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Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Red Sox

1974-07-03 · Night game · Fenway Park · night · 2:45

Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Red Sox 9–2. Baltimore Orioles put up 4 in the 5th. Doyle Alexander earned the win. Don Baylor went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	9	14
BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

W: Doyle Alexander L: Dick Drago SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Hank Morgenweck · 2B: Marty Springstead · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bumbry	5	0	2	2	0	1
Rich Coggins	5	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Grich	5	0	0	0	0	0
Boog Powell	4	1	1	0	1	0
Earl Williams	4	1	1	0	1	1
Don Baylor	5	2	4	2	0	0
Brooks Robinson	5	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Blair	4	2	2	2	0	0
Mark Belanger	4	2	3	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Harper	3	1	1	0	1	1
Juan Beniquez	2	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Cater	4	1	1	1	0	1
Carl Yastrzemski	2	0	1	0	1	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dwight Evans	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Montgomery	4	0	2	0	0	1
Doug Griffin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Guerrero	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cecil Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick McAuliffe	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave McNally	0.1	3	0	0
Doyle Alexander	8.2	5	3	6

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Drago	5.2	7	2	1
Dick Pole	3.1	7	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Bumbry: K
Rich Coggins: 43
Bobby Grich: 8

Bot 1

Tommy Harper: S7
Juan Beniquez: BK.1-2
Juan Beniquez: 13/SH.2-3
Danny Cater: S7.3-H
Carl Yastrzemski: S9.1-3
Rico Petrocelli: BK.3-H;1-2
Rico Petrocelli: PO2(14)
Rico Petrocelli: 53

Top 2

Boog Powell: 3/G
Earl Williams: 7
Don Baylor: 6

Bot 2

Dwight Evans: K/C
Bob Montgomery: S
Doug Griffin: 1/BP
Mario Guerrero: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Brooks Robinson: 7
Paul Blair: 63
Mark Belanger: S
Al Bumbry: 8

Bot 3

Tommy Harper: K
Juan Beniquez: D9
Danny Cater: K
Carl Yastrzemski: IW
Rico Petrocelli: K

Top 4

Rich Coggins: 43
Bobby Grich: 63
Boog Powell: 43

Bot 4

Dwight Evans: 53
Bob Montgomery: K
Doug Griffin: 4

Top 5

Earl Williams: W
Don Baylor: HR/78.1-H
Brooks Robinson: 9
Paul Blair: S
Mark Belanger: S8.1-H(NR)(E2)
Al Bumbry: SB2#
Al Bumbry: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Rich Coggins: 8
Bobby Grich: 8

Bot 5

Mario Guerrero: S7
Tommy Harper: W.1-2
Juan Beniquez: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Danny Cater: 4
Carl Yastrzemski: 41

Top 6

Boog Powell: W
Earl Williams: 6
Don Baylor: S8.1-2
Brooks Robinson: 8
Paul Blair: D/78.2-H;1-H
Mark Belanger: D7.2-H
Al Bumbry: S8.2-H
Rich Coggins: 43

Bot 6

Rico Petrocelli: S7
Dwight Evans: W.1-2
Bob Montgomery: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Doug Griffin: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bobby Grich: 53
Boog Powell: S9
Earl Williams: S8.1-2
Don Baylor: S7.2-3;1-2
Brooks Robinson: K
Paul Blair: 8

Bot 7

Mario Guerrero: 4
Tommy Harper: 53
Rick Miller: 8

Top 8

Mark Belanger: K/C
Al Bumbry: 13/BG
Rich Coggins: HR/9
Bobby Grich: 9

Bot 8

Danny Cater: 43
Cecil Cooper: K/C
Dick McAuliffe: 7

Top 9

Boog Powell: 31
Earl Williams: K
Don Baylor: S
Brooks Robinson: 8

Bot 9

Dwight Evans: 4
Bob Montgomery: S8
Doug Griffin: 14(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Protest=V
1B umpire Morgenweck called balk on McNally after Red Sox manager Johnson complained earlier about McNally's move to 1B; Orioles manager Weaver protested game
Pitcher McNally ejected by 1B umpire Morgenweck after 2nd balk call; McNally punted his glove high into the air

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