The Orioles reduced their magic number to one in the East division race by defeating the Yankees, 10-1, while the second-place Tigers were losing to the Red Sox. Jim Palmer posted his 19th victory for the Orioles with a six-hitter. Boog Powell smashed two homers, each with a man on base, and Bobby Grich hit his first major league homer in the eighth inning, driving in the Orioles' last three runs. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 10, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 22, 1971 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      2  0  1    0  3  0    1  3  0  -  10 15  0
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   0   1   0     1   1   .288      Clarke 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Blair cf              5   2   2   0     0   0   .263      Gibbs c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .218
Powell 1b             5   2   2   4     0   1   .251      Alou cf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .286
F. Robinson rf        4   2   1   0     1   0   .282      White lf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .283
B. Robinson 3b        5   1   3   0     0   0   .273      Blomberg rf           4   0   3   1     0   0   .325
Hendricks c           5   1   4   2     0   1   .251      Ellis 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .229
Johnson 2b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .285      Hansen 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Grich ss              4   1   1   3     1   0   .353      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Palmer p              5   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Bahnsen p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .145
                                                            Lyttle ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .198
                                                            Gardner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
                                                            Hambright p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               42  10  15   9     4   3             Totals               31   1   6   1     3   3

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  8,845
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Yankees 6
DP: Orioles 2, Yankees 0
Doubles: B. Robinson (21), F. Robinson (16), Hendricks (13), Alou (21), Gibbs (9)
Home Runs: Powell 2 (21), Grich (1)
GIDP: Ellis (11), Clarke (13)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(19-9)          9     6   1   1   3   3   0  34   2.77
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   3   0  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen L(14-11)        5    10   6   6   2   0   2  27   3.35
Gardner                 2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   2.79
Kline                   1     3   3   3   1   1   1   7   2.96
Hambright               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.50
Totals                  9    15  10  10   4   3   3  46

Wild Pitches: Bahnsen (9)
Balks: Palmer (2), Kline (1)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Ron Luciano


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (first unassisted); Blair
singled to left; Powell homered [Blair scored]; F. Robinson
flied out to left; B. Robinson singled to right; Hendricks
singled to left [B. Robinson to third]; Johnson flied out to
center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to center; Gibbs flied out to
right; Alou doubled to right; White walked; Blomberg singled to
right [Alou scored, White to third]; Ellis lined to pitcher; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich flied out to center; Palmer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buford singled to left; Bahnsen threw a
wild pitch [Buford to second]; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Hansen lined to shortstop; Michael made an out to
shortstop; Bahnsen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Powell flied out to center; F. Robinson flied out
to left; B. Robinson doubled to right; Hendricks singled to left
[B. Robinson scored]; Johnson singled [Hendricks to third];
Grich grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Gibbs flied
out to right; Alou singled to center; White flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Palmer made an out to shortstop; Buford walked;
Blair forced Buford (shortstop to second); Powell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Blomberg singled to right; Ellis grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Blomberg out at
second]; Hansen flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: F. Robinson grounded out (third to first); B.
Robinson grounded out (second to first); Hendricks singled to
right; Johnson walked [Hendricks to second]; Grich homered
[Hendricks scored, Johnson scored]; Palmer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Yankees
1.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael popped to catcher in foul territory; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR BAHNSEN; Lyttle walked; Clarke grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Lyttle out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: GARDNER REPLACED LYTTLE (PITCHING); Buford made an
out to second; Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Gibbs doubled to left; Alou grounded out (shortstop
to first); White walked; Blomberg made an out to pitcher; Palmer
balked [Gibbs to third, White to second]; Ellis struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: F. Robinson doubled to left; B. Robinson made an
out to second; Hendricks doubled to right [F. Robinson scored];
Johnson flied out to left; Grich walked; Palmer flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 7, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Hansen grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
grounded out (pitcher to first); TORRES BATTED FOR GARDNER;
Torres made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 7,
Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: KLINE REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); Buford grounded
out (second to first); Blair singled to left; Powell homered
[Blair scored]; F. Robinson walked; B. Robinson singled to
center [F. Robinson to third]; Kline balked [F. Robinson scored,
B. Robinson to second]; Hendricks struck out; Johnson flied out
to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Gibbs
grounded out (first to pitcher); Alou grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Yankees 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: HAMBRIGHT REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Grich flied
out to center; Palmer flied out to right; Buford struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Blomberg
singled to right; Ellis struck out; Hansen forced Blomberg
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 10,
Yankees 1.