Johnny Oates tripled in the 12th inning, leading to the run that gave the Orioles a 4-3 victory over the Tigers. Boog Powell homered with a man on base in the first. The Tigers tied the score at 2-2 and knotted the count again at 3-3 in the ninth on a single by Dalton Jones, a walk, an error and a sacrifice fly by Mickey Stanley. After Oates tripled in the 12th, the Tigers walked Terry Crowley and Don Buford intentionally, but Mark Belanger broke up the game with a single. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Monday, September 21, 1970 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Tigers       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Orioles      2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  6  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   0   0   1     1   0   .252      Buford lf             3   1   1   0     3   0   .269
I. Brown 2b           1   1   0   0     2   0   .286      Belanger ss           6   0   1   1     0   2   .203
  McAuliffe ph,2b,3b  3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Powell 1b             3   1   1   2     2   0   .299
Kaline 1b             6   0   2   1     0   1   .277        Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .070
Northrup rf           5   1   2   0     1   0   .269      F. Robinson rf        4   1   1   0     1   1   .302
Maddox lf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .224      Baylor cf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Nagelson ph,lf      3   0   0   0     0   0   .163      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     1   1   .280
Wert 3b               2   0   0   0     1   1   .214        Salmon 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Jones ph,2b         2   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Johnson 2b            4   0   0   1     0   1   .281
Hosley c              2   0   0   1     0   1   .000      Oates c               5   1   1   0     0   0   .300
  G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Lopez p               0   0   0   0     2   0   .077
  Lamont c            1   0   1   0     0   0   .400        Hall p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Gutierrez ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .244        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cash ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .264        Crowley ph,1b       1   0   0   0     1   0   .270
  Szotkiewicz ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .107
Niekro p              2   0   0   0     1   1   .197
  Collins ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Price ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .188
  Reed pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Timmermann p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               39   3   7   3     8   8             Totals               36   4   6   4    10   7

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance:  5,470
Left on Base: Tigers 11, Orioles 10
DP: Tigers 1, Orioles 2
Errors: Oates
Doubles: Kaline (24), F. Robinson (22)
Triples: Oates (1)
Home Runs: Powell (35)
Stolen Bases: Buford (15)
Caught Stealing: Buford (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Szotkiewicz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hosley (1), Stanley (3), Johnson (1)
GIDP: Gutierrez 2 (8)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro                  8     4   3   3   6   5   1  32   3.94
Timmermann L(6-7)       3     2   1   1   4   2   0  15   4.06
Totals                 11     6   4   4  10   7   1  47

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lopez                   6.2   2   2   2   6   5   0  27   2.08
Hall                    1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.24
Richert                 1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.13
Hardin W(5-5)           2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.51
Totals                 12     7   3   3   8   8   0  50

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ron Luciano


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley flied out to left; I. Brown lined to left;
Kaline struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Buford walked; Belanger was called out on strikes;
Buford stole second; Powell homered [Buford scored]; F. Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor struck out; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup walked; Maddox walked [Northrup to second];
Wert walked [Northrup to third, Maddox to second]; Hosley hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Northrup scored]; Gutierrez grounded into
a double play (third to first) [Maddox out at third]; 1 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson singled to center; Johnson struck out;
Oates flied out to left; Lopez walked [B. Robinson to second];
Buford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Niekro struck out; Stanley made an out to second; I.
Brown walked; Kaline doubled to left [I. Brown scored]; Northrup
singled to third [Kaline to third]; Maddox forced Northrup
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles
2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell
walked; F. Robinson struck out; Baylor flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Wert struck out; Hosley reached on an error by
Oates; Gutierrez grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hosley out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson popped to first in foul territory;
Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; Oates popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
grounded out (third to first); I. Brown walked; Kaline popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez walked; Buford flied out to right; Belanger
flied out to center; Powell grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Northrup popped to third in foul territory; Maddox
struck out; Wert flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: F. Robinson doubled to center; Baylor grounded out
(second to first) [F. Robinson to third]; B. Robinson walked;
Johnson sacrifice flied into a double play to right [F. Robinson
scored, B. Robinson out at second (right to first to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Hosley struck out; Gutierrez grounded out (third to
first); Niekro walked; HALL REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Stanley
walked [Niekro to second]; MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR I. BROWN;
McAuliffe popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: MCAULIFFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Oates made
an out to third; Hall grounded out (second to first); Buford
singled to right; Buford was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup
flied out to right; NAGELSON BATTED FOR MADDOX; Nagelson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: NAGELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Belanger
flied out to left; Powell made an out to third; F. Robinson
walked; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Orioles 3.

TIGERS 9TH: JONES BATTED FOR WERT; Jones singled to right; G.
BROWN BATTED FOR HOSLEY; G. Brown was called out on strikes;
CASH BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ; Cash singled to center [Jones to
third]; COLLINS BATTED FOR NIEKRO; RICHERT REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); PRICE BATTED FOR COLLINS; Price walked [Cash to
second]; REED RAN FOR PRICE; Stanley hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Jones scored]; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED REED (PITCHING); JONES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LAMONT REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C );
SZOTKIEWICZ REPLACED CASH (PLAYING SS); MCAULIFFE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); B. Robinson grounded out (second to
first); Johnson flied out to left; Oates grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 10TH: Kaline flied out to center; Northrup singled to
right; Nagelson made an out to third; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 10TH: CROWLEY BATTED FOR RICHERT; Crowley grounded out
(second to first); Buford walked; Belanger was called out on
strikes; Powell was walked intentionally [Buford to second]; F.
Robinson forced Powell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 11TH: HARDIN REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); CROWLEY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Lamont singled to center; Szotkiewicz out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Lamont to second];
Timmermann was called out on strikes; Stanley flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 11TH: Baylor flied out to right; B. Robinson was called
out on strikes; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

TIGERS 12TH: SALMON REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); McAuliffe
flied out to left; Kaline singled to left; Northrup flied out to
left; Nagelson forced Kaline (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 12TH: Oates tripled to right; Crowley was walked
intentionally; Buford was walked intentionally [Crowley to
second]; Belanger singled to left [Oates scored, Crowley to
third, Buford to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Orioles 4.