Thursday, December 2, 2010

Palmer spins two hit gem as O's take series opener



Jim Palmer worked around 5 free passes by allowing just two hits and Merv Rettenmund slammed a roundtripper as Baltimore defeated the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Game 1 of the 1970 World Series.

Rettenmund got his second start of the postseason with lefty Jerry Koosman on the mound and continued to make the most of his platoon opportunities, going 4 for 5 with two doubles in addition to the home run. Koosman struggled throughout and was fortunate to strand several runners, allowing 7 hits and 6 walks in just five innings of work. The Orioles left 13 men on base for the game.

However, Palmer took advantage of two twin killings when the Metropolitans did get a rally started, and cruised the rest of the way to save the bullpen arms for another day to even his postseason record at 1-1.



Strat-O-Matic Report






BOXSCORE: 1970 Baltimore Orioles At 1970 New York Mets 10/10/1970

Orioles AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG
M.Belanger SS 4 0 1 0 .056 T.Agee CF 4 0 0 0 .167
P.Blair CF 3 0 1 1 .150 W.Garrett 3B 3 0 1 0 .231
F.Robinson RF 5 0 1 0 .235 C.Jones LF 3 0 0 0 .294
B.Powell 1B 3 1 0 0 .211 A.Shamsky RF 4 0 0 0 .077
M.Rettenmund LF 5 1 4 1 .700 D.Clendenon 1B 3 0 0 0 .222
B.Robinson 3B 4 1 2 1 .389 K.Boswell 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Johnson 2B 5 0 1 0 .050 J.Grote C 3 0 1 0 .250
A.Etchebarren C 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Harrelson SS 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Palmer P 3 0 0 0 .200 B-K.Singleton PH 1 0 0 0 .333
C-A.Weis SS 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Koosman P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-D.Marshall PH 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Frisella P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Herbel P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-M.Jorgensen PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.McAndrew P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 3 10 3 Totals 27 0 2 0

A-Pinch Hit For Koosman In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Harrelson In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Singleton In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Herbel In 8th Inning

Orioles......... 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0
Mets............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0

Orioles (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Palmer WIN(1-1) 9 2 0 0 5 5 0 123 1.69
Totals 9 2 0 0 5 5 0

Mets (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Koosman LOSS(1-1) 5 7 3 3 6 2 1 100 2.77
D.Frisella 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 29 0.00
R.Herbel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
J.McAndrew 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00
Totals 9 10 3 3 7 6 1

ATTENDANCE- 53,938 DATE- Saturday, October 10th 1970 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Bob Stewart, Ron Luciano, Merlyn Anthony
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Orioles:13 Mets: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Orioles: 2 Mets: 1
DOUBLES- M.Rettenmund-2(3rd), W.Garrett(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Rettenmund(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Blair, J.Palmer
WALKS- M.Belanger, P.Blair, B.Powell-2, B.Robinson, A.Etchebarren-2, W.Garrett,
C.Jones, D.Clendenon, B.Harrelson, D.Marshall
STRIKE OUTS- B.Powell, M.Rettenmund, D.Johnson, A.Etchebarren-2, J.Palmer,
T.Agee, W.Garrett, C.Jones-2, A.Shamsky
GIDP- J.Palmer, W.Garrett, K.Singleton

Left fielder Merv Rettenmund had 4 hits and Jim Palmer allowed 2 hits while
blanking New York as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Mets 3 to 0
at Shea Stadium.

Palmer(1-1) dominated New York hitters. He allowed only 2 hits and 5 walks in
9 innings reducing his ERA from 3.86 to 1.69. New York proved to be no
trouble in the bottom of the 9th.

Jerry Koosman(1-1) suffered the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 6 walks in 5
innings.







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