The Orioles, with Earl Williams and Bobby Grich homering and driving in three runs apiece, increased their A. L. East lead over the idle Yankees to a full game with a 12-6 victory over the Tigers. Baltimore tallied five times in the second, Brooks Robinson plating the first two with a single, then scoring ahead of Williams' homer. Dave Lemanczyk, relieving loser Mickey Lolich, walked two batters and gave up an RBI single to Grich. Williams singled home a run in the third, and Paul Blair, Grich and Tommy Davis delivered RBI hits in a three-run fourth.

Grich hit a solo homer in the sixth and Mark Belanger drove in the final two Baltimore runs in the ninth with a bases-loaded single. Bill Freehan doubled to knock in the Tigers' first two runs in the third, then singled home another with two out in the fifth to start a three-run rally. A double by Gary Sutherland and single by Ron LeFlore produced Detroit's final run in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 12, Detroit Tigers 6

Game Played on Monday, September 30, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Orioles 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 - 12 16 0 Tigers 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 - 6 14 3 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Belanger ss 5 2 3 2 1 0 .226 LeFlore cf 5 3 2 0 0 1 .253 Blair cf 5 1 1 1 1 0 .260 Sutherland 2b,3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .253 Grich 2b 5 2 3 3 0 1 .264 Kaline dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .263 Davis dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .288 Freehan c 5 1 3 3 0 1 .292 Baylor lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .272 Sanders 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Robinson 3b 4 2 2 2 1 1 .289 Roberts rf 4 0 3 2 1 1 .288 Williams 1b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .255 Meyer lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Cabell rf 5 1 0 0 0 0 .238 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Etchebarren c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Powell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Knox 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Motton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hendricks c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Brinkman ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 12 16 12 4 4 Totals 41 6 14 6 2 5 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 6,575 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Tigers 11 DP: Orioles 0, Tigers 2 Errors: LeFlore, Knox, Holdsworth Doubles: Baylor 2 (22), Blair (27), Grich (29), Freehan 2 (17), Sanders (7), Sutherland (20) Triples: Roberts (2) Home Runs: Williams (14), Grich (19) Stolen Bases: Belanger 2 (17), Baylor (28) GIDP: Cabell (6), Williams (10) Hit by Pitch: Meyer (1,by Grimsley) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Grimsley 4.2 9 5 5 1 3 0 25 3.07 Alexander 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 4.09 Jackson W(5-4) 2.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 2.60 Totals 9 14 6 6 2 5 0 44 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(16-21) 1 4 4 4 0 1 1 7 4.15 Lemanczyk 2.1 6 5 5 2 0 0 14 4.00 Holdsworth 5.1 6 3 1 2 3 1 25 4.29 Ray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.47 Totals 9 16 12 10 4 4 2 47 Hit by Pitch: Grimsley (3) Wild Pitches: Alexander (6) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Joe Brinkman ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger popped to catcher in foul territory; Blair grounded out (second to first); Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Kaline singled to left; Freehan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Davis singled to left; Baylor doubled [Davis to third]; Robinson singled to left [Davis scored, Baylor scored]; Williams homered [Robinson scored]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Cabell flied out to right; Etchebarren grounded out (first to pitcher); Belanger walked; Belanger stole second; Blair walked; Grich singled to center [Belanger scored, Blair to second]; Davis forced Grich (shortstop to second); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 5, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Sanders grounded out (third to first); Roberts struck out; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Tigers 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Baylor singled to right; Baylor stole second; Robinson flied out to left; Williams singled [Baylor scored]; Cabell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Williams out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman singled to left; LeFlore forced Brinkman (second to shortstop); Sutherland singled to right [LeFlore to third]; Kaline walked [Sutherland to second]; Freehan doubled to left [LeFlore scored, Sutherland scored, Kaline to third]; Sanders made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Etchebarren grounded out (third to first); Belanger singled to right; Belanger stole second; Blair doubled to right [Belanger scored]; Grich doubled to left [Blair scored]; HOLDSWORTH REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Davis singled to center [Grich scored]; Baylor doubled [Davis to third]; Robinson was walked intentionally; Williams grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Robinson out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 9, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Roberts singled to left; Meyer flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to left; Brinkman forced Roberts (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Tigers 2. ORIOLES 5TH: Cabell flied out to right; Etchebarren struck out; Belanger singled to left; Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to second]; Kaline struck out; Freehan singled to right [LeFlore scored]; Sanders doubled to left [Freehan to third]; Roberts singled to left [Freehan scored, Sanders scored]; Meyer was hit by a pitch [Roberts to second]; ALEXANDER REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); G. BROWN BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; G. Brown lined to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 9, Tigers 5. ORIOLES 6TH: KNOX REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING 2B); SUTHERLAND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Grich homered; Davis flied out to center; Baylor grounded out (second to first); Robinson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 5. TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman flied out to left; LeFlore lined to second; Sutherland singled to left; Kaline forced Sutherland (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 5. ORIOLES 7TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Cabell made an out to third; Etchebarren reached on an error by Knox; Belanger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 5. TIGERS 7TH: Freehan doubled to left; Alexander threw a wild pitch [Freehan to third]; Sanders struck out; Roberts walked; JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Meyer made an out to shortstop; Knox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Blair flied out to center; Grich flied out to left; Davis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 5. TIGERS 8TH: Brinkman flied out to left; LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland doubled [LeFlore scored]; Kaline made an out to second; Freehan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 10, Tigers 6. ORIOLES 9TH: Baylor made an out to second; Robinson singled to left; Williams was called out on strikes; Cabell reached on an error by Holdsworth [Robinson to second]; POWELL BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Powell walked [Robinson to third, Cabell to second]; MOTTON RAN FOR POWELL; Belanger singled to center [Robinson scored (unearned), Cabell scored (unearned), Motton to third, Belanger to second (error by LeFlore)]; RAY REPLACED HOLDSWORTH (PITCHING); Blair flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 12, Tigers 6. TIGERS 9TH: HENDRICKS REPLACED MOTTON (PLAYING C ); Sanders popped to first in foul territory; Roberts tripled to right; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); VERYZER BATTED FOR KNOX; Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 12, Tigers 6.

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