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New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles

1976-09-05 · Day game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 21279 · 2:33

Baltimore Orioles defeated New York Yankees 5–3. Baltimore Orioles put up 3 in the 8th. Ross Grimsley earned the win and Tippy Martinez picked up the save. Al Bumbry went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ross Grimsley L: Catfish Hunter SV: Tippy Martinez

Umpires — HP: Marty Springstead · 1B: Don Denkinger · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Dale Ford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	2	0	0	0	1	0
Roy White	4	1	1	0	1	0
Thurman Munson	5	0	3	2	0	0
Lou Piniella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	3	0	1	0	1	0
Graig Nettles	3	1	1	0	1	0
Elliott Maddox	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sandy Alomar	2	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Stanley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Catfish Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Rivers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Otto Velez	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fran Healy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Carlos May	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bumbry	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bobby Grich	3	1	0	0	1	2
Reggie Jackson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lee May	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ken Singleton	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tony Muser	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Belanger	4	1	1	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	3	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Duncan	3	0	2	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Catfish Hunter	8.0	7	4	4

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ross Grimsley	8.2	8	5	1
Dyar Miller	0.0	1	0	0
Tippy Martinez	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 7
Roy White: S7
Thurman Munson: D9.1-H
Lou Piniella: 8
Chris Chambliss: W
Graig Nettles: 3/G

Bot 1

Al Bumbry: HR/8
Bobby Grich: K
Reggie Jackson: 63
Lee May: K

Top 2

Elliott Maddox: 63
Sandy Alomar: 4
Fred Stanley: 63

Bot 2

Ken Singleton: 8
Tony Muser: 13
Mark Belanger: 7

Top 3

Cesar Tovar: 8
Roy White: 9
Thurman Munson: 4/L

Bot 3

Doug DeCinces: 2/F
Dave Duncan: S7
Al Bumbry: 7
Bobby Grich: K

Top 4

Lou Piniella: 13
Chris Chambliss: 63
Graig Nettles: S
Elliott Maddox: S7.1-2
Sandy Alomar: S8.2-H;1-3
Fred Stanley: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Reggie Jackson: 7
Lee May: 7
Ken Singleton: 63

Top 5

Cesar Tovar: HP
Roy White: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Thurman Munson: S
Lou Piniella: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Tony Muser: 43
Mark Belanger: S8/G
Doug DeCinces: S.1-2
Dave Duncan: D7.2-H;1-3
Al Bumbry: K
Bobby Grich: 4

Top 6

Chris Chambliss: 3/G
Graig Nettles: W
Elliott Maddox: 9
Catfish Hunter: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Reggie Jackson: 9
Lee May: 53
Ken Singleton: W
Tony Muser: 1

Top 7

Fred Stanley: K
Cesar Tovar: W
Roy White: 7
Thurman Munson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Mark Belanger: 7
Doug DeCinces: S7
Dave Duncan: SB2#
Dave Duncan: 7
Al Bumbry: 63

Top 8

Lou Piniella: 53
Chris Chambliss: D9
Graig Nettles: 31.2-3
Mickey Rivers: 9/F

Bot 8

Bobby Grich: W
Reggie Jackson: S9.1-3
Lee May: WP.3-H;1-2
Lee May: W
Ken Singleton: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Muser: E4.3-H;2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(654)
Mark Belanger: CSH(12)
Mark Belanger: 5/L

Top 9

Otto Velez: W
Fred Stanley: 64(1)3/GDP
Fran Healy: S7
Roy White: W.1-2
Thurman Munson: S.2-H;1-2
Carlos May: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Jim Hunter, already in the game as the pitcher, was sent to the plate to pinch hit for 2B Sandy Alomar; this is not legal but HP umpire Marty Springstead allowed it and Orioles manager Earl Weaver did not complain; DH Cesar Tovar moved to 2B

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