Angels @ Orioles
August 23, 1970

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Angels	5	9	2
Orioles	5	7	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Angels	5	9	2
Orioles	6	8	0

Paul Blair Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.258
OBP	.250	.337
At Bats	3	364
Hits	0	94
• Singles	0	59
• Doubles	0	21
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	13
Walks	1	42
RBI’s	0	50

Mel Queen Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	3	6

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Memorial Stadium - August 23, 1970

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Single

Mel Queen

Joe Azcue

Jim Spencer

Sandy Alomar

Ken McMullen

Jim Fregosi

Alex Johnson

Roger Repoz

Bill Voss

Paul Blair

Bobby Grich

Mark Belanger

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
California Angels	5	9	2	5
Baltimore Orioles	6	8	0	6
Winning Pitcher	Mike Cuellar
Losing Pitcher	Mel Queen
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Paul Blair
Attendance	12,745
Time of Game	2 hours 20 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Belanger scores. Grich moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Grich bunts towards the mound. Queen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Belanger moves to second.

Bottom 9 Boog Powell pinch hits for Mike Cuellar. Powell hits a popup towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Belanger hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Mel Queen now pitching. Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Andy Etchebarren. Hendricks is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Chico Ruiz pinch hits for Eddie Fisher. Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Voss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cuellar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Spencer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 8 McMullen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Fregosi hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Blair bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Azcue settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Grich bunts towards the mound. Fisher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 7 Eddie Fisher now pitching. Cuellar strikes out.

Top 7 Repoz is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Alomar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Alomar reaches second base with a double. Azcue scores. Cowan scores.

Top 7 Billy Cowan pinch hits for Ken Tatum. Cowan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rettenmund. Cowan reaches second base with a double. Azcue moves to third.

Top 7 Voss strikes out.

Top 7 Azcue hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Frank Robinson now playing right field. Merv Rettenmund now playing left field. Terry Crowley now playing first base. Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Belanger hits a fly ball into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Etchebarren strikes out.

Bottom 6 Motton hits a popup towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cuellar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Fregosi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Repoz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Rettenmund hits a fly ball towards right. Voss settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Voss. Grich scores. Robinson moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grich moves to third.

Bottom 5 There goes Blair. The throw from Azcue and he is out, Alomar applying the tag.

Bottom 5 Blair takes first base on ball four. Grich moves to second.

Bottom 5 Grich takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Cuellar hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 There goes Belanger. The throw from Azcue and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Belanger goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 5 Ken Tatum now pitching. Belanger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Tommie Reynolds pinch hits for Rudy May. Reynolds hits a line drive into left field. Motton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Voss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Etchebarren hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Motton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Azcue hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Top 4 McMullen strikes out.

Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Blair hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Alomar reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Cuellar hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Fregosi hits a line drive into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Repoz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 3 Alomar hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Belanger hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Etchebarren hits a fly ball into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson moves to third.

Bottom 2 Motton hits a line drive into center field. Repoz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Repoz. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Rettenmund goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 2 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Voss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Azcue hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Etchebarren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Blair hits a line drive into right field. Voss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Grich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 McMullen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Fregosi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Motton. Fregosi reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Repoz is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Alomar hits a fly ball into left field. Motton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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