BALTIMORE (43-53) @ CLEVELAND (51-47)
STARTING PITCHERS
14Z (0-2 2.02) 9YZ (2-5 3.97)
Baltimore jumped ahead early only to be countered my a Max Alvis blast to reward the stellar starting pitching of John O’Donoghue. Mgr. Joe Adcock brought in his terminator Orlando Pena who was torched by back to back long balls by Paul Blair and Boog Powell spiraling the Tribe to defeat.
BAL 110 000 041 7 11 0
CLE 001 002 000 3 5 0
2B BAL Aparicio 17 F. Robinson 17
CLE Davalillo 2(13)
3B BAL Aparicio 8
HR BAL Aparicio 4 (1st off O’Donoghue) Blair 3 (8th off Pena) Powell 2(11, 2nd off O’Donoghue – 8th off Pena)
CLE Alvis 11 (6th off Hardin)
RBI BAL Blair 3(27) Powell 2(46) Aparicio 2(21)
CLE Alvis 2(38) Wagner 22
SB CLE Davalillo 3
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Hardin 9 5 1 2 8 3 3 34 71
O’Donoghue 7 5 2 1 8 2 2 27 66
WP Hardin 1-2 2.30 LP Pena 0-3 3.59
SCORING PLAYS:
TOP 1 .. Aparicio homered BAL 1 CLE 0
TOP 2 .. Powell homered BAL 2 CLE 0
BOTTOM 3 .. Davalillo doubled. Wagner singled scoring a run. BAL 2 CLE 1
BOTTOM 6 .. Davalillo singled. Alvus homered scoring two runs. BAL 2 CLE 3
TOP 8 .. May singled. F. Robinson singled. Blair homered scoring three runs. Powell homered scoring a run, BAL 6 CLE 3
TOP 9 .. Belanger singled. Aparicio doubled scoring a run. BAL 7 CLE 3
NOTES: The Birds crushed four homers in route to the win, with the Boog blasting two. Looie Aparicio had a reverse cycle going, homering then triple then double, his triple tied teammate Pail Blair for league lead, joining Bobby Allison and Ken Berry. Frank Robinson returned to the lineup after missing a month.
STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 HR 3RBI
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