Pitching a three-hitter, Jim Palmer gained his fifth straight victory when the Orioles defeated the Indians, 5-1. Charlie Spikes homered in the eighth inning to deprive Palmer of a shutout. The Orioles decided the outcome early with four runs in the first inning and added their other tally with a homer by Earl Williams in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Tuesday, July      31, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Orioles      4  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  3


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .312      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  Rettenmund lf       0   0   0   0     2   0   .228      Gamble dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Coggins rf            5   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Davis dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Ellis c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Powell 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .242      Spikes lf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .239
Grich 2b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .234      Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Blair cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .298      Lowenstein rf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .232      Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Williams c            4   1   1   1     0   1   .228      Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .224        Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .198
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   4     4   3             Totals               29   1   3   1     0   4

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 17,912
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Indians 1
DP: Orioles 1, Indians 3
Errors: Bell, Chambliss, Spikes
Doubles: Bumbry (6), Coggins (10)
Home Runs: Williams (13), Spikes (19)
Stolen Bases: Coggins (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Davis (1)
GIDP: Grich (7), Robinson (11), Lowenstein (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(13-6)          9     3   1   1   0   4   1  29   2.64
Totals                  9     3   1   1   0   4   1  29

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(8-10)          9     9   5   3   4   3   1  39   4.38
Totals                  9     9   5   3   4   3   1  39

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


ORIOLES 1ST: Umpire Lou DiMuro missed game due to virus;
Bumbry doubled to left; Coggins doubled to center [Bumbry
scored]; Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Coggins to third]; Powell walked; Grich grounded out (third to
first) [Coggins scored, Powell to second]; Blair reached on an
error by Bell [Powell scored (unearned) (no RBI), Blair to
second]; Robinson singled to left [Blair scored (unearned),
Robinson to second (error by Spikes)]; Williams made an out to
shortstop; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell made an out to second; Gamble made an out to
third; Chambliss singled to right; Ellis flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Bumbry
grounded out (pitcher to first); Coggins grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to
first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Davis struck out; Powell singled to center; Grich
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Powell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair singled to left; Robinson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Blair out at second];
Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss
made an out to shortstop; Ellis lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger flied out to left; Bumbry grounded out
(second to first); Coggins singled to right; Coggins stole
second; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick
singled to left; Lowenstein grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Grich lined
to shortstop; Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED BUMBRY (PLAYING LF); Brohamer
flied out to right; Duffy flied out to center; Bell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Williams homered; Belanger struck out; Rettenmund walked;
Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Gamble flied out to right; Chambliss struck out;
Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 5, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Davis singled to center; Powell popped to catcher
in foul territory; Grich reached on an error by Chambliss [Davis
to third, Grich to second]; Blair was walked intentionally;
Robinson hit into a double play (center to third) [Davis out at
home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Spikes homered; Hendrick struck out; Lowenstein
grounded out (pitcher to first); Brohamer popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Williams popped to second in foul territory;
Belanger singled to left; Rettenmund walked [Belanger to
second]; Coggins forced Rettenmund (first to shortstop)
[Belanger to third]; Davis forced Coggins (third to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: TORRES BATTED FOR DUFFY; Torres was called out on
strikes; Bell flied out to right; Gamble lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 1.