(Ed. note: beginning with this game recap, this project will be played on a daily, "real time" basis, meaning the season will now carry on as if it was really 1975, day-by-day. As such, the recaps will be more brief, "agate type" recaps and will appear the day after the game is played, just like a 1975 newspaper. The only difference is that the 2012 calendar is two days ahead of the 1975 calendar. Example: the July 3, 1975 game [Thursday] will be played on July 5, 2012 [Thursday]. Each recap will feature "The Major Said," a quote from Tigers manager Ralph "The Major" Houk)
Detroit (July 2) - Bobby Grich slugged two three-run home runs and had 8 RBI, and the Baltimore Orioles built a 10-1 lead after three innings, eventually coasting to a 16-5 victory at Tiger Stadium last night.
The Orioles scored 14 runs off starter Tom Walker and the man who relieved him, Dave Lemanczyk, in 5.2 innings.
Veteran third baseman Brooks Robinson had five hits for the Orioles and scored three runs.
Grich hit a three-run homer in the second inning, added a two-run single in the third, and hit another three-run shot in the sixth as he set a career high for most RBI in one game.
Two Tigers (Gary Sutherland, Bill Freehan) had triples and scored a run.
The Tigers (30-44) lost for the seventh time in their past 10 games.
The Major Said: "Not much you can say after something like this. You take your lumps and come back tomorrow. It still just counts one in the standings. Grich was something else, eh?"
Baltimore 145 013 002 16-20-2
Tigers 010 020 011 5-9-2
Tigers record: 30-44 (actual 28-46)
Home: 13-24
Away: 17-20
Last 10: 3-7
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