Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Game 1
Outcome: L
Score: 1-2
Streak: L1
Record: 53-100
Rank: 7th
GB: 34.5
Game 2
Outcome: L
Score: 4-7
Streak: L2
Record: 53-101
Rank: 7th
GB: 34.5
It was a very frustrating afternoon for the Orioles. They got swept in the double header, giving up the winning runs in the top of the ninth in both games.
The Orioles got on the board first in the first game. With one out in the bottom of the first Pete Stanicek reached base safely on an error by first baseman Dave Bergman. Stanicek stole second with Cal Ripken at the plate but it didn't matter because Cal drew a walk. Eddie Murray came up and hit a ground ball that Bergman fielded at first and threw to shortstop Luis Salazar. But Salazar's throw back to first attempting to double up Murray went wild and Stanicek ended up scoring and Murray ended up on second. Mickey Tettleton struck out then to end the inning. The Orioles scored a run on no hits, one walk and two Tiger errors.
It was good that the Orioles had scored without benefit of a hit because Jack Morris was on the mound for Detroit and he was being very stingy when it came to hits. The Birds only got one hit in the game and it didn't come until one out in the seventh inning when Tettleton lined a single. Meanwhile a solo home run off the bat of Darrell Evans in the third had tied the game at 1.
This was yet another game where you wonder if the Orioles should have gone to their bullpen in the ninth inning. Mark Williamson had started for Baltimore and had pitched well - giving up one run on four hits and one walk while striking out three. But he'd thrown over 110 pitches as he started the ninth inning by getting Matt Nokes to ground out. Gary Pettis followed with a single and then stole second with Pat Sheridan at the plate. Sheridan then grounded out to shortstop with Pettis moving to third on the play. Salazar then singled, bring Pettis in with the go-ahead run. Finally the Orioles went to the bullpen, bringing in Gregg Olson who got Tom Brookens to fly out for the third out.
Morris retired the Orioles in order in the bottom of the ninth for the complete game victory, his fourteenth of the season. He ended up giving up just the one unearned run on one hit and two walks while striking out eight.
The loss was the Orioles 100th of the season. It was the first time that the Orioles had lost 100 games in a season since their first season in Baltimore in 1954.
The second game started well for the Orioles. They scored in the bottom of the first again - this time plating two runs on an RBI single by Murray and a sacrifice fly from Jim Traber. The Tigers tied the game on a two run home run by Dwayne Murphy in the fourth but the Orioles had a two run home run of their own off the bat of Ken Gerhart in their half of the fourth to go up 4-2. Torey Lovullo led off the fifth with a solo home run to pull the Tigers within one run.
I've been beating up the Birds the last few days about their bullpen management and this game is an example of why manager Frank Robinson was reluctant to use it. Mark Williamson had come in for starter Jose Bautista to start the sixth inning and had pitched very well for three innings, holding the Tigers to no hits and only one walk. But he walked Bergman to start the ninth inning and Robinson, perhaps because not going to the bullpen had been burning him lately, decided to bring in a reliever. He brought in the closer, Tom Niedenfuer and Niedenfuer, like so many other times this season, didn't have it. He walked Evans to put the go-ahead run on base. Bill Bean laid down a sacrifice bunt to move up the runners so he ended up issuing an intentional walk to Nokes to load the bases. Former Oriole Fred Lynn came in as a pinch hitter for Lovullo and crushed a shot to deep right field for a grand slam. The Tigers were now up 7-4. This was the second time in nine days that Lynn had hit a game winning home run against his old team.
The Tigers weren't quite done - Mike Heath followed Lynn with a single before Niedenfuer was finally able to get the last two outs of the inning on a Ray Knight fly out and a Chet Lemon strikeout. The Orioles again went quietly in the ninth for their 101st loss of the season.
This was the last time Niedenfuer came in in a save situation for the Orioles this season. I'm not sure the Orioles gave up on him - there really was only one save situation the rest of the season. But he only made one more appearance ever for the Birds - on the last day of the season. He left the team as a free agent over the winter and signed with the Mariners where he went 0-3 with a 6.69 ERA. He finished his career with the Cardinals in 1990 with an 0-6 record and a 3.46 ERA.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
Saturday September 24 vs the Tigers - Rained Out
The Orioles game against the Tigers was rained out today and would be made up as part of a double header the next day on September 25th.
I spent this weekend up in Delaware. Sabra was away for a week or so - she had gone back to the Midwest to visit family - but I went up to Delaware to hang out with my parents and my friends. I ended up going to the Phillies game this evening and saw something special. The Expos were in town and their starting pitcher Pascual Perez threw a no-hitter. It was raining in Philadelphia that evening as well and the game ended up getting called after six innings so it's not an "official" no-hitter. (Actually it was at the time - MLB didn't change the definition of an "official no-hitter" to exclude any games shorter than nine innings until a few years later.)
I got back to my parents' house in time to watch the local news at 11 PM. The sportscaster mentioned that the no-hitter would have an asterisk next to it - not because it was rain shortened but because it was against the 1988 Phillies. The Phillies were the third worst team in baseball that year, behind the Orioles and the Braves (who actually had a worse record than the Orioles at this point in the season). I was able to watch all three of these teams from my parents' house. Their cable system carried the sports channels from both Philadelphia and Baltimore as well as Superstation WTBS which was the Braves TV home at the time. The only last place team my parents couldn't watch on a regular basis that year was the Seattle Mariners.
I spent this weekend up in Delaware. Sabra was away for a week or so - she had gone back to the Midwest to visit family - but I went up to Delaware to hang out with my parents and my friends. I ended up going to the Phillies game this evening and saw something special. The Expos were in town and their starting pitcher Pascual Perez threw a no-hitter. It was raining in Philadelphia that evening as well and the game ended up getting called after six innings so it's not an "official" no-hitter. (Actually it was at the time - MLB didn't change the definition of an "official no-hitter" to exclude any games shorter than nine innings until a few years later.)
I got back to my parents' house in time to watch the local news at 11 PM. The sportscaster mentioned that the no-hitter would have an asterisk next to it - not because it was rain shortened but because it was against the 1988 Phillies. The Phillies were the third worst team in baseball that year, behind the Orioles and the Braves (who actually had a worse record than the Orioles at this point in the season). I was able to watch all three of these teams from my parents' house. Their cable system carried the sports channels from both Philadelphia and Baltimore as well as Superstation WTBS which was the Braves TV home at the time. The only last place team my parents couldn't watch on a regular basis that year was the Seattle Mariners.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Friday September 23 vs the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: W
Score: 5-4
Streak: W1
Record: 53-99
Rank: 7th
GB: 33.5
Bob Milacki was on the mound tonight for the Birds making his second career start and this game almost went as well as his first game - at least through the first eight innings.
The Orioles scored first in the bottom of the first. With one out Pete Stanicek and Cal Ripken hit back to back singles. Eddie Murray then hit a ground ball that Tigers second baseman Jim Walewander fielded cleanly but made a bad throw on. Murray was safe and Stanicek scored.
The Tigers tied the game at 1 on an RBI single from Dwayne Murphy. The Orioles went back ahead in the sixth inning on an RBI single from Cal Ripken and extended their lead to two runs on an RBI ground out by Ripken in the eighth.
After eight innings Milacki had given up one run on four hits, three walks and four strikeouts. He'd also thrown 120 pitches but no one really paid a lot of attention to pitch counts in 1988. While it wouldn't have been unexpected for the Orioles to bring in their closer Tom Niedenfuer in the ninth, the decision was made to leave Milacki in to try for a complete game. Matt Nokes led off the ninth with a solo home run to make it 3-2 and at now Orioles manager Frank Robinson decided to bring in Niedenfuer. Darrell Evans greeted Niedenfuer with a solo home run of his own to tie the game at 3. Niedenfuer got Chet Lemon and Tom Brookens to strike out but then Torey Lovullo doubled and Dave Bergman knocked him in with a single. The Tigers now led for the first time all game. Niedenfuer got Murphy to fly out to end the inning.
Walt Terrell was the starting pitcher for the Tigers tonight and he also was allowed to start the ninth. He gave up back-to-back singles to Brady Anderson and pinch hitter Larry Sheets before Tigers manager Sparky Anderson decided he should bring in a relief pitcher. Willie Hernandez replaced Terrell on the mound while Butch Davis came in to run for Sheets. Jeff Stone came in to hit for Bill Ripken and lined a single to right that scored Anderson with the tying run and moved Davis to third base. Joe Orsulak drew an intentional walk to load the bases and set up a force out at every base. The strategy almost worked - Stanicek hit a ground ball to Brookens at third who threw home to force out Davis. But Tigers catcher Nokes tried to get Stanicek at first for a double play and threw the ball away. Stone came in to score and the Orioles won 5-4. It was the Birds' ninth and final walk off victory of the season.
Outcome: W
Score: 5-4
Streak: W1
Record: 53-99
Rank: 7th
GB: 33.5
Bob Milacki was on the mound tonight for the Birds making his second career start and this game almost went as well as his first game - at least through the first eight innings.
The Orioles scored first in the bottom of the first. With one out Pete Stanicek and Cal Ripken hit back to back singles. Eddie Murray then hit a ground ball that Tigers second baseman Jim Walewander fielded cleanly but made a bad throw on. Murray was safe and Stanicek scored.
The Tigers tied the game at 1 on an RBI single from Dwayne Murphy. The Orioles went back ahead in the sixth inning on an RBI single from Cal Ripken and extended their lead to two runs on an RBI ground out by Ripken in the eighth.
After eight innings Milacki had given up one run on four hits, three walks and four strikeouts. He'd also thrown 120 pitches but no one really paid a lot of attention to pitch counts in 1988. While it wouldn't have been unexpected for the Orioles to bring in their closer Tom Niedenfuer in the ninth, the decision was made to leave Milacki in to try for a complete game. Matt Nokes led off the ninth with a solo home run to make it 3-2 and at now Orioles manager Frank Robinson decided to bring in Niedenfuer. Darrell Evans greeted Niedenfuer with a solo home run of his own to tie the game at 3. Niedenfuer got Chet Lemon and Tom Brookens to strike out but then Torey Lovullo doubled and Dave Bergman knocked him in with a single. The Tigers now led for the first time all game. Niedenfuer got Murphy to fly out to end the inning.
Walt Terrell was the starting pitcher for the Tigers tonight and he also was allowed to start the ninth. He gave up back-to-back singles to Brady Anderson and pinch hitter Larry Sheets before Tigers manager Sparky Anderson decided he should bring in a relief pitcher. Willie Hernandez replaced Terrell on the mound while Butch Davis came in to run for Sheets. Jeff Stone came in to hit for Bill Ripken and lined a single to right that scored Anderson with the tying run and moved Davis to third base. Joe Orsulak drew an intentional walk to load the bases and set up a force out at every base. The strategy almost worked - Stanicek hit a ground ball to Brookens at third who threw home to force out Davis. But Tigers catcher Nokes tried to get Stanicek at first for a double play and threw the ball away. Stone came in to score and the Orioles won 5-4. It was the Birds' ninth and final walk off victory of the season.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Thursday September 22 vs the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 4-7
Streak: L4
Record: 52-99
Rank: 7th
GB: 33.5
The Orioles returned to Baltimore tonight to take on the Tigers, opening an eight game home stand - the final one of the season. Tonight was the last "Three Buck Night" of the year so of course I was in attendance. I had made it to all eleven "Three Buck Nights" that weren't rained out this season.
It was a very sloppy game by the Orioles. They had 15 hits this evening along with a walk but only scored 4 runs. They left 10 men on base and went 3 for 10 with runners in scoring position. They also made three errors in the game.
The first error came on the very first pitch of the game. Dave Bergman led off for the Tigers and hit Dave Schmidt's first pitch for a ground ball to third baseman Craig Worthington who made a bad throw to first that pulled first baseman Rick Schu off the bag. Dwayne Murphy followed with a ground ball that moved Bergman to second. An Alan Trammell single moved Bergman to third which allowed him to score when Fred Lynn hit a line drive to center field for a sacrifice fly. The Birds second error of the game came when center fielder Ken Gerhart attempted to double Trammell off first on Lynn's liner - no one was covering first. Trammell was able to move up to second on Gerhart's error and then scored on Matt Nokes' single. 2-0 Tigers.
The Orioles cut the lead in half when Pete Stanicek led off the bottom of the first with a home run. The Birds actually briefly took the lead in the third inning (and ended up knocking Tigers starter Frank Tanana out of the game) on Eddie Murray's 28th home run of the season - a two run shot.
The Tigers took the lead back in fourth inning. Nokes led off with a double. After Darrell Evans struck out, Chet Lemon drew a walk. Tom Brookens then knocked both Nokes and Lemon in with a double. After Jim Walewander struck out for the second out, Bergman hit the third double of the innin which scored Brookens. Jay Tibbs now came in to relieve Schmidt and Murphy greeted him with a single that brought in Bergman before Trammell struck out to end the inning. It was now 6-3 Tigers. A Bergman RBI single in the sixth would extend the Tigers lead to 7-3.
The Orioles blew a golden opportunity to have a big inning in the seventh. Singles from Bill Ripken, Cal Ripken and Murray loaded the bases with no outs. Mickey Tettleton then singled to score Bill Ripken. The key play of the inning came next - Brady Anderson hit a fly ball to center field that Murray, expecting that Cal Ripken would score on it, tagged up and tried to advance. When he realized that Cal was still on third he had to beat a hasty retreat and was doubled up by the Tigers. Rick Schu then flied out to end the threat. The score was 7-4 and that's how it ended.
I have to confess that I didn't make it to the end of the game this evening. I was pretty anal about always staying for the entire game but I was pretty tired this week after the concert on Monday night and a couple other late nights. And this game was dragging. I remember ducking out after what seemed like an interminable Chet Lemon at bat in the top of the sixth but I'm not sure now that that's what happened. My scorecard doesn't have anything in it after the top of the fifth so maybe I remember hearing the Lemon at bat on the radio on the way home. Regardless I did get an Evening Sun the next day and I saved the clippings about the game:
Outcome: L
Score: 4-7
Streak: L4
Record: 52-99
Rank: 7th
GB: 33.5
The Orioles returned to Baltimore tonight to take on the Tigers, opening an eight game home stand - the final one of the season. Tonight was the last "Three Buck Night" of the year so of course I was in attendance. I had made it to all eleven "Three Buck Nights" that weren't rained out this season.
It was a very sloppy game by the Orioles. They had 15 hits this evening along with a walk but only scored 4 runs. They left 10 men on base and went 3 for 10 with runners in scoring position. They also made three errors in the game.
The first error came on the very first pitch of the game. Dave Bergman led off for the Tigers and hit Dave Schmidt's first pitch for a ground ball to third baseman Craig Worthington who made a bad throw to first that pulled first baseman Rick Schu off the bag. Dwayne Murphy followed with a ground ball that moved Bergman to second. An Alan Trammell single moved Bergman to third which allowed him to score when Fred Lynn hit a line drive to center field for a sacrifice fly. The Birds second error of the game came when center fielder Ken Gerhart attempted to double Trammell off first on Lynn's liner - no one was covering first. Trammell was able to move up to second on Gerhart's error and then scored on Matt Nokes' single. 2-0 Tigers.
The Orioles cut the lead in half when Pete Stanicek led off the bottom of the first with a home run. The Birds actually briefly took the lead in the third inning (and ended up knocking Tigers starter Frank Tanana out of the game) on Eddie Murray's 28th home run of the season - a two run shot.
The Tigers took the lead back in fourth inning. Nokes led off with a double. After Darrell Evans struck out, Chet Lemon drew a walk. Tom Brookens then knocked both Nokes and Lemon in with a double. After Jim Walewander struck out for the second out, Bergman hit the third double of the innin which scored Brookens. Jay Tibbs now came in to relieve Schmidt and Murphy greeted him with a single that brought in Bergman before Trammell struck out to end the inning. It was now 6-3 Tigers. A Bergman RBI single in the sixth would extend the Tigers lead to 7-3.
The Orioles blew a golden opportunity to have a big inning in the seventh. Singles from Bill Ripken, Cal Ripken and Murray loaded the bases with no outs. Mickey Tettleton then singled to score Bill Ripken. The key play of the inning came next - Brady Anderson hit a fly ball to center field that Murray, expecting that Cal Ripken would score on it, tagged up and tried to advance. When he realized that Cal was still on third he had to beat a hasty retreat and was doubled up by the Tigers. Rick Schu then flied out to end the threat. The score was 7-4 and that's how it ended.
I have to confess that I didn't make it to the end of the game this evening. I was pretty anal about always staying for the entire game but I was pretty tired this week after the concert on Monday night and a couple other late nights. And this game was dragging. I remember ducking out after what seemed like an interminable Chet Lemon at bat in the top of the sixth but I'm not sure now that that's what happened. My scorecard doesn't have anything in it after the top of the fifth so maybe I remember hearing the Lemon at bat on the radio on the way home. Regardless I did get an Evening Sun the next day and I saved the clippings about the game:
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Sunday September 18 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: W
Score: 2-0
Streak: W1
Record: 52-95
Rank: 7th
GB: 32
This afternoon's starting pitcher for the Orioles was the third starter who made their major league debut with the Birds this month. Bob Milacki had been the Orioles second pick in the June 1983 draft (secondary phase). He didn't start pitching in the minors until 1984 and had mixed results for his first couple seasons. He started 1988 with Double A Charlotte and went 3-1 in five starts before being promoted to Triple A Rochester and going 12-8 in 24 starts with the Red Wings.
Milacki's debut was something to write home about - he went eight innings and only gave up one hit - a double to Tom Brookens in the third inning. He struck out four and walked four.
A Pete Stanicek solo home run in the sixth inning gave the Birds the lead and an RBI single by Ken Gerhart in the seventh made the lead 2-0. Tom Neidenfuer relieved Milacki in the ninth inning and got his 18th save of the year.
The win snapped the Orioles' five game losing streak. It was the second five game losing streak they had had this season - the two streaks were tied for the longest losing streak the Birds had since they had opened the season 0-21.
Outcome: W
Score: 2-0
Streak: W1
Record: 52-95
Rank: 7th
GB: 32
This afternoon's starting pitcher for the Orioles was the third starter who made their major league debut with the Birds this month. Bob Milacki had been the Orioles second pick in the June 1983 draft (secondary phase). He didn't start pitching in the minors until 1984 and had mixed results for his first couple seasons. He started 1988 with Double A Charlotte and went 3-1 in five starts before being promoted to Triple A Rochester and going 12-8 in 24 starts with the Red Wings.
Milacki's debut was something to write home about - he went eight innings and only gave up one hit - a double to Tom Brookens in the third inning. He struck out four and walked four.
A Pete Stanicek solo home run in the sixth inning gave the Birds the lead and an RBI single by Ken Gerhart in the seventh made the lead 2-0. Tom Neidenfuer relieved Milacki in the ninth inning and got his 18th save of the year.
The win snapped the Orioles' five game losing streak. It was the second five game losing streak they had had this season - the two streaks were tied for the longest losing streak the Birds had since they had opened the season 0-21.
Monday, September 17, 2018
Saturday September 17 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 3-7
Streak: L5
Record: 51-95
Rank: 7th
GB: 32
The Orioles scored first tonight, getting on the board with two runs in the first inning. With one out Brady Anderson tripled and scored on Cal Ripken's ground out. Eddie Murray then doubled and came around to score on Larry Sheets' single.
Mark Williamson had started the game for the Birds and pitched pretty well, giving up only three hits and a walk over five innings. The problems for Baltimore started after he came out of the game before the sixth inning. Don Aase came in and had nothing. He walked Dave Bergman to start the inning and Dwayne Murphy followed with a single. Bergman then scored on Alan Trammell's single. Orioles manager Frank Robinson went back to the bullpen and brought in Gregg Olson. Olson almost got out of the inning unscathed. He struck out Fred Lynn for the first out of the inning, then got Matt Nokes to ground into a force out of Trammell at second while Murphy moved to third base. But with Darrell Evans at the plate Olson got called for a balk which brought Murphy in with the tying run. Olson got Evans to ground out to end the inning.
Olson ran into problems in the next inning. Chet Lemon led off with a double and moved to third on Tom Brookens' ground out. He got Pat Sheridan to ground out for the second out before walking both Bergman and Murphy to load the bases. Trammell then lined a single to bring in Lemon and Bergman and move Murphy to third. The Tigers were now up 4-2. The Orioles went back to their bullpen and brought Mark Thurmond in to pitch to Lynn - a somewhat gutsy move since Lynn had hti a game winning home run against Thurmond the night before. But the Thurmond-Lynn rematch ended up unresolved - Murphy attempted to steal home and was thrown out for the third out of the inning.
The Birds went to Doug Sisk for the eighth inning and he walked Lynn. Nokes sacrificed Lynn to second with a bunt, bringing up Evans who was intentionally walked. Lemon then put the game out of reach with a three run home run. It was now 7-2 Tigers.
Eddie Murray led off the ninth inning with a home run and the Orioles managed to load the bases against Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez (who had gotten the win the night before on only one pitch) but Mike Henneman came in and got Pete Stanicek to ground out to end the game. Olson ended up with the loss - it was the first of his major league career.
Outcome: L
Score: 3-7
Streak: L5
Record: 51-95
Rank: 7th
GB: 32
The Orioles scored first tonight, getting on the board with two runs in the first inning. With one out Brady Anderson tripled and scored on Cal Ripken's ground out. Eddie Murray then doubled and came around to score on Larry Sheets' single.
Mark Williamson had started the game for the Birds and pitched pretty well, giving up only three hits and a walk over five innings. The problems for Baltimore started after he came out of the game before the sixth inning. Don Aase came in and had nothing. He walked Dave Bergman to start the inning and Dwayne Murphy followed with a single. Bergman then scored on Alan Trammell's single. Orioles manager Frank Robinson went back to the bullpen and brought in Gregg Olson. Olson almost got out of the inning unscathed. He struck out Fred Lynn for the first out of the inning, then got Matt Nokes to ground into a force out of Trammell at second while Murphy moved to third base. But with Darrell Evans at the plate Olson got called for a balk which brought Murphy in with the tying run. Olson got Evans to ground out to end the inning.
Olson ran into problems in the next inning. Chet Lemon led off with a double and moved to third on Tom Brookens' ground out. He got Pat Sheridan to ground out for the second out before walking both Bergman and Murphy to load the bases. Trammell then lined a single to bring in Lemon and Bergman and move Murphy to third. The Tigers were now up 4-2. The Orioles went back to their bullpen and brought Mark Thurmond in to pitch to Lynn - a somewhat gutsy move since Lynn had hti a game winning home run against Thurmond the night before. But the Thurmond-Lynn rematch ended up unresolved - Murphy attempted to steal home and was thrown out for the third out of the inning.
The Birds went to Doug Sisk for the eighth inning and he walked Lynn. Nokes sacrificed Lynn to second with a bunt, bringing up Evans who was intentionally walked. Lemon then put the game out of reach with a three run home run. It was now 7-2 Tigers.
Eddie Murray led off the ninth inning with a home run and the Orioles managed to load the bases against Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez (who had gotten the win the night before on only one pitch) but Mike Henneman came in and got Pete Stanicek to ground out to end the game. Olson ended up with the loss - it was the first of his major league career.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Friday September 16 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 7-8
Streak: L4
Record: 51-94
Rank: 7th
GB: 31
Two days after the Orioles were beaten by a former teammate on the mound (Mike Boddicker) they were victimized by another ex-teammate. Fred Lynn, who had been traded to the Tigers just over two weeks earlier, went 3 for 5 tonight, scoring two runs and knocking in four.
Lynn and the Tigers drew first blood in this game. After Gary Pettis lead off the bottom of the first with a triple and Luis Salazar was hit by a pitch, Lynn hit a ground ball to second baseman Bill Ripken that forced Salazar at second but also brought Pettis in with the game's first run.
The Tigers lead didn't last long. Larry Sheets led off the second inning with a solo home run off Tigers starter Jack Morris. Morris would run into more trouble in the third. After Bill Ripken flew out to start the frame, Joe Orsulak singled and came around to score on Brady Anderson's double. After Cal Ripken walked, Eddie Murray came up and connected for his 26th home run of the season - a three run shot that put the Birds up 5-1. The home run knocked Morris out of the game after 2 1/3 innings - Tigers manager Sparky Anderson went to the bullpen and brought in Paul Gibson who got out of the inning without giving up any more runs.
The Tigers got a run back in their half of the third off the bat of Lynn again. Two batters after Pettis led off the inning with a double, Lynn hit a single that brought him in from second. The Orioles though scored another run in the fourth inning on an RBI single from Anderson, keeping the Birds lead at four runs.
The Tigers started coming back against Orioles starter Jeff Ballard. Larry Herndon led off the fourth with a home run. Two batters later Tom Brookens tripled and then came into score on Jim Walewander's sacrifice fly. The O's lead was now only 6-4.
In the next inning the Tigers tied the game up and Lynn was involved of course. He singled with one out and then scored when Dwayne Murphy followed with a two run home run. The blast knocked Ballard out of the game. Jay Tibbs came in to relieve him and like Gibson a little earlier he got out of the inning without any more damage.
The game remained tied at six until the top of the ninth. With one out, Anderson hit his second double of the game and moved to third when Tigers shortstop Salazar misplayed the throw from the outfield. Cal Ripken was intentionally walked and Eddie Murray hit a ground ball to first baseman Dave Bergman that looked like it was going to be an inning ending double play, Bergman threw the ball to Salazar covering second to force Ripken but Salazar threw the ball away for his second error of the inning - Anderson scored the go-ahead run and Murray ended up at second. Sparky Anderson went to his bullpen again and replaced Mike Henneman with Willie Hernandez who got Sheets to ground out on his first pitch to close out the inning.
I'm curious now about a decision that Orioles manager Frank Robinson made going into the bottom of the ninth. Or rather a decision he didn't make. With a one run lead I would have expected him to have brought in Tom Neidenfuer, the closer, to close out the game. He didn't though. He left Mark Thurmond on the mound. Thurmond had relieved Tibbs in the seventh and hadn't given up any hits although he did walk two batters in the ninth. I'm not sure why Robinson didn't bring in Neidenfuer though.
Of course, the way 1988 went for the Orioles it probably didn't matter. Salazar led off the bottom of the ninth with a single and Lynn completed his night of tormenting his former team by crushing a two run game winning home run to deep right field, making the final score 8-7. Willie Hernandez got credit for the win after throwing only one pitch.
Sabra and I went out this evening to the Power Plant in Baltimore which at the time was a night club - it's now a Barnes & Noble. I was able to win a free beer by knowing that Curt Schilling and Pete Harnisch were the answer to the question "Who are the two pitchers who made their big league debuts this month for the Orioles?" It's nice that occasionally paying constant attention to this stuff pays off...
Outcome: L
Score: 7-8
Streak: L4
Record: 51-94
Rank: 7th
GB: 31
Two days after the Orioles were beaten by a former teammate on the mound (Mike Boddicker) they were victimized by another ex-teammate. Fred Lynn, who had been traded to the Tigers just over two weeks earlier, went 3 for 5 tonight, scoring two runs and knocking in four.
Lynn and the Tigers drew first blood in this game. After Gary Pettis lead off the bottom of the first with a triple and Luis Salazar was hit by a pitch, Lynn hit a ground ball to second baseman Bill Ripken that forced Salazar at second but also brought Pettis in with the game's first run.
The Tigers lead didn't last long. Larry Sheets led off the second inning with a solo home run off Tigers starter Jack Morris. Morris would run into more trouble in the third. After Bill Ripken flew out to start the frame, Joe Orsulak singled and came around to score on Brady Anderson's double. After Cal Ripken walked, Eddie Murray came up and connected for his 26th home run of the season - a three run shot that put the Birds up 5-1. The home run knocked Morris out of the game after 2 1/3 innings - Tigers manager Sparky Anderson went to the bullpen and brought in Paul Gibson who got out of the inning without giving up any more runs.
The Tigers got a run back in their half of the third off the bat of Lynn again. Two batters after Pettis led off the inning with a double, Lynn hit a single that brought him in from second. The Orioles though scored another run in the fourth inning on an RBI single from Anderson, keeping the Birds lead at four runs.
The Tigers started coming back against Orioles starter Jeff Ballard. Larry Herndon led off the fourth with a home run. Two batters later Tom Brookens tripled and then came into score on Jim Walewander's sacrifice fly. The O's lead was now only 6-4.
In the next inning the Tigers tied the game up and Lynn was involved of course. He singled with one out and then scored when Dwayne Murphy followed with a two run home run. The blast knocked Ballard out of the game. Jay Tibbs came in to relieve him and like Gibson a little earlier he got out of the inning without any more damage.
The game remained tied at six until the top of the ninth. With one out, Anderson hit his second double of the game and moved to third when Tigers shortstop Salazar misplayed the throw from the outfield. Cal Ripken was intentionally walked and Eddie Murray hit a ground ball to first baseman Dave Bergman that looked like it was going to be an inning ending double play, Bergman threw the ball to Salazar covering second to force Ripken but Salazar threw the ball away for his second error of the inning - Anderson scored the go-ahead run and Murray ended up at second. Sparky Anderson went to his bullpen again and replaced Mike Henneman with Willie Hernandez who got Sheets to ground out on his first pitch to close out the inning.
I'm curious now about a decision that Orioles manager Frank Robinson made going into the bottom of the ninth. Or rather a decision he didn't make. With a one run lead I would have expected him to have brought in Tom Neidenfuer, the closer, to close out the game. He didn't though. He left Mark Thurmond on the mound. Thurmond had relieved Tibbs in the seventh and hadn't given up any hits although he did walk two batters in the ninth. I'm not sure why Robinson didn't bring in Neidenfuer though.
Of course, the way 1988 went for the Orioles it probably didn't matter. Salazar led off the bottom of the ninth with a single and Lynn completed his night of tormenting his former team by crushing a two run game winning home run to deep right field, making the final score 8-7. Willie Hernandez got credit for the win after throwing only one pitch.
Sabra and I went out this evening to the Power Plant in Baltimore which at the time was a night club - it's now a Barnes & Noble. I was able to win a free beer by knowing that Curt Schilling and Pete Harnisch were the answer to the question "Who are the two pitchers who made their big league debuts this month for the Orioles?" It's nice that occasionally paying constant attention to this stuff pays off...
Friday, June 15, 2018
Wednesday June 15 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 0-1
Streak: L2
Record: 16-47
Rank: 7th
Outcome: L
Score: 0-1
Streak: L2
Record: 16-47
Rank: 7th
GB: 23.5
The Orioles came into tonight's game with a shot at going .500 for their six game road trip to New York and Detroit. They had probably their hottest starter going this evening in Mike Boddicker who had won his last three decisions and the team had won his last four starts.
Boddicker did his job this night - holding the Tigers to just two hits over seven innings although he did walk five. One of those walks was costly however. Luis Salazar led off the bottom of the second with a walk, moved to third on Matt Nokes' single and then scored on Dave Bergman's sacrifice fly.
The problem for the Orioles is that as good as Boddicker pitched this evening, Tigers starter Jeff Robinson pitched even better. He threw a complete game shutout, scattering five hits and only one walk. Mickey Tettleton had the only extra base hit of the game with a two out double in the seventh. The Birds never got a baserunner to third the entire game. It was the team's tenth shutout loss of the season.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Tuesday June 14 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 3-9
Streak: L1
Record: 16-46
Rank: 7th
GB: 23.5
The Orioles had played four games in a row that they were very competitive in. They had gone 2-2 over those four games but they'd only been outscored by three runs combined in the two games they'd lost and they conceivably could have won all four games. That streak ended tonight.
Veteran pitcher Dickie Noles had been called up from the Orioles AAA affiliate in Rochester, NY to make tonight's start. Noles had come up with the Phillies in 1979 and was part of their World Championship team in 1980. He had spent a couple of years in the Cubs starting rotation in the early 1980's but had spent the previous three seasons bouncing from the Cubs to the Rangers to the Indians back to the Cubs and then to the Tigers. The Orioles had signed him just before Opening Day and sent him to Rochester.
Noles did not prove to be an improvement over what the Orioles had been running out there this season. He did pitch a perfect bottom of the first but things got dicey in the second inning. Alan Trammell and Darrell Evans hit back to back singles to start the inning and Noles hit Chet Lemon with a pitch to load the bases. Matt Nokes then singled to score the game's first run. After Ray Knight popped out for the first out of the inning, Tom Brookens connected for a grand slam, the third one hit against the Orioles in the past week. Noles managed to get out of the inning without giving up any further runs but the Birds were now down 5-0.
The bottom of the third started out looking like a repeat of the second. Pat Sheridan legged out a ground ball to second for a single and Trammell reached on an error by Orioles third baseman Rene Gonzales. When Evans hit a single that brought in Sheridan with the Tigers' sixth run of the game, Orioles manager Frank Robinson had seen enough. Noles was yanked in favor of Doug Sisk who got Lemon to ground into a double play and Nokes to ground out to end the inning.
Meanwhile veteran Tigers starter Doyle Alexander was keeping the Orioles batters from accomplishing much. The Orioles wouldn't get an extra base hit until the seventh inning when Ken Gerhart led off with a double and then scored on Jim Traber's two run home run. The Orioles got another run on Bill Ripken's lead off home run in the top of the eighth to cut the Tigers' lead to 6-3 but the Tigers got all three runs back in the bottom of the eighth on a two RBI single by Brookens and an RBI double from Lou Whitaker. Brookens had a 4 for 4 night with a double and a home run - he scored two runs and knocked in six.
Outcome: L
Score: 3-9
Streak: L1
Record: 16-46
Rank: 7th
GB: 23.5
The Orioles had played four games in a row that they were very competitive in. They had gone 2-2 over those four games but they'd only been outscored by three runs combined in the two games they'd lost and they conceivably could have won all four games. That streak ended tonight.
Veteran pitcher Dickie Noles had been called up from the Orioles AAA affiliate in Rochester, NY to make tonight's start. Noles had come up with the Phillies in 1979 and was part of their World Championship team in 1980. He had spent a couple of years in the Cubs starting rotation in the early 1980's but had spent the previous three seasons bouncing from the Cubs to the Rangers to the Indians back to the Cubs and then to the Tigers. The Orioles had signed him just before Opening Day and sent him to Rochester.
Noles did not prove to be an improvement over what the Orioles had been running out there this season. He did pitch a perfect bottom of the first but things got dicey in the second inning. Alan Trammell and Darrell Evans hit back to back singles to start the inning and Noles hit Chet Lemon with a pitch to load the bases. Matt Nokes then singled to score the game's first run. After Ray Knight popped out for the first out of the inning, Tom Brookens connected for a grand slam, the third one hit against the Orioles in the past week. Noles managed to get out of the inning without giving up any further runs but the Birds were now down 5-0.
The bottom of the third started out looking like a repeat of the second. Pat Sheridan legged out a ground ball to second for a single and Trammell reached on an error by Orioles third baseman Rene Gonzales. When Evans hit a single that brought in Sheridan with the Tigers' sixth run of the game, Orioles manager Frank Robinson had seen enough. Noles was yanked in favor of Doug Sisk who got Lemon to ground into a double play and Nokes to ground out to end the inning.
Meanwhile veteran Tigers starter Doyle Alexander was keeping the Orioles batters from accomplishing much. The Orioles wouldn't get an extra base hit until the seventh inning when Ken Gerhart led off with a double and then scored on Jim Traber's two run home run. The Orioles got another run on Bill Ripken's lead off home run in the top of the eighth to cut the Tigers' lead to 6-3 but the Tigers got all three runs back in the bottom of the eighth on a two RBI single by Brookens and an RBI double from Lou Whitaker. Brookens had a 4 for 4 night with a double and a home run - he scored two runs and knocked in six.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Monday June 13 at the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: W
Score: 6-4
Streak: W1
Record: 16-45
Rank: 7th
GB: 23.5
The Orioles arrived in Detroit to take on a Tigers team that was just coming off a road trip to Baltimore and Cleveland. They had won five straight and had moved from third place into second by sweeping the Indians. The sweep knocked the Indians out of second and started the Tribe's descent to sixth place where they ended the season. The story of tonight's game looked like it was going to be about yet another failure of the Orioles bullpen but it turned out to be the Tigers' bullpen that faltered.
The Orioles drew blood first tonight with a two out rally in the fourth inning. Eddie Murray continued his hot hitting with a double and then Larry Sheets reached base on an error by Tigers first baseman Darrell Evans. Tigers starter Walt Terrell then walked Fred Lynn to load the bases. Jim Traber singled to knock in Murray and Sheets before Mickey Tettleton flew out to end the inning.
Matt Nokes got the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run off of Orioles starter Jose Bautista but Tettleton got the run back with a solo home run of his own in the top of the seventh. But Evans would atone for his earlier error by tying the game up with a two run home run in the bottom of the seventh.
The bottom of the eighth started out looking like one of those horror movie innings that the Orioles bullpen seemed to specialize in. Mark Williamson had come on in relief of Bautista the inning before and he walked Gary Pettis to start this inning. Williamson then moved Pettis to second on a balk with Lou Whitaker at the plate. Whitaker laid down a bunt to attempt to sacrifice Pettis to third but ended up being safe when Orioles third baseman Rene Gonzales was unable to throw him out at first. Orioles manager Frank Robinson went back to his bullpen and brought in Don Aase. Aase struck out Pat Sheridan for the first out of the inning but Alan Trammell singled to score Pettis and put the Tigers up for the first time all game. Evans then hit a ground ball to Murray at first base but the throw was low to Aase covering and Evans was safe on Murray's throwing error. Robinson went back to the bullpen and brought in Tom Neidenfuer, the Orioles closer who had been the previous day's losing pitcher. Neidenfuer prevented further damage when he got Chet Lemon to ground into a double play to end the inning. The Tigers now lead 4-3 though.
Tigers manager Sparky Anderson let Terrell start the top of the ninth but lifted him in favor of Willie Hernandez after Lynn hit a single with one out. Pete Stanicek came in to run for Lynn and stole second while Hernandez was pitching to Traber. Traber eventually drew a walk and Tettleton crushed a three run home run (his second home run of the game) to put the Birds up 6 to 4. Hernandez got out of the inning without any further damage but Neidenfuer pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth to preserve his own victory.
This was my first day at my new job. I had to go down to the DC area to my company's headquarters for orientation that morning before heading up to my local office near Baltimore that afternoon. I remember stopping by a McDonalds to pick up lunch on the way back from DC and noticing that the workers there were all wearing maroon pinstriped dress shirts like the one that my friend Linda had picked out for me over the previous weekend. I told myself that if this new job didn't work out that at least I already had clothes for a fall back position at McDonalds. Luckily it wasn't needed - I ended up staying at this job for almost nine years.
Outcome: W
Score: 6-4
Streak: W1
Record: 16-45
Rank: 7th
GB: 23.5
The Orioles arrived in Detroit to take on a Tigers team that was just coming off a road trip to Baltimore and Cleveland. They had won five straight and had moved from third place into second by sweeping the Indians. The sweep knocked the Indians out of second and started the Tribe's descent to sixth place where they ended the season. The story of tonight's game looked like it was going to be about yet another failure of the Orioles bullpen but it turned out to be the Tigers' bullpen that faltered.
The Orioles drew blood first tonight with a two out rally in the fourth inning. Eddie Murray continued his hot hitting with a double and then Larry Sheets reached base on an error by Tigers first baseman Darrell Evans. Tigers starter Walt Terrell then walked Fred Lynn to load the bases. Jim Traber singled to knock in Murray and Sheets before Mickey Tettleton flew out to end the inning.
Matt Nokes got the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run off of Orioles starter Jose Bautista but Tettleton got the run back with a solo home run of his own in the top of the seventh. But Evans would atone for his earlier error by tying the game up with a two run home run in the bottom of the seventh.
The bottom of the eighth started out looking like one of those horror movie innings that the Orioles bullpen seemed to specialize in. Mark Williamson had come on in relief of Bautista the inning before and he walked Gary Pettis to start this inning. Williamson then moved Pettis to second on a balk with Lou Whitaker at the plate. Whitaker laid down a bunt to attempt to sacrifice Pettis to third but ended up being safe when Orioles third baseman Rene Gonzales was unable to throw him out at first. Orioles manager Frank Robinson went back to his bullpen and brought in Don Aase. Aase struck out Pat Sheridan for the first out of the inning but Alan Trammell singled to score Pettis and put the Tigers up for the first time all game. Evans then hit a ground ball to Murray at first base but the throw was low to Aase covering and Evans was safe on Murray's throwing error. Robinson went back to the bullpen and brought in Tom Neidenfuer, the Orioles closer who had been the previous day's losing pitcher. Neidenfuer prevented further damage when he got Chet Lemon to ground into a double play to end the inning. The Tigers now lead 4-3 though.
Tigers manager Sparky Anderson let Terrell start the top of the ninth but lifted him in favor of Willie Hernandez after Lynn hit a single with one out. Pete Stanicek came in to run for Lynn and stole second while Hernandez was pitching to Traber. Traber eventually drew a walk and Tettleton crushed a three run home run (his second home run of the game) to put the Birds up 6 to 4. Hernandez got out of the inning without any further damage but Neidenfuer pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth to preserve his own victory.
This was my first day at my new job. I had to go down to the DC area to my company's headquarters for orientation that morning before heading up to my local office near Baltimore that afternoon. I remember stopping by a McDonalds to pick up lunch on the way back from DC and noticing that the workers there were all wearing maroon pinstriped dress shirts like the one that my friend Linda had picked out for me over the previous weekend. I told myself that if this new job didn't work out that at least I already had clothes for a fall back position at McDonalds. Luckily it wasn't needed - I ended up staying at this job for almost nine years.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Wednesday June 8 vs the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: L
Score: 4-12
Streak: L1
Record: 14-44
Rank: 7th
Outcome: L
Score: 4-12
Streak: L1
Record: 14-44
Rank: 7th
GB: 22.5
This was a tight ballgame until the top of the sixth at least. The Tigers got two in the top of the first when Pat Sheridan hit a home run with Gary Pettis on base. The Orioles got one back in the bottom of the second when Jim Traber (of all people) scored from first(!) on a single by Terry Kennedy. A two run home run by Darrell Evans in the top of the fourth put the Tigers up 4-1 but a Traber solo home run in the bottom of that inning cut the lead to 4-2. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth by Fred Lynn got the Orioles within a run. But then the top of the sixth happened.
It started out looking like it would be a harmless inning. Orioles starter Jose Bautista struck out Sheridan to open the inning and then got Alan Trammell to ground out for the second out. But then he hit Evans with a pitch. A passed ball with Chet Lemon at the plate moved Evans to second but he would have ended up there anyway as Lemon eventually walked. Orioles manager Frank Robinson decided that was enough for Bautista and brought Dave Schmidt in to pitch. Matt Nokes greeted Schmidt by hitting an RBI single that scored Evans and Ray Knight (a member of the Orioles in 1987) followed up with a double that scored Lemon and Nokes. When Schmidt walked Tom Brookens Robinson went back to the bullpen to bring in Don Aase. Aase gave up an RBI single to Pettis to make the score 8-3. He then walked Lou Whitaker to load the bases and bring up Sheridan who had led off the inning in what seemed hours earlier. Sheridan unloaded the bases by hitting the first pitch of the at bat out for a grand slam. It was Sheridan's second home run of the game and I think the first grand slam the Orioles had given up all season. The score was now 12-3. But the inning was still not over. Trammell singled and Evans walked before Aase finally got the last out of the inning on a fly ball by Lemon. The Tigers scored eight runs on five hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch, all with two outs in the inning. They sent 13 men to the plate.
The Orioles scored a fourth run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single from Cal Ripken but it was clearly too little too late. It was the sixth time this season that the Orioles had given up ten or more runs in a game. On the plus side it had been almost a month since they had last done it on May 10th against the Rangers.
This was a tight ballgame until the top of the sixth at least. The Tigers got two in the top of the first when Pat Sheridan hit a home run with Gary Pettis on base. The Orioles got one back in the bottom of the second when Jim Traber (of all people) scored from first(!) on a single by Terry Kennedy. A two run home run by Darrell Evans in the top of the fourth put the Tigers up 4-1 but a Traber solo home run in the bottom of that inning cut the lead to 4-2. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth by Fred Lynn got the Orioles within a run. But then the top of the sixth happened.
It started out looking like it would be a harmless inning. Orioles starter Jose Bautista struck out Sheridan to open the inning and then got Alan Trammell to ground out for the second out. But then he hit Evans with a pitch. A passed ball with Chet Lemon at the plate moved Evans to second but he would have ended up there anyway as Lemon eventually walked. Orioles manager Frank Robinson decided that was enough for Bautista and brought Dave Schmidt in to pitch. Matt Nokes greeted Schmidt by hitting an RBI single that scored Evans and Ray Knight (a member of the Orioles in 1987) followed up with a double that scored Lemon and Nokes. When Schmidt walked Tom Brookens Robinson went back to the bullpen to bring in Don Aase. Aase gave up an RBI single to Pettis to make the score 8-3. He then walked Lou Whitaker to load the bases and bring up Sheridan who had led off the inning in what seemed hours earlier. Sheridan unloaded the bases by hitting the first pitch of the at bat out for a grand slam. It was Sheridan's second home run of the game and I think the first grand slam the Orioles had given up all season. The score was now 12-3. But the inning was still not over. Trammell singled and Evans walked before Aase finally got the last out of the inning on a fly ball by Lemon. The Tigers scored eight runs on five hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch, all with two outs in the inning. They sent 13 men to the plate.
The Orioles scored a fourth run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single from Cal Ripken but it was clearly too little too late. It was the sixth time this season that the Orioles had given up ten or more runs in a game. On the plus side it had been almost a month since they had last done it on May 10th against the Rangers.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Tuesday June 7 vs the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: W
Score: 4-3
Streak: W2
Record: 14-42
Rank: 7th
Outcome: W
Score: 4-3
Streak: W2
Record: 14-42
Rank: 7th
GB: 22.5
A day after he had been demoted to DH due to his batting slump, Eddie Murray was the star of the game as the Orioles won consecutive games for just the second time this season. The game was a back-and-forth affair with the Orioles getting on the board first in the bottom of the first when Murray singled to bring Cal Ripken in from second. The Tigers tied it up in the top of the second when Chet Lemon hit an RBI single of his own to score Alan Trammell from second. Mickey Tettleton hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth to put the Orioles ahead 2-1 but Trammell hit a two run home run in the top of the sixth to put the Tigers up 3-2. Murray re-tied the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning however and the game remained 3-3 until the bottom of the eighth. With one out Bill Ripken doubled and Tigers starter Frank Tanana intentionally walked Cal Ripken to face Murray. Murray made him pay by doubling to score Bill Ripken with the go-ahead and eventual winning run. Murray went 3-4 this evening with a double and home run. He knocked in 3 of the 4 Oriole runs.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Monday June 6 vs the Tigers
Opponent: Detroit Tigers
Outcome: W
Score: 5-2
Streak: W1
Record: 13-42
Rank: 7th
Outcome: W
Score: 5-2
Streak: W1
Record: 13-42
Rank: 7th
GB: 22.5
On the face of it there's not a lot to say about this game. The Birds won 5-2 on the back of a three run home run by Cal Ripken off of Jack Morris. Jeff Ballard started for the Orioles and almost pitched a complete game - he was lifted with two outs and two on in the top of the ninth. Tom Neidenfuer came in and struck out pinch hitter Darrel Evans to end the game and earn his sixth save of the season.
I was at this game (all the "Three Buck Nights" were either Monday or Thursday games) and I remember almost nothing about it. But reading Richard Justice's game story from the next day's Washington Post (and I have no idea why I have the Post's article and not the Baltimore Evening Sun's) I see there's a couple interesting things. Had Ballard gotten the complete game it would have been the first complete game victory for an Orioles pitcher in half a season. Cal's home run was the first three run home run the O's had hit since the previous September.
The big news of the evening though was the demotion of slumping first baseman Eddie Murray to the DH role. Murray's relationship with the Orioles had been deteriorating since he was criticized by owner Edward Bennett Williams late in the 1986 season and this was just one more stone in his road out of town after the season ended.
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