SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3,1967

BALTIMORE (64-68) @ KANSAS CITY (52-82)

STARTING PITCHERS

14Z (5-3 1.64) 4W (2-10 6.90)

Jim Hardin and the Orioles spotted the home club a one run lead then took them to the woodshed, racking up 5 runs in both the 2nd and 4th innings cruising to a 12-2 victory and a sweep of the weekend. Paul Blair and Frank Robinson provided the fire power to support the 8 strong innings hurled by Hardin.

BAL 050 510 001 12 15 0

KCA 100 000 010 2 8 3

2B BAL Blair 2(21) D. Johnson 16

KCA Campaneris 20 Suarez 2

3B KCA Campaneris 8

HR BAL Blefary 15 (4th off Aker) Br. Robinson 18 (4th off Aker)

RBI BAL Blefary 2(44) Blair 3(48) Br. Robinson 3(68) F. Robinson 87 Haney 2(9) Hardin 9

KCA Campaneris 23 Donaldson 16

SB BAL Blair 2

KCA Campaneris 41

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hardin 8 7 0 2 6 2 2 30 60

Odom 3 4 0 3 3 5 3 17 35

WP Hardin 6-3 1.69 LP Odom 2-11 6.97

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris tripled. Donaldson singled scoring a run. BAL 0 KCA 1

TOP 2 .. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson walked. D. Johnson walked. Haney doubled scoring two runs. Hardin singled scoring a run. Blefary reached on an error. Blair singled scoring two runs. BAL 5 KCA 1

TOP 4 .. Aparicio walked. Blefary homered scoring two runs. Blair singled. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson homered scoring three runs. BAL 10 KCA 1

TOP 5 .. Blair doubled. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 11 KCA 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Suarez doubled. Campaneris doubled scoring a run . BAL 11 KCA 2

TOP 9 .. Bowens singled. Blair doubled scoring a run. BAL 12 KCA 2

NOTES: Orioles swept the three game set and are closing in of the break even mark. Paul Blair had quite a weekend, going 9-15 with 2 homers and 6 RBIs. Curt Blefary had RBIs in three straight games. Bert Campaneris missed the cycle by not homering. Johnny ‘Blue Moon’ Odom lost his 7th straight his last will on June 11.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-6 2 Doubles 3 RBIs SB

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