Bal. at Det. September 6, 1969

The Baltimore Orioles crushed the Detroit Tigers tonight 14-4 while winning their 3rd straight of this 4 game series. The Orioles jumped all over Tiger starter Mickey Lolich in the 1st inning and before it was over they'd pushed 8 runs across the plate. Jim Palmer went the distance for the Orioles and picked up his 14th win of the season. Baltimore increased their division lead over Detroit to 6.5 games with the victory.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Baltimore Orioles At 1969 Detroit Tigers              9/6/1969
 
  Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Buford LF         5  2  1  2 .308     M.Stanley SS        5  1  3  0 .241  
  P.Blair CF          2  0  0  0 .288     T.Matchick 2B       5  1  2  0 .263  
  F.Robinson RF       4  2  2  2 .298     A.Kaline RF         3  0  0  0 .276  
  B.Powell 1B         4  1  0  0 .310     N.Cash 1B           4  0  1  0 .288  
  B.Robinson 3B       3  3  2  0 .262     W.Horton LF         3  1  1  1 .267  
  D.Johnson 2B        3  1  0  3 .249     J.Northrup CF       4  0  0  0 .301  
  A.Etchebarren C     5  2  3  3 .226     B.Freehan C         4  1  2  2 .264  
  M.Belanger SS       4  2  2  1 .264     D.Wert 3B           3  0  0  0 .241  
  J.Palmer P          5  1  1  0 .204     M.Lolich P          0  0  0  0 .115  
                                          F.Lasher P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-C.Gutierrez PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Hiller P          1  0  0  0 .375  
                                        B-I.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .197  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35 14 11 11                 Totals      35  4  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lasher In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 9th Inning
 
Orioles......... 8 2 0  1 0 3  0 0 0  - 14 11  1
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  4  9  2
 
Orioles (88-51)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Palmer WIN(12-4)        9       9   4   4   3  10   1 156   2.95
Totals                    9       9   4   4   3  10   1
 
Tigers (81-57)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Lolich LOSS(14-9)       0 2/3   3   8   8   5   0   0  47   2.79
F.Lasher                  3 1/3   5   3   2   2   2   0  66   3.31
J.Hiller                  5       3   3   1   1   1   0  83   5.48
Totals                    9      11  14  11   8   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,941 DATE- Saturday, September 6th 1969 TIME- Night 
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles: 5  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- B.Robinson, D.Wert-2
DOUBLES- A.Etchebarren(7th), M.Belanger-2(16th), M.Stanley-2(30th),
         W.Horton(16th), B.Freehan(17th)
TRIPLES- B.Robinson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Freehan(15th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Etchebarren
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair, B.Robinson
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Johnson
WALKS- D.Buford, P.Blair-2, F.Robinson, B.Powell, B.Robinson, D.Johnson,
       M.Belanger, A.Kaline, W.Horton, D.Wert
STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford-2, J.Palmer, T.Matchick-3, N.Cash, J.Northrup-2,
             B.Freehan, D.Wert, F.Lasher, I.Brown
GIDP- F.Robinson, A.Kaline
WILD PITCHES- J.Palmer
PASSED BALLS- B.Freehan-2
2-out RBI- D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren-3, D.Buford-2, F.Robinson-2, M.Belanger,
           B.Freehan
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Andy Etchebarren blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Jim Palmer mowed down 10 Detroit batters and Andy Etchebarren had 3 base hits
and 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers were badly beaten by the Baltimore Orioles,
14 to 4.
 
Palmer(12-4) gave Baltimore a solid outing.  He went 9 innings surrendering 9
hits and 3 walks.  Baltimore banged out 11 hits on the night.  
 
Mickey Lolich(14-9) was the loser.  'I had my good stuff tonight.' Palmer
said. 'As the game went along I started to get the feeling that I was going
to strike out a bunch of hitters.'

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