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Saturday, March 2, 2019

Orioles Regain AL East Lead - Take 3 of 4 from Boston

GAME 1:
Game MVP:Paul Blair


Memorial Stadium     Time 2:22, 73ø, Wind: 8 MPH Right to Left     Night Game
May 17, 1974            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Boston 19-16       0 0 0   2 0 0   0 1 0      3  3  2
1974 Baltimore 18-14    2 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 1      4  7  1

Recap

Bal 1st: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.
Bal      Paul Blair hit a solo HR(5) to take the lead.  Bos  0 Bal 1.
Bal      Don Baylor singled scoring Williams.  Bos  0 Bal 2.
Bal 3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Bal      Earl Williams hit a grounder scoring 1.  Bos  0 Bal 3.
Bos 4th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits and one walk.
Bos      Carl Yastrzemski hit a 433 foot 2 run HR(5).  Bos  2 Bal 3.
Bos 8th: Scored 1 run on a hit.
Bos      Mario Guerrero hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  Bos  3 Bal 3.
Bal 9th: Scored 1 run one walk and 2 errors.
Bal      Andy Etchebarren hit a grounder scoring 1, E4 to win the game.  Bos  3 Bal 4.

Bos  Doug Griffin: 3 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs.
Bal  Brooks Robinson: 3 for 4.

Bal  Mike Cuellar pitched 9 innings and picked up the win: 9 IP, 3 earned runs, 3 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He moves to 5-2 on the year.

Bos  Bill Lee pitched 8.2 solid innings but took the loss: 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 3-3 on the year.
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Game 2:
GWRBI-Davis, T
Game MVP:Ross Grimsley

Memorial Stadium     Time 1:48, 72ø, Wind: 12 MPH Out to LF     Day Game
May 18, 1974             1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Boston 19-17        0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  5  0
1974 Baltimore 19-14     0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 -      1  5  1

Recap

Bal 6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Bal      Tommy Davis singled scoring Coggins to take the lead.  Bos  0 Bal 1.

Bos  Doug Griffin: 3 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs.
Bal  Brooks Robinson: 3 for 4.

Bal  Ross Grimsley threw a shutout: 5 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 7-2 on the season!
Bos  Luis Tiant pitched 8 solid innings and took the loss: 8 IP, 1 earned run, 5 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He drops to 6-3 on the year.
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GAME 3:
GWRBI-Yastrzemski
Game MVP:Reggie Cleveland

Memorial Stadium     Game 1     Time 2:56, 78ø, Clear, Light Rain, Wind: 15 MPH Out to LF     Day Game
May 19, 1974              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Boston 20-17         2 0 0   0 5 0   0 0 0      7 11  0
1974 Baltimore 19-15      0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      1  5  1

Recap

Bos 1st: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.
Bos      Carl Yastrzemski singled scoring Guerrero to take the lead.  Bos  1 Bal 0.
Bos      Rico Petrocelli hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  2 Bal 0.
Bos 5th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 4 hits and one walk.
Bos      Carlton Fisk singled scoring Beniquez.  Bos  3 Bal 0.
Bos      Carl Yastrzemski singled scoring Guerrero.  Bos  4 Bal 0.
Bos      Rico Petrocelli hit a 3 run HR(4).  Bos  7 Bal 0.
Bal 8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Bal      Earl Williams hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  7 Bal 1.

Bos  Doug Griffin: 3 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs.
Bal  Brooks Robinson: 3 for 4.

Bos  Reggie Cleveland pitched 9 innings and picked up the win: 9 IP, 1 earned run, 5 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 4-3 on the year.
Bal  Dave McNally pitched 4.1 innings and took the loss: 4.1 IP, 7 earned runs, 9 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's 3-4 on the year.
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GAME 4:
GWRBI-Belanger
Game MVP:Bobby Grich

Memorial Stadium     Game 2 (Game 1 - Bos 7, Bal 1)     Time 2:55, 82ø, Clear, Threatening, Wind: 25 MPH Out To LCF     Day Game
May 19, 1974              1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1974 Boston 20-18         0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      1  6  0
1974 Baltimore 20-15      0 3 0   0 0 0   0 0 -      3 10  0

Recap

Bal 2nd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 5 hits.
Bal      Mark Belanger singled scoring 1 to take the lead.  Bos  0 Bal 1.
Bal      Paul Blair singled scoring Fuller.  Bos  0 Bal 2.
Bal      Bobby Grich singled scoring Belanger.  Bos  0 Bal 3.
Bos 3rd: Failed to score on 2 hits and one walk.
Bos 8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Bos      Carlton Fisk hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  1 Bal 3.

Bos  Doug Griffin: 3 for 4, 3 RBI, 2 runs.
Bal  Brooks Robinson: 3 for 4.

Bal  Jesse Jefferson pitched 4.1 innings and picked up the win: 4.1 IP, 1 hit, 5 BB, 3 K. He's 1-0 on the year.
Bal  Grant Jackson got the save, his 6th of the year.
Bos  Dick Drago pitched 8 innings and took the loss: 8 IP, 3 earned runs, 10 hits, 2 BB, 6 K. He drops to 1-2 on the season.











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