Opponent: Milwaukee Brewers
Outcome: W
Score: 5-0
Streak: W1
Record: 38-77
Rank: 7th
GB: 30
It was a somber day for the Orioles - Edward Bennett Williams, who had been the owner the team since 1980, passed away from cancer at age 68. Williams was a high profile Washington lawyer who had represented many big name clients. His connections to the powers-that-be were so numerous that at one point he was rumored to be Deep Throat, the source of information for Woodward & Bernstein in "All The Presidents Men" (which turned out to be Mark Felt). Willams had been part owner of the Washington's NFL team from the 1960's to 1985 which was the source of some consternation in Baltimore. It was feared that he would move the team to Washington, especially as he had removed "Baltimore" from the team's away jerseys. As it turned out one of his last acts as owner was to sign a long term lease for the new ballpark that the state was building for it in in downtown Baltimore - what would become Oriole Park At Camden Yards.
Meanwhile in Milwaukee the Orioles shut out the Brewers 5-0 behind the pitching of Jeff Ballard. Ballard threw a complete game shut out, holding the Brewers to just three hits (although he gave up seven walks!).
For the second day in a row the Orioles took a lead in the first inning - tonight Eddie Murray had an RBI double that scored Cal Ripken from first. A sacrifice fly by Cal in the third scored his brother Bill with the second run and a Joe Orsulak three run home run in the seventh completed the scoring.
I was still up in Massachusetts for training. I had finished the first class which had been Tuesday through Friday of the past week and had a second class that would be from Monday to Wednesday of the following week. I spent the day bumming around Boston with my friends Chuck and Jeff (Jeff lived in the area but Chuck had come up from New Jersey for the weekend). I don't remember completely what we did but I know that we went to the New England Aquarium and the Computer Museum.
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