It took extra innings, but the red hot Baltimore Orioles won their 19th game in a row with a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians. The Orioles are now in 1st place in the AL with a 2 game lead over New York and 2.5 games ahead of Detroit.
BOXSCORE: 1966 Cleveland Indians At 1966 Baltimore Orioles 8/25/1966
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
L.Brown SS 5 0 0 0 .216 L.Aparicio SS 4 1 2 0 .268
L.Wagner LF 4 1 2 0 .293 R.Snyder LF 5 1 1 0 .339
A-V.Davalillo CF 1 0 0 0 .286 F.Robinson RF 4 1 0 0 .337
C.Hinton CF,LF 5 1 3 3 .223 B.Robinson 3B 5 0 3 2 .271
R.Colavito RF 2 1 0 0 .221 C.Blefary 1B 4 0 0 0 .210
B-J.Landis RF 2 0 0 0 .229 G.Brabender P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Whitfield 1B 4 0 0 0 .265 F-S.Bowens PH 0 1 0 0 .230
J.Azcue C 2 0 1 0 .273 B.Johnson 2B 4 0 0 0 .245
M.Alvis 3B 4 0 0 0 .259 P.Blair CF 5 0 3 0 .249
C.Salmon 2B 4 0 2 1 .239 V.Roznovsky C 4 0 0 0 .240
G.Bell P 2 1 0 0 .159 D-D.Johnson PR 0 0 0 0 .244
D.Radatz P 0 0 0 0 .000 E-A.Etchebarren C 1 0 1 1 .175
D.McNally P 1 0 0 0 .254
C-B.Powell PH,1B 2 1 1 0 .295
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Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 39 5 11 3
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wagner In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Colavito In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McNally In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Roznovsky In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Johnson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Brabender In 10th Inning
Indians......... 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 3
Orioles......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 5 11 0
Indians (52-76) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Bell LOSS(11-14) 9 1/3 10 5 1 3 2 0 3.62
D.Radatz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.20
Totals 9 1/3 11 5 1 3 2 0
Orioles (74-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McNally 7 7 4 4 3 5 1 3.20
G.Brabender WIN(8-3) 3 1 0 0 2 5 0 3.98
Totals 10 8 4 4 5 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 25,274 DATE- Thursday, August 25th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7 Orioles:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- C.Hinton-2, J.Azcue
DOUBLES- L.Wagner(14th), C.Hinton(6th), B.Robinson(36th), P.Blair(13th)
HOME RUNS- C.Hinton(15th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Alvis
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Bell, D.McNally
WALKS- R.Colavito, F.Whitfield, J.Azcue-2, G.Bell, L.Aparicio, F.Robinson,
S.Bowens
HIT BY PITCH- B.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- L.Brown, C.Hinton, R.Colavito, J.Landis-2, F.Whitfield-3, C.Salmon,
G.Bell, B.Johnson, D.McNally
GIDP- R.Colavito, R.Snyder
WILD PITCHES- G.Brabender
PASSED BALLS- J.Azcue
2-out RBI- C.Salmon
RLISP 2-out- G.Bell, L.Aparicio, R.Snyder, B.Johnson, V.Roznovsky, L.Wagner,
J.Azcue, M.Alvis, F.Whitfield
Brooks Robinson had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the smoking-hot Baltimore Orioles
defeated the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings 5 to 4 at Memorial Stadium.
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. Baltimore was victorious in
the 10th inning. Sam Bowens drew a walk. After an out was recorded, Paul
Blair came up and he doubled. Andy Etchebarren then slapped a one-base hit
making Baltimore the victors to the delight of the home town faithful.
Baltimore had 11 hits for the night while Cleveland had 8.
The win was credited to Gene Brabender(8-3) who went 3 innings allowing no
runs. Gary Bell(11-14) suffered the loss. Baltimore added another win to
their mounting winning streak.
