BALTIMORE (66-69) @ CALIFORNIA (60-75)
STARTING PITCHERS
9Y (8-24 5.67) 9 (7-2 2.83)
The Orioles raced out to a 3-0 lead against Clyde Wright and the Angels going into the bottom of the 5th. Then the bottom fell out on Pete Richert as the Cherubs sent 11 men to the plate, tallying 7 runs capped off by a three run blast by Rick Reichardt off Eddie Watt. Three Angel relievers held off the visitors to snare the opening game of the second doubleheader in two days.
BAL 100 020 010 4 12 0
CAL 000 070 00x 7 8 0
2B BAL Blair 23 Br. Robinson 30
CAL H. Taylor 2
HR BAL Blefary 16 (1st off Wright)
CAL Reichardt 10 (5th off Watt, grand slam)
RBI BAL Blair 2(53) Blefary 45 Br. Robinson 73
CAL Reichardt 4(45) A. Rodriguez 4 Fregosi 53 Schaal 35
SB BAL Aparicio 15
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Richert 4.1 7 0 1 4 6 6 20 20
Wright 5 8 1 1 3 3 3 23 41
WP Wright 8-2 3.03 LP Richert 8-15 5.86 SV Rojas (20)
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Blefary homered BAL 1 CAL 0
TOP 5 .. Blefary walked. Aparicio ssingled. Blair doubled scoring two runs. BAL 3 CAL 0
BOTTOM 5 .. Skowron singled. H. Taylor doubled. Knoop walked. Schaal singled scoring a run. A. Rodriguez singled scoring a run. Fregosi singled scoring a run. Reichardt homered scoring four runs. BAL 3 CAL 7
TOP 7 .. Blefary singled. Blair hit by pitch. Br. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 4 CAL 7
NOTES: Clyde Wright returned from Spokane in the PCL to win his 8th game of the season. Minnie Rojas notched his 20th save. Three Orioles had hitting streaks, Paul Blair at 10 games and Davy Johnson and Larry Haney at 5 games. Brooks Robinson has RBI’s in 4 straight games.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR (grand slam) 4 RBI
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