Outcome: L
Score: 1-6
Streak: L7
Record: 0-7
Rank: 7th
GB: 6.0
The big news on this day was off the field - in the afternoon the Orioles decided to fire manager Cal Ripken Sr. and replace him with Frank Robinson. I always felt that Cal Sr. had been treated pretty shabby by the team he had worked for since 1957. He had been passed over for manager after Earl Weaver retired after 1982 when the team hired Joe Altobelli instead and passed over again when the team fired Altobelli (who deserved better also) in 1985 to bring Weaver back. Once he finally got the job going into 1987 he was faced with an impossible situation. He deserved better than to be dismissed six games into the season and given how the rest of the year went it's pretty clear he wasn't the problem.
The change in leadership didn't make any difference. The Orioles actually took the lead in the game in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Cal Jr that scored Joe Orsulak. The Royals came back and took the lead in the fourth on back-to-back home runs by Frank White and Bo Jackson of losing pitcher Oswaldo Peraza.
The change in leadership didn't make any difference. The Orioles actually took the lead in the game in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Cal Jr that scored Joe Orsulak. The Royals came back and took the lead in the fourth on back-to-back home runs by Frank White and Bo Jackson of losing pitcher Oswaldo Peraza.
The Royals scored another three in the fifth off Mark Williamson.
Attendance that night at Memorial Stadium was 11,160. I'm pretty sure this was the smallest home crowd the Orioles had that season. Considering how bad the team was, that's actually pretty impressive.
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