Athletics @ Orioles
August 26, 1970

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 1 5 2
Orioles 5 11 0
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Athletics 1 5 2
Orioles 5 11 0

Don Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .276
OBP .750 .402
At Bats 3 406
Hits 2 112
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 14
Walks 1 80
RBI’s 2 54

Paul Lindblad Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 2
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Memorial Stadium - August 26, 1970
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Paul Lindblad
Gene Tenace
Don Mincher
Tony LaRussa
Sal Bando
Bert Campaneris
Felipe Alou
Reggie Jackson
Steve Hovley
Don Buford
Elrod Hendricks
Davey Johnson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Buford hits a ball on the ground towards left field. Alou picks it up and throws to third to catch Johnsonfor the out. Hendricks moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Palmer bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 8 Hendricks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hovley hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Terry Crowley now playing first base. Mark Belanger now playing shortstop. Joe Rudi pinch hits for Mudcat Grant. Rudi 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 short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mark Belanger pinch runs for Boog Powell. Mudcat Grant now pitching. Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Salmon tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buford scores. Salmon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Salmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. Buford moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tony LaRussa now playing second base. Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tommy Davis pinch hits for Dick Green. Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Mincher trying to get to home. Blair throws the ball in to Hendricks who tags Mincher who's trying to score from second, for the out. Bando moves to second.
Top 7 Tenace hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Bando hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mincher moves to second.
Top 7 Mincher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hendricks hits a fly ball into right field. Hovley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Top 6 Alou is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Hovley bunts towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Bob Locker now pitching. Powell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Powell reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 John Donaldson pinch hits for Marcel Lachemann. Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tenace hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Salmon hits a fly ball towards right. Hovley catches it and throws to home to double up Johnson.
Bottom 4 Buford is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Marcel Lachemann now pitching. Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendricks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Johnson moves to third. Hendricks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bando hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mincher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field. Jackson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jackson. Salmon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Powell hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Salmon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Buford hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Palmer bunts towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hendricks is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Hovley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Campaneris is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Hunter hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Hunter reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Green strikes out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Blair. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Blair steals second.
Bottom 2 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mincher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tenace hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Jackson. The throw from Hendricks and he is safe. Jackson steals second.
Top 2 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bando strikes out.
Top 2 Mincher hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mincher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Powell for the out.
Bottom 1 Salmon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hovley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Campaneris strikes out.