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Baltimore Orioles @ California Angels

1971-07-17 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 14819 · night · 2:22

California Angels defeated Baltimore Orioles 10–3. California Angels put up 3 in the 7th. Tom Murphy earned the win and Mel Queen picked up the save. Don Buford went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	9
CAL	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	3		10	13

W: Tom Murphy L: Jim Palmer SV: Mel Queen

Umpires — HP: Frank Umont · 1B: Lou DiMuro · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Jake O'Donnell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buford	4	1	2	1	0	0
Paul Blair	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brooks Robinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	2	0	1	0	1	0
Merv Rettenmund	3	1	1	0	1	0
Elrod Hendricks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	3	1	2	1	0	0
Mark Belanger	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Shopay	1	0	1	1	0	0
Clay Dalrymple	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	3	2	0	1	0
Mickey Rivers	5	3	3	0	0	1
Tony Gonzalez	5	1	1	1	0	2
John Stephenson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken McMullen	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Spencer	4	1	3	2	0	0
Roger Repoz	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bruce Christensen	2	0	0	1	1	1
Tom Murphy	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Queen	1	0	0	1	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Palmer	4.0	5	2	4
Dave Leonhard	2.0	2	0	1
Eddie Watt	2.0	6	1	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	6.0	7	2	3
Mel Queen	3.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Buford: S3
Paul Blair: K
Brooks Robinson: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: W
Mickey Rivers: S/BG.1-2
Tony Gonzalez: K/C
John Stephenson: K
Ken McMullen: S9.2-H;1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Jim Spencer: 63

Top 2

Frank Robinson: 53
Merv Rettenmund: 63
Elrod Hendricks: 31

Bot 2

Roger Repoz: 8
Bruce Christensen: K
Tom Murphy: S8
Sandy Alomar: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Davey Johnson: HP
Mark Belanger: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Palmer: K

Bot 3

Mickey Rivers: K
Tony Gonzalez: 6/P
John Stephenson: 43

Top 4

Don Buford: 6/P
Paul Blair: K/C
Brooks Robinson: 43

Bot 4

Ken McMullen: 9
Jim Spencer: S1
Roger Repoz: D/78.1-H
Bruce Christensen: W
Tom Murphy: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Sandy Alomar: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Frank Robinson: S7
Merv Rettenmund: S9.1-3
Elrod Hendricks: 9(B)2(3)/DP.1-2
Davey Johnson: S9.2-H
Mark Belanger: S7.1-2
Tom Shopay: D7.2-H;1-3
Don Buford: 5/FL

Bot 5

Mickey Rivers: 7
Tony Gonzalez: K
John Stephenson: 43

Top 6

Paul Blair: 9/FL
Brooks Robinson: S8
Frank Robinson: WP.1-2
Frank Robinson: W
Merv Rettenmund: W.2-3;1-2
Elrod Hendricks: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Ken McMullen: S7
Jim Spencer: S9.1-3
Roger Repoz: 6/P
Bruce Christensen: 13/SH/B.3-H;1-2
Mel Queen: 4/P

Top 7

Davey Johnson: 53
Mark Belanger: K/C
Clay Dalrymple: 9

Bot 7

Sandy Alomar: S8
Mickey Rivers: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Mickey Rivers: S5.3-3
Tony Gonzalez: FC2.3-H(E2)(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1
John Stephenson: 24/SH/B.2-3;1-2
Ken McMullen: K
Jim Spencer: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);BX2(816)#

Top 8

Don Buford: HR/8
Paul Blair: 43
Brooks Robinson: 13
Chico Salmon: 7

Bot 8

Roger Repoz: W
Bruce Christensen: WP.1-2
Bruce Christensen: 9.2-3
Mel Queen: 7/SF.3-H
Sandy Alomar: S8
Mickey Rivers: S9.1-3
Tony Gonzalez: S9.3-H;1-3
John Stephenson: WP.3-H;1-2
John Stephenson: 9

Top 9

Merv Rettenmund: 53
Elrod Hendricks: 4/L
Davey Johnson: S7
Mark Belanger: 46(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Bruce Christensen
Watt suffered broken left hand making tag; he stayed in game, but then missed a month

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