


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to left; Garcia doubled to left
[Bumbry to third]; Singleton homered [Bumbry scored, Garcia
scored]; Murray singled to center; Lowenstein flied out to
center; DeCinces struck out; May singled to left [Murray to
third]; Dauer was called out on strikes; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Wathan struck out; Otis singled to
right; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
3, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey singled to left; On a bunt Bumbry singled
[Dempsey to second]; Garcia out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Dempsey to third, Bumbry to second]; Singleton was
walked intentionally; Murray struck out; Lowenstein was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (second to first); Porter struck
out; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals
0.

ORIOLES 3RD: DeCinces walked; May homered [DeCinces scored];
RODRIGUEZ REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Dauer flied out to left;
Dempsey flied out to left; Bumbry grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled to left; Wilson grounded out
(shortstop to first); White grounded out (catcher to first)
[Patek to third]; Wathan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia popped to catcher in foul territory;
Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray walked;
Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis flied out to left; Brett grounded out (first
unassisted); Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces walked; May grounded out (third to pitcher
to first) [DeCinces to second]; Dauer popped to shortstop;
Dempsey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Porter walked; Scott was called out on strikes;
Patek forced Porter (pitcher to second); Wilson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry struck out; Garcia grounded out (third to
first); Singleton singled to right; Murray flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White struck out; On a bunt Wathan grounded out
(second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Lowenstein struck out; DeCinces walked; May walked
[DeCinces to second]; Dauer singled to left [DeCinces scored,
May to third]; Dempsey grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Dauer out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett flied out to left; Cowens flied out to right;
Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Royals 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry singled to left; Bumbry was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Garcia popped to first in foul
territory; Singleton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 6, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: ROENICKE REPLACED GARCIA (PLAYING LF); BELANGER
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING SS); LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Scott struck out; Patek popped to third; Wilson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
6, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Murray lined to first; Lowenstein grounded out
(shortstop to first); DeCinces reached on an error by Brett; May
singled to left [DeCinces to second]; Dauer singled to left
[DeCinces scored (error by White) (unearned), May to second];
Dempsey doubled to left [May scored (unearned), Dauer to third];
Bumbry grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: White flied out to left; Wathan grounded out (first
unassisted); Otis singled to left; Brett flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 8, Royals 0.