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Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles

1976-09-01 · Night game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 8007 · night · 2:30

Baltimore Orioles defeated Kansas City Royals 7–1. Baltimore Orioles put up 5 in the 5th. Mike Flanagan earned the win. Lee May went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Flanagan L: Doug Bird SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Greg Kosc · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Wohlford	3	0	0	1	0	1
Amos Otis	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Brett	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hal McRae	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Mayberry	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Cowens	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White	4	0	1	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	1	0	1	0	0	0
Buck Martinez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Nelson	1	1	1	0	1	0

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bumbry	4	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Grich	2	1	0	0	2	1
Reggie Jackson	3	2	2	2	1	1
Lee May	4	2	3	4	0	0
Ken Singleton	3	0	1	0	1	2
Andres Mora	4	0	0	0	0	2
Doug DeCinces	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Belanger	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dempsey	3	1	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Bird	6.0	5	3	5
Dennis Leonard	1.0	0	0	1
Mark Littell	1.0	2	1	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Flanagan	9.0	6	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Wohlford: K
Amos Otis: 1/L
George Brett: W
Hal McRae: K

Bot 1

Al Bumbry: 7
Bobby Grich: 8
Reggie Jackson: S9/G
Lee May: 4

Top 2

John Mayberry: 3/G
Al Cowens: 63
Frank White: S9/G
Freddie Patek: S7.1-3
Buck Martinez: SB2
Buck Martinez: K

Bot 2

Ken Singleton: K
Andres Mora: K
Doug DeCinces: 8

Top 3

Jim Wohlford: 9
Amos Otis: K/C
George Brett: K

Bot 3

Mark Belanger: 7
Rick Dempsey: 4
Al Bumbry: 9

Top 4

Hal McRae: S7
John Mayberry: 9
Al Cowens: E5.1-3;B-1
Frank White: 6
Freddie Patek: CSH(242)

Bot 4

Bobby Grich: W
Reggie Jackson: K
Lee May: S5.1X3(535)
Ken Singleton: W.1-2
Andres Mora: K/C

Top 5

Dave Nelson: W
Buck Martinez: SB2
Buck Martinez: SB3
Buck Martinez: 9
Jim Wohlford: 9/SF.3-H
Amos Otis: 8

Bot 5

Doug DeCinces: 8/L
Mark Belanger: 63
Rick Dempsey: S
Al Bumbry: E4.1-3
Bobby Grich: SB2
Bobby Grich: W
Reggie Jackson: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Lee May: HR.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ken Singleton: K

Top 6

George Brett: 13
Hal McRae: S7/G
John Mayberry: S7.1-2
Al Cowens: 2/F
Frank White: 13

Bot 6

Andres Mora: 63
Doug DeCinces: 53
Mark Belanger: 53

Top 7

Dave Nelson: S8
Buck Martinez: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Wohlford: 53

Bot 7

Rick Dempsey: 8/L
Al Bumbry: 7
Bobby Grich: K

Top 8

Amos Otis: 53
George Brett: 7
Hal McRae: 7

Bot 8

Reggie Jackson: W
Lee May: D7.1-H
Ken Singleton: S9.2-3
Andres Mora: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Doug DeCinces: 6

Top 9

John Mayberry: 9
Al Cowens: 63
Frank White: 8

Notes & reviews

Bobby Grich tried to advance to 3B on the grounder; SS Freddie Patek ran to back up 3B George Brett on the play and collided with 3B umpire Greg Kosc; Patek carried off the field on a stretcher

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