13. 1970 World Champion Baltimore Orioles v. 45. 1947 World Champion New York Yankees
Two Orioles clubs remain in the field; this team and the '69 squad. 8 Yankees teams are still to come, 7 teams in the bottom 4 regions in the bracket, we are about to get bombarded, pun intended, with Yankees.
Orioles 108-54 (Pythag 104-58) Mgr Earl Weaver
1st in AL East
d. Twins 3-0 in ALCS
d. Reds 4-1 in World Series (MVP-Brooks Robinson)
d. #116 1958 Yankees 2-1 (MVP-Eddie Watt)
d. #57 2013 Red Sox 3-1 (MVP-Boog Powell)
All-Stars SP Mike Cuellar (4th AL Cy Young) 2B Davey Johnson, SP Dave McNally (2nd AL Cy Young) SP Jim Palmer, (5th Cy Young) 1B Boog Powell (AL MVP) OF Frank Robinson, 3B Brooks Robinson
Hall of Famers: Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Earl Weaver
Baltimore scored 60 runs in their 8 postseason games, they won 19 of their last 22 in the regular season. Baltimore pitchers threw 60 complete games. They were 33-15, 52-18, won the AL East by 15 games.
Yankees 97-57 (Pythag 100-54) Bucky Harris
Won AL Pennant
d. Dodgers 4-3 in World Series
d. #84 1989 A's 2-1 (MVP-Tommy Henrich/Allie Reynolds)
d. #20 2018 Red Sox 3-1 (MVP-Yogi Berra)
All-Stars SP Spud Chandler, OF Joe DiMaggio (AL MVP) OF Tommy Henrich, 3B Billy Johnson, OF Charlie Keller, 1B George McQuinn, RP Joe Page (4th AL MVP) C Aaron Robinson, SP Spec Shea (3rd MLB RoY)
Hall of Famers: Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizutto, Bucky Harris
(Yogi, Scooter, Allie Reynolds are on this team and the '53 team that made this round, Charlie Keller, Billy Johnson, Johnny Lindell, Stuff Stirnweiss, Spud Chandler are on the '43 team that made this round. They won the AL by a dozen games; they had a 19 game winning streak.
Yankees
LF Keller (30) (LH) 165 2
RF Henrich (34) (LH) 138 4.9
CF DiMaggio (32) 154 4.6
1B McQuinn (37) (LH) 132 4.2
C Berra (22) (LH) 115 1.3
3B Brown (22) (LH) 114 .8
SS Rizzuto (29) 100 4.2
2B Stirnweiss (28) 96 3.4
P Chandler (39) 144 3.4
Bench:
3B Johnson (28) 114 2.2
C Robinson (32) (LH) 118 1.6
OF Lindell (30) 104
SP2 Shea (26) 115 2.9
SP3 Reynolds (30) 110 2.3
Strict platoon at third; Bobo Newsom is the 4th starter if the Yanks advance.
Orioles-Earl Weaver
LF Buford (33) (SH) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) (LH) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) (LH) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
P Palmer (24) 134 6.3
Bench:
C Etchebarren (27) 82 .6
SS Salmon (29) 86 .1
CF Blair (26) 114 5.3
1B Crowley (23) (LH) 116
SP2 McNally (27) (LH) 113 4.7
SP3 Cuellar (33) (LH) 105 3.5
Orioles would platoon at C, but all the Yanks starters are RH; Weaver will give Belanger a chance to hit the ball at all at short to get his glove in the lineup, but Salmon's the better bat. Same decision, opposite selection in center, where Rettennmund's bat gets priority to start series over Blair's glove. Phoebus will get the ball in game 4 if the Orioles move on.
Lineups:
C-Push, Yogi played in fewer games, he's got the better bat, Hendricks has a little more WAR
1B-Powell
2B-push
SS-Rizzuto
3B-Robinson
LF-Buford
CF-push, DiMaggio has a little more WAR than Rettenmund, Blair has more than either
RF-Henrich, Orioles the slight position player advantage overall, the player with the most WAR is Blair and he starts on the bench.
SP1-Palmer
SP2-McNally
SP3-Cuellar, Orioles sweep starting pitching
Pen-Orioles
WAR: Orioles 6 Yankees 3, the pitching advantage puts Baltimore over the top and as they're also the better seed, giving them home field, the Orioles are favored in this one.
GAME ONE
1st: The 1909 A's await the winners of this series; 24 year old RH Jim Palmer on the Memorial Stadium mound. 20-10, 2.71. It's already Palmer's 5th year in the bigs. He was 5th in the Cy Young this year. 1-2-3
1st: Spud Chandler is a 39 year old RH, 9-5, 2.46. It's his final big league season, all with the Yankees. He led the league in ERA and made the All Star team. Boog Powell singles and that's all.
2nd: Yogi Berra draws a one out walk. Yogi came up last year, but this is his rookie season. Next year he'll start a run of 16 straight All Star appearances. Bobby Brown follows with a single. That's all.
2nd: Davey Johnson walks with one out. The Oriole second baseman is 27, made his third straight All Star team this year and won his second Gold Glove. Elrod Hendricks walks, after the second out Palmer reaches by error, and then Don Buford singles home a run. Powell follows with his second hit of the day, a single that scores two. Frank Robinson works a walk, the inning ends. Yankees 0 Orioles 3
3rd: Charlie Keller singles with 2 out, nothing results.
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: Joe DiMaggio doubles. The Yankee Clipper is 32, he just returned last season after 3 years in the military. He won the MVP this year, his third win. Palmer gets the next 3.
4th: 1-2-3, 7 straight from Chandler.
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Merv Rettenmund walks with 2 out. Rettenmund is the 4th OF for this club, but that bat is just too strong to keep out of the lineup; he hit .322 this year, his career high. That's all - just 3 hits for each club.
6th: After an out, Tommy Henrich homers to left center and the Yanks are on the board. The Yanke RF is 34, like DiMaggio, he returned in '46 after 3 years in the service. He made his second All Star team this season; also like DiMaggio, he will spend his entire career in pinstripes. DiMaggio follows with another double; that's all. Yankees 1 Orioles 3
6th: 27 year old RH Karl Drews is the new Yankee pitcher; 4.91. He walks Johnson. An out later Mark Belanger singles. The Orioles shortstop is 26, he hit .218 this year. Palmer hit .150 this year - he singles in this spot to score a run. Buford walks - and then Powell clears the bases with a double and that probably shuts this one down. 31 year old RH Butch Wensloff enters for New York, 2.61. After the second out Rettenmund singles and Brooks Robinson walks. It ends here Yankees 1 Orioles 7
7th: 1-2-3
7th: The 4th Yankee pitcher is Vic Raschi, 28 year old RH, 3.87. Belanger singles with one away, that's all.
8th: Raschi hits for himself, singles. That's it.
8th: Boog Powell walks. The Oriole first baseman is 28 and like DiMaggio, he is the AL MVP this season. Frank Robinson walks, that's all.
9th: George McQuinn walks. The Yankee first baseman is 37, he was 6th in the AL MVP this year in his second to last year in the bigs. Palmer gets the next 3 and it all over.
Yankees 1
Orioles 7
WP Palmer
LP Chandler
Complete game 6 hitter for Palmer; Powell drives in 5 and it's an easy game one for Baltimore.
Buford 2x
Powell 4x/double
F Robinson 2x
Rettenmund 2x
B Robinson 1x
Johnson 2x
Hendricks 1x
Belanger 2x
Keller 1x
Henrich 1x
DiMaggio 2x/ 2 doubles
McQuinn 1x
Berra 1x
Brown 1x
Yankees
CF DiMaggio (32) 154 4.6
LF Keller (30) (LH) 165 2
RF Henrich (34) (LH) 138 4.9
1B McQuinn (37) (LH) 132 4.2
3B Johnson (28) 114 2.2
C Berra (22) (LH) 115 1.3
SS Rizzuto (29) 100 4.2
2B Stirnweiss (28) 96 3.4
SP2 Shea (26) 115 2.9
Orioles-Earl Weaver
LF Buford (33) (SH) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) (LH) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) (LH) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
SP2 McNally (27) (LH) 113 4.7
GAME TWO
1st: Easy game one for the Orioles; 27 year old lefty Dave McNally gets the ball today. 24-9, 3.22. McNally was second in the Cy Young, led the league in wins. Charlie Keller doubles with one away, the Yankee left fielder is 30, just played in 45 games this year, made the All Star team. Tommy Henrich follows with a run scoring single. Yankees 1 Orioles 0
1st: New York counters with Spec Shea, 26 year old RH, 14-5, 3.07. Shea was third in the Rookie of the Year this year, led the league in winning percentage and H/9. He hits Don Buford, that's all.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Shea singles. The Yankees don't plate him.
3rd: McNally walks with 2 away, that's all.
4th: George McQuinn walks, Yogi walks an out later. That's it.
4th: 1-2-3, Shea has yet to allow a hit.
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Davey Johnson singles with one away, Baltimore's first hit. Elrod Hendricks follows with a hit; Hendricks is 29, in a catching platoon. It's his 3rd season in the bigs, he's already in the Elite 8 on the bench for the '77 Yankees, perhaps next to Yogi. Mark Belanger grounds out, the tying run scores. Yankees 1 Orioles 1
6th: George McQuinn singles with one out, McNally gets the second and then Yogi hits a two run homer to left center and the Bombers are back out in front. Berra was MVP for New York last round and puts them in front today. Weaver goes to the pen for Pete Richert, 30 year old lefty, 1.98. He walks Phil Rizzuto, that's all. Yankees 3 Orioles 1
6th: Frank Robinson hits a 2 out double. Robinson's 34, he made his 10th All Star team this year, finished 10th in the MVP. But that's it.
7th: Shea singles again, he had 11 hits all year and has 2 today. Joe DiMaggio follows with his 3rd double of the series. Weaver goes back to the pen, gets Eddie Watt, MVP of the Orioles round 1 win. 29 year old RH, 3.25. He gets 2 - but then McQuinn singles everyone home, the Yanks have a good sized lead and are looking at knotting up the series. Yankees 5 Orioles 1
7th: Brooks Robinson walks - Orioles need some thunder. An out later Hendricks singles, after the second out Terry Crowley comes up to hit. Crowley's a 23 year old lefty bat who will spend his career pinch hitting. He singles and it scores a run. Yankees 5 Orioles 2
8th: The Next Oriole pitcher is Dave Leonhard, 29 year old RH, 5.08. Yogi singles. Phil Rizzuto singles. Scooter's 29, like Henrich and DiMaggio he missed 3 years for the War, came back last season. He led the league in being hit by pitches. Stuffy Stirnweiss doubles home a run. The 5th Oriole arm of the day belongs to Marcelino Lopez, a 26 year old lefty, 2.08. He gives up a sac fly to Allie Clark, a 24 year old backup outfielder hitting for Shea. After the second out Keller singles home a run, this one is done. Yankees 8 Orioles 2
8th: Butch Wensloff comes on for Bucky Harris. 1-2-3
9th: McQuinn doubles, two outs later Rizzuto walks, that's all.
9th: 1-2-3
Yankees 8
Orioles 2
WP Shea
LP McNally
Just 5 Oriole hits and the Yankees come to Baltimore and get the split.
Keller 3x/double
Henrich 2x
DiMaggio 3x/ 3 doubles
McQuinn 5x/double
Berra 4x/HR
Brown 1x
Rizzuo 3x
Stirnweiss 1x/double
Buford 2x
Powell 4x/double
F Robinson 3x/double
Rettenmund 2x
B Robinson 2x
Johnson 3x
Hendricks 3x
Belanger 2x
LF Buford (33) (SH) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) (LH) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Rettenmund (27) 156 4.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) (LH) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
SP3 Cuellar (33) (LH) 105 3.5
CF DiMaggio (32) 154 4.6
LF Keller (30) (LH) 165 2
RF Henrich (34) (LH) 138 4.9
1B McQuinn (37) (LH) 132 4.2
3B Johnson (28) 114 2.2
C Berra (22) (LH) 115 1.3
SS Rizzuto (29) 100 4.2
2B Stirnweiss (28) 96 3.4
SP3 Reynolds (30) 110 2.3
GAME THREE
1st: Yankee Stadium for Game 3 - 30 year old RH Allie Reynolds on the mound; 19-8, 3.20. It's Reynolds first year in New York after 5 in Cleveland. He gave up 23 homers this year, most in the league. Boog Powell walks with one away. Frank Robinson walks. Reynolds gets the second, but then a Brooks Robinson singles scores a run. Davey Johnson walks and that's all. Orioles 1 Yankees 0
1st: Mike Cuellar, the third 20 game winner on the Orioles staff, gets the ball. 33 year old lefty, 24-8, 3.48. It's Cuellar's 2nd year in Baltimore; he won the Cy Young last year and was 4th this year. He led the league in wins, winning %, complete games, and like Reynolds, he also gave up more homers than anyone in the league. Joe DiMaggio hits his 4th double of the series. 2 outs later George McQuinn singles and it scores a run. Orioles 1 Yankees 1
2nd: Don Buford walks with 2 away, Buford's 33, in his 3rd season in Baltimore. That's all.
2nd: Stuffy Stirnweiss singles with 2 away. The Yankees second baseman is 28, made his only All Star team last year. That's it.
3rd: 1-2-3
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: Davey Johnson homers to left center and Baltimore takes the lead. Mark Belanger singles with one out, that's it. Orioles 2 Yankees 1
4th: George McQuinn singles. That's it.
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Allie Reynolds singles with 2 out. That's all. Looks like our first tight game of the series.
6th: Brooks Robinson walks. The Oriole third baseman is 33, he's been an Oriole since he was 18 and will retire an Oriole at 40. He made his 11th straight All Star team this year, finished 7th in the MVP, won his 11th straight Gold Glove. He was World Series MVP. 2 out later Reynolds walks Ellie Hendricks, that's all.
6th: McQuinn walks with 2 out, that's it. Tight, tight, tight.
7th: 1-2-3, just 3 hits today for Baltimore.
7th: 1-2-3, just 5 hits for the Yanks.
8th: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Reynolds.
8th: 1-2-3, 7 straight for Cuellar. Tight, tight tight.
9th: 27 year old RH Karl Drews enters for the Yanks - he gives up a one out double to Hendricks, but that's all.
9th: Pete Richert for the Orioles. Henrich lines out to Powell. McQuinn pop foul -- Powell in front of the first base dugout. Billy Johnson laces a ball down the left field - no - it's snared by Robinson on the diving stop at the third base bag - he throws on to first to end the game.
Orioles 2
Yankees 1
WP Cuellar
LP Reynolds
Sv Richert
Only 4 hits today for Baltimore, but one was a Davey Johnson homer that provided the difference. Cuellar beats Reynolds in the pitchers duel and the Orioles are a game from advancing.
Buford 3x
Powell 5x/double
F Robinson 4x/double
Rettenmund 2x
B Robinson 4x
Johnson 5x/HR
Hendricks 5x/double
Belanger 3x
Keller 3x/double
Henrich 2x
DiMaggio 4x/ 4 doubles
McQuinn 8x/double
Berra 4x/HR
Brown 1x
Rizzuo 3x
Stirnweiss 2x/double
Orioles-Earl Weaver
LF Buford (33) (SH) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) (LH) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Blair (26) 114 5.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) (LH) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
P Palmer (24) 134 6.3
LF Keller (30) (LH) 165 2
RF Henrich (34) (LH) 138 4.9
CF DiMaggio (32) 154 4.6
1B McQuinn (37) (LH) 132 4.2
C Berra (22) (LH) 115 1.3
3B Brown (22) (LH) 114 .8
SS Rizzuto (29) 100 4.2
2B Stirnweiss (28) 96 3.4
P Chandler (39) 144 3.4
GAME FOUR
1st: The Orioles are a win away from moving to the Regional Final to take on the 1909 A's; standing in their way is Spud Chandler, game one's losing pitcher. Chandler just pitched 2 bullpen innings in the '47 Series, gave up 2 earned. He walks Don Buford, that's it.
1st: Jim Palmer cruised through game one; if he does it again this series is over. Palmer started twice in the '70 Series, went 1-0, 4.60. Charlie Keller hits his first pitch over the wall in left center and the Yanks are up just like that. George McQuinn walks with 2 out and Yogi singles. Bobby Brown walks and the bases are loaded. Rizzuto drives home 2 with a base hit and it's 3-0 Yanks, Palmer walks Stuffy Stirnweiss, it ends here but the Yankees bat around in the first inning and stake a big lead. Orioles 0 Yankees 3
2nd: Davey Johnson walks with 2 out, Ellie Hendricks walks, that's the end.
2nd: Tommy Henrich singles with one out, that's all.
3rd: After an out, Buford walks again, but that's it.
3rd: 1-2-3
4th: 1-2-3, the Orioles do not have a hit.
4th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Palmer
5th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Chandler, still no hits allowed.
5th: 1-2-3, 11 straight for Palmer - we head to the 6th
6th: Don Buford singles - and that ends Chandler's day; Karl Drews enters for the Yankees, the 39 year old Chandler holding Baltimore to 1 hit in a must win start. Drews gets the next 3.
6th: Yogi singles. That's all.
7th: 1-2-3, Drews comes on and sets down 6 straight, big move from Harris to yank Chandler after he gave up his first hit, but it works.
7th: Allie Clark comes on to pinch hit and he singles. 2 outs later DiMaggio singles, but Palmer holds the Yanks here. Onto the 8th.
8th: 29 year old lefty Joe Page makes his first apperance of the series, 2.48 and 17 saves. He walks Belanger and then gives up a pinch single to Rettenmund. Orioles in business. Page gets one but then a Boog Powell sac fly plates a run for Baltimore. Frank Robinson walks, Paul Blair is seeing his first start today and he singles to load them up. Bases loaded, 2 out, Orioles trail by 2 -- but Page escapes further harm. Orioles 1 Yankees 3
8th: Pete Richert is on for the third straight game, after two outs Rizzuto single but that's all.
9th: Page is 3 outs from sending this series back to Baltimore for a showdown game
He strikes out Johnson.
He strikes out Hendricks
Belanger grounds right back to the mound -- Page is going to sprint to the bag himself and it's done.
Orioles 1
Yankees 3
WP Chandler
LP Palmer
Sv Page
Another complete game for Palmer, but this time it's a loss and the Yankees force a game 5 back in Baltimore 3 Yankee pitchers combine on a 3 hitter.
Keller 4x/double, HR
Henrich 3x
DiMaggio 5x/ 4 doubles
McQuinn 9x/double
Berra 6x/HR
Brown 2x
Rizzuo 5x
Stirnweiss 3x/double
Buford 5x
Powell 5x/double
F Robinson 5x/double
Rettenmund 3x
Blair 1x
B Robinson 4x
Johnson 6x/HR
Hendricks 6x/double
Belanger 4x
CF DiMaggio (32) 154 4.6
LF Keller (30) (LH) 165 2
RF Henrich (34) (LH) 138 4.9
1B McQuinn (37) (LH) 132 4.2
3B Johnson (28) 114 2.2
C Berra (22) (LH) 115 1.3
SS Rizzuto (29) 100 4.2
2B Stirnweiss (28) 96 3.4
SP2 Shea (26) 115 2.9
LF Buford (33) (SH) 126 4.4
1B Powell (28) (LH) 163 5.1
RF Robinson (34) 151 4.3
CF Blair (26) 114 5.3
3B Robinson (33) 109 3.3
2B Johnson (27) 107 3.8
C Hendricks (29) (LH) 92 1.5
SS Belanger (26) 56 1.9
SP2 McNally (27) (LH) 113 4.7
GAME FIVE
1st: An Oriole win means we will stay in Baltimore for Game 1 of the Regional Final - a Yankee win and we go to New York. The 1909 A's await. Dave McNally lost game 2 and he is back today for Baltimore. McNally got 1 start in the '70 Series, complete game win, 3 earned. He walks Charlie Keller with one out and that's all.
1st: Spec Shea for the Yanks - the only postseason action he'd ever see was this year, 2 World Series starts, 2 World Series wins, 2.35. Frank Robinson singles with 2 away. That's all.
2nd: Orioles came in solid favorites; but we are scoreless in game 5. 1-2-3
2nd: Davey Johnson draws a one out walk. That's it.
3rd: DiMaggio doubles with 2 out, his 5th double of the series. That's it.
3rd: McNally walks, but the inning ends here - we remain scoreless.
4th: Henrich and McQuinn single back to back - a Johnson groundout scores the game's first run. Yankees 1 Orioles 0
4th: Frank Robinson walks. Paul Blair singles. Shea gets 2 - then intentionally walks Hendricks, it doesn't work as Shea hits Belanger to tie the score. Yankees 1 Orioles 1
5th: 1-2-3
5th: Buford and Powell walk. And then the big shot - Frank Robinson just crushes a 3 run bomb to right center and all the tension in Maryland just explodes in a roar; the legendary Oriole right fielder makes his way around the bases. Blair singles, that's all. Yankees 1 Orioles 4
6th: McQuinn gets hit with 2 out, Billy Johnson singles - that's all.
6th: 1-2-3
7th: McNally just 9 outs away from moving the Orioles forward. 1-2-3
7th: Karl Drews for New York - Buford singles and an out later Frank Robinson follows with a single. Drews gets the second - but then back to back run scoring singles from Brooks Robinson and Davey Johnson - it's 6-1 andthat sure looks like its the ballgame. Yankees 1 Orioles 6
8th: DiMaggio triples. Keller singles and the Yankees get a run. Henrich singles and that's it for McNally - Pete Richert is on for the 4th straight game. McQuinn singles; he's reached a doen times in the series leading both teams. That loads the bases with nobody out. Richert walks Johnson and now it's 6-3 and still - still nobody out. Richert gets one - but then throws a wild pitch to score a run. And now it's 6-4. Rizzuto grounds out to score a run - it ends here but its a huge inning for the Yankees, they're back in the game. Yankees 5 Orioles 6
8th: Rettenmund pinch walks with 1 away, 29 year old Randy Gumpert, a RH with an ERA of 5.43 comes on - gets the next 2 and we head to the 9th.
9th: Here we go. Eddie Watt for Baltimore 3 outs from the win.
Bobby Brown comes on to pinch hit - and he singles.
DiMaggio follows with a single. Tying run in scoring position.
Keller grounds to Powell - he throws to second to get the force; leaving runners on the corners with one away.
Henrich grounds to Johnson - he flips to Belanger, who steps on the bag for one - throw onto first...Henrich is safe by an eyelash - Brown scores the tying run. Weaver explodes - that was a really, really close call and would have ended the series. Weaver is all over the first base umpire - and Weaver is ejected from the game. Weaver throws the first base bag - Weaver totally loses his mind.
Dave Leonhard comes on - he gets McQuinn to ground to Robinson and that's it - but the Yanks tie it up. Yankees 6 Orioles 6
9th: Don Johnson, a 20 year old RH, makes his first appearance. 3.64. He gets one and then walks Blair; the home plate umpire is hearing it from the Yankee dugout - and Chuck Dressen, coaching for the Yankees- gets ejected. Johnson gets out of this and we head to extras.
10th: 1-2-3, Leonard's retired all 4 batters he's faced.
10th: Vic Raschi on for the Yanks. He gives up back to back singles to Johnson and Hendricks. Here we go - Winning run in scoring position and nobody out.
Belanger singles to left -- Johnson sticks at third. Bases loaded. Nobody out. Orioles need one run to win the series
Terry Crowley off the bench to hit. Yankee infield in. Crowley grounds sharply to Rizzuto - he throws to Berra to get one -- Berra throws to first -- Double Play.
Huge double play and now there are 2nd and 3rd with two outs.
Buford hits a sinking line drive to center -- DiMaggio fully lays out -- and makes the catch! Raschi loaded the bases and then got out of it. We head to the 11th inning.
11th: Marcelino Lopez comes on for Baltimore. He walks Stirnweiss.
2 outs later he walks Keller. Go ahead run at second - but that's all.
11th: Butch Wensloff for New York. 1-2-3
12th: We head to the 12th - game 5, winner moves on, loser goes home. Wensloff gets one - but then Billy Johnson homers to right! Billy Johnson, platooning at third base, 10 homers on the season - homers here and it's the Yankees who move out in front. Yankees 7 Orioles 6
12th: Joe Page got the save in game 4. He enters now.
Brooks Robinson walks.
Davey Johnson singles. Tying run at second Winning run at first.
Ellie Hendricks grounds to Stirnweiss - flip to Rizzuto - onto first -- Double Play!
Tying run at third. 2 outs. Yankees up a run. Light hitting shortstop Mark Belanger comes to the plate. He's got a 56 OPS+, but isn't getting taken down. Page gets two quick strikes. Orioles down to their last strike.
Belanger singles to center to tie the score. Huge, huge, huge hit for Mark Belanger, the unlikeliest possible batting hero - he ties the game.
29 year old Curt Motton, a right handed bat who hit .226 comes off the bench to hit.
Flies out. It's the 13th inning. Yankees 7 Orioles 7
13th: Dick Hall makes his first apperance of the series, 39 year old RH, 10 wins, 3.08 ERA. 1-2-3
13th: Buford walks. Powell walks. Winning run on second - nobody out.
Frank Robinson walks. Bases loaded. Nobody out. Joe Page has walked the bases loaded.
Paul Blair rips a base hit to right center and its done - Buford easily scores -- and after 13 innings in game 5 it is the Baltimore Orioles who advance.
Yankees 7
Orioles 8
WP Hall
LP Page
The Yanks come back from 6-1 down - take the lead in the 12th, down to their final strike, Belanger singles to tie the score and then Paul Blair singles home the winning run to end it.
Buford 8x
Powell 7x/double
F Robinson 10x/double, HR
Blair 5x
Johnson 10x/HR
Hendricks 8x/double
Belanger 6x
Robinson and Johnson led the way in the series; each had big home runs - but the MVP is Belanger, he kept this team alive with an enormous 2 out, 2 strike game tying single.
