AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 7 9 2 ANAHEIM 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BAL - MIKE MUSSINA, JESSE OROSCO (7TH), ARMANDO BENITEZ (9TH) AND CHRIS HOILES ANA - OMAR OLIVARES, GREG CADARET (7TH), PEP HARRIS (7TH), TROY PERCIVAL (9TH), MIKE HOLTZ (9TH) AND MATT WALBECK
WP - JESSE OROSCO (4-1) LP - TROY PERCIVAL (2-4) SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: BAL - ERIC DAVIS (14) OFF OLIVARES IN THE 6TH, 0 ON ERIC DAVIS (15) OFF CADARET IN THE 7TH, 1 ON ANA - NONE
TIME: 3:18 ATT: 38,840
PROBABLES: OAK - TOM CANDIOTTI (5-11, 4.91) BAL - SCOTT ERICKSON (10-7, 3.99)
ANA - ALLEN WATSON (3-5, 6.91) MIN - LATROY HAWKINS (5-9, 5.35)
Extended BoxBALTIMORE (7) AT ANAHEIM (4) - FINAL
BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Becker rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 .229 B Anderson cf 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 .231 E Davis dh 4 3 2 3 1 1 3 .299 R Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 .297 C Ripken 3b 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 .257 Surhoff lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .295 Hoiles c 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 .253 Reboulet 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 .250 Bordick ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .254
Totals 33 7 9 7 8 9 12
BATTING: 2B - Hoiles (9, Olivares). HR - E Davis 2 (15, 6th inning off Olivares 0 on, 0 out, 7th inning off Cadaret 1 on, 2 out). S - Bordick. RBI - E Davis 3 (42), Hoiles (24), R Palmeiro (80), C Ripken 2 (40). 2-out RBI - Hoiles, E Davis 2, R Palmeiro, C Ripken 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Reboulet 1, Surhoff 1. GIDP - E Davis. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - Becker (1, 2nd base off Olivares/Walbeck). CS - R Palmeiro (7, 2nd base by P Harris).
FIELDING: E - Reboulet (1, bobble); Hoiles (2, catcher's interference). DP: 1 (Reboulet-R Palmeiro).
ANAHEIM ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Erstad lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .314 Edmonds cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .297 Salmon dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .264 Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 G Anderson rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 .309 Walbeck c 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .249 Shipley 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .253 Baughman 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 a-O Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .419 Disarcina ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .298
Totals 33 4 7 4 1 6 9
a-flied to right for Baughman in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Erstad (32, Mussina). 3B - G Anderson (6, Mussina). RBI - Erstad (64), Edmonds (54), G Anderson 2 (48). 2-out RBI - Erstad, G Anderson 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edmonds 1, Walbeck 1, Erstad 1. GIDP - Edmonds. Reached via catcher's interference - Erstad in the 6th inning. Team LOB - 4.
BASERUNNING: SB - Baughman 2 (9, 2nd base off Mussina/Hoiles 2). CS - Shipley (3, 2nd base by Mussina/Hoiles).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Baughman-Disarcina-Fielder).
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BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era Mussina 6 2/3 7 4 2 0 5 0 3.62 Orosco (W, 4-1) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.80 Benitez 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.86
ANAHEIM ip h r er bb so hr era Olivares 6 1/3 7 3 3 3 7 1 3.98 Cadaret (BS, 1) 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.08 P Harris 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.45 Percival (L, 2-4) 2/3 1 3 3 4 0 0 3.24 M Holtz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.96
Pitches-strikes: Olivares 114-69; Cadaret 17-8; P Harris 9-8; Percival 28-10; M Holtz 5-3; Mussina 111-71; Orosco 12-7; Benitez 20-12. Ground balls-fly balls: Olivares 9-3; Cadaret 0-0; P Harris 2-0; Percival 1-1; M Holtz 1-0; Mussina 10-4; Orosco 0-5; Benitez 0-1. Batters faced: Olivares 28; Cadaret 3; P Harris 3; Percival 7; M Holtz 1; Mussina 27; Orosco 5; Benitez 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Brian Onora. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Ken Kaiser. T--3:18. Att--38,840. Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, left to right.
How They ScoredBALTIMORE (7) AT ANAHEIM (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
ANAHEIM 3RD: Shipley flied out to right. Baughman safe at first on 2nd baseman Reboulet's fielding error. Baughman stole second. Disarcina grounded out to third, Baughman to third. Erstad doubled to right center, Baughman scored. Edmonds grounded out to first. BALTIMORE 0, ANAHEIM 1.
BALTIMORE 6TH: E Davis homered to center. R Palmeiro flied out to deep left. C Ripken grounded out to third. Surhoff walked. Hoiles doubled to deep left center, Surhoff scored. Reboulet grounded out to second. BALTIMORE 2, ANAHEIM 1.
ANAHEIM 6TH: Disarcina singled to center. Erstad reached first base on catcher's interference, Disarcina to second. Edmonds singled to left, Disarcina scored, Erstad to second. Salmon struck out looking. Fielder grounded out to catcher, Erstad to third, Edmonds to second. G Anderson tripled to right center, Erstad and Edmonds scored. Walbeck flied out to center. BALTIMORE 2, ANAHEIM 4.
BALTIMORE 7TH: Bordick grounded out to second. Becker walked. Greg Cadaret relieved Omar Olivares. B Anderson struck out looking. E Davis homered to left center, Becker scored. R Palmeiro walked. Pep Harris relieved Greg Cadaret. R Palmeiro caught stealing, pitcher to second. BALTIMORE 4, ANAHEIM 4.
BALTIMORE 9TH: Troy Percival relieved Pep Harris. Reboulet walked. Bordick sacrificed Reboulet to second. Becker popped out to third. B Anderson walked. E Davis walked, Reboulet to third, B Anderson to second. R Palmeiro walked, Reboulet scored, B Anderson to third, E Davis to second. C Ripken singled to center, B Anderson and E Davis scored, R Palmeiro to second. Mike Holtz relieved Troy Percival. Surhoff grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Ripken out at second. BALTIMORE 7, ANAHEIM 4.
Game StoryRafael Palmeiro drew a bases-loaded walk and Cal Ripken followed with a two-run single as the red-hot Baltimore Orioles scored three runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Anaheim Angels, 7-4, in the rubber game of a three-game series.
Eric Davis hit a pair of homers and had three RBI for the Orioles, who are 10-1 since the All-Star break. It was Davis' second multi-homer game of the season and the 15th of his career.
With the game tied, 4-4, in the ninth, Baltimore took the lead against closer Troy Percival (2-4), who had allowed just two earned runs in his last 22 2/3 innings. Jeff Reboulet led off with a walk and Mike Bordick bunted him over. After Rich Becker popped out, Brady Anderson also walked.
Davis worked out a walk to load the bases and Percival continued to struggle, walking Palmeiro on four pitches. Ripken hit a ground single up the middle for a 7-4 lead, finishing Percival.
"I was up there to take," said Palmeiro. "I was going to make him throw me a strike. He seemed to be having a problem getting the ball down in the zone. A couple of those pitches were close."
"He gave me the call one or two times," Percival said of home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom. "Either he missed those or he missed all the others. Those aren't good pitches anyway. I'm trying to throw the ball down at the knees, not thigh high. I felt in the groove for the last six weeks, but I couldn't throw strikes tonight."
Percival's manager agreed.
"It was a matter of inches on all of his pitches," said Terry Collins. "It was a matter of inches with Caddy (Greg Cadaret), too. That's the name of the game. We had a good enough lead and we couldn't close it down. Then it got real tough against their bullpen."
Baltimore starter Mike Mussina allowed four runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked none and struck out five before giving way to Jesse Orosco (4-1), who retired all five batters he faced.
"We gave them one yesterday and they gave us one today," said Orioles manager Ray Miller. "I know that's kind of a tough way to lose."
Omar Olivares started for Anaheim and surrendered three runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out seven but failed to snap a personal four-game losing streak.
The loss was the eighth in 10 home games for Anaheim, which has dropped 12 of 16 overall and fell into second place in the American League West, one-half game behind Texas.
The Angels took advantage of an error to take a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Justin Baughman reached second baseman Reboulet's miscue with one out and stole second. After moving to third on a groundout, Baughman scored on Darin Erstad's double to right-center field.
Baltimore went ahead, 2-1, in the sixth. Davis led off with his 14th home run and, two outs later, Chris Hoiles doubled to left-center to score B.J. Surhoff with the go-ahead run.
The Angels answered with three runs in the bottom half. Gary DiSarcina singled and Erstad reached on catcher's interference. Jim Edmonds knotted the contest with a single to left but Tim Salmon struck out and Cecil Fielder bounced out. Garret Anderson gave Anaheim a 4-2 lead with a two-run triple.
The triple extended Anderson's hitting streak to a career-best 17 games. He is batting .394 (28-for-71) over that stretch.
The Orioles knotted it in the seventh on Davis' second homer, a two-run shot off Cadaret.