On This Day In 1970: May 6

[cboemmeljr]

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On this day in 1970 Dave McNally (8,1 IP) and Pete Richert (0.2 IP) combined to defeat the Kansas City Royals.  The Orioles won the game by a score of 3-1.  

Brooks Robinson went 4 for 4 with 2 runs scored in the game to pace the Orioles offense.

Orioles pitching limited the Royals to 6 hit, 3 of which came off of the bat of 3B Bob Oliver.

BOX SCORE

[Maverick Hiker]

That Royals lineup is pretty pathetic.  Except for Oliver who ended up with 99RBI in 1970, pretty much the rest were leftovers from the 1969 expansion.   I think the Orioles beat them regularly in 1969-70, about as dominating as the 2019 Yankees were against the Orioles.  No wonder the 1970 Royals lost 97 games and fired their manager in the middle of the season. . 

 

[LA2]

3 hours ago, Maverick Hiker said:

That Royals lineup is pretty pathetic.  Except for Oliver who ended up with 99RBI in 1970, pretty much the rest were leftovers from the 1969 expansion.   I think the Orioles beat them regularly in 1969-70, about as dominating as the 2019 Yankees were against the Orioles.  No wonder the 1970 Royals lost 97 games and fired their manager in the middle of the season. . 

 

I beg to differ! A fine rookie season for future star Amos Otis, Lou Piniella, and a power-hitting catcher, the inauspicious beginnings of Dick Drago's and Paul Splittorf's fine careers, and the foundation of a good bullpen in Ted Abernathy and Tom Burgmeier. Everyone was young, but the core was beginning, as shown by their second-place 85-76 record the very next year, right on the Pythagorean W/L nose.